A few bits and bobs

Over the past couple of months I’ve picked up a few things at antique stores.   I thought I would share them today.

The first thing is an etching by Elizabeth Quandt (top etching).  I thought it would look nice grouped with my etching of Pirate’s Alley that I picked up in New Orleans a couple of years ago.  I don’t know anything about Ms. Quandt except that she was born in England but lived in California at the time of her death in 1994.   The few pieces of hers that I can find on the internet show she had a fondness for chairs as subject matter.

Note to self:  Get non-glare glass for the Pirate’s Alley etching….

The next thing is a beautiful lace tablecloth I ordered from @bluelinencottage on Instagram.   It is about 36″ across and I don’t have a table that it will fit on (and drape properly) so at the moment it’s just a giant doily on our kitchen table.  Goodness I do love me some lace work.

Here’s a close up so you can see the details.  Also pictured is a chandelier bobeche I bought to pair with candlesticks.  I actually bought two of them.  I think they add a pretty, sparkly detail to an otherwise ordinary candlestick.

My next two finds were rather serendipitous.   A few months back I had favorited the small Homer Laughlin platter on Etsy.   Fast forward a month or two later and I picked up the little Homer Laughlin pitcher at a local antique store.  I didn’t realize it was the same pattern until I saw the Etsy seller (whom I also follow on Instagram) feature it in an Instagram post.  I snapped it up immediately.  The floral design is exactly the same but the platter says “Hudson” on the back and the pitcher says “Republic.”  The only difference is the platter does have a gold ribbon detail on it that the pitcher does not.  I do not know much about Homer Laughlin except if a piece of iron stone catches my eye nine times out of ten it is a Homer Laughlin piece.

Another view of the etchings.  See?  They do look lovely grouped together.

The hallway you see here goes out to our garage.  I’m thinking of making a gallery wall on the side with the sconces.  The opposite wall has a big window looking out to the backyard.   I always thought the pair of sconces were kind of in a strange spot.  I think the previous owners had a picture of some sort between them.  I want to do a grouping of ornate frames with family photographs in them.  I have been going through my stash of frames and have about nine of them in various sizes that I will paint all the same color (a bronzy gold color).  Stay tuned for that project.