Lately, I've complained a bunch about just how hard it is to find good junk.
Thank goodness just when the junk seems the scarcest, and you despair of ever finding more than two items to buy in one place, you stumble across an estate sale that restores your hope, and gives you the strength to keep on junkin'.
Last weekend, I ran across a sale like that. I got lots of fun stuff- these are just the "smalls" from the jewelry table.
Want to look closer?
A little mother of pearl pin, a large mother of pearl pin that looks like a buckle and a Westie.
Pearls shaped like grapes, a filigree pin and a locket that looks like a book.
Another couple of pins- the buckle is actually a pin, and kind of a scary one at that.
The horseshoe is an Italian mosaic. I've heard that you should wear it with the open side up- if the points are down, your luck might run out the bottom.
A folding knife and a folding comb. Generally, I don't carry a knife- but if I decide to, it's going to be a pretty one like this.
These metal handled loops were new to me (although they are obviously old). One says "Arrow Collars". I think these were some kind of tool that was used to hook a collar stay on a man's shirt.
Speaking of "what's its?", in my last post I showed the tool on top and said I didn't know what it was. A couple people thought it was an orange peeler- and that makes sense. Look at how much they look alike.
My Birdsong friend Suzanne is as enamored of vintage sewing items as I am, and she looked it up in a reference book- and found the same item, with the same patent mark. It's a button hole maker.
I think you COULD use it to peel an orange, but I'm sure an orange peeler wouldn't help me with any buttonholes.
Wow! Awesome stuff Beth! I love the scottie pin and the cluster of grapes! karen...
Posted by: karen | February 19, 2013 at 08:50 PM
Dear Beth,
you truly had GREAT luck, finding all those special and beautiful things.The grapepearls are so lovely.
Hugs from Dorthe
Posted by: Dorthe | February 20, 2013 at 01:53 PM
You had me at the Westie! What great finds....the orange plastic items was for getting an orange started for peeling. I remember having one at home back in the 1970's.
Posted by: Mitzi Curi | February 22, 2013 at 06:17 AM
That was a good haul! Love that sweet westie pin. And the locket is wonderful.
Posted by: jeanie | February 24, 2013 at 10:18 AM
I'm overdue for a good estate sale...your finds are wonderful!
Posted by: Laurie | February 26, 2013 at 01:41 PM
You sure found some goodies. I like MOPO buckles and grab them whenever I see them.
Hugs
fredaB
Posted by: Freda Butler | February 27, 2013 at 06:25 PM