Antiquing – One Winner

Antiquing is a fun adventure. I went to the St Jacob’s Market Road Antique mall. I can spend hours browsing through the stalls. I usually stay in the aisle and peak in. I’m terrified of breaking something. I’m clumsy afterall. I documented the things that caught my eye and that I loved the most. I’m going to post the photos of my favourites. There is one winner in the bunch. I hope you enjoy guessing which one I take home. I’ll post the winning item at the end.

These beautiful paperweights were mentioned in my last post. I love the blue one most of all, the colour is stunning. I’m sure the most sought after paperweights are the ones without air bubbles, but I loved this one. I could stare into that deep deep blue for hours. The purple one is pretty too.

This tomato tea pot set… would I buy it? Not in a million years, but it did make me smile. Adorable, fun to look at, but not my style. I hope someone else more whimsical than myself finds it and takes it home. I hope they laugh about it with their friends whenever they use it.

In this stall it was the two perfume bottles in the back that I liked. Both are very cool. The spikey one has been carved to look like a building inside the stopper and the other I love it for the big chunky stopper. How can I resist a showy stopper?

These pretty peacock feathers

This gorgeous inkwell stationery stand! I believe it’s brass. This would be so beautiful on a desk. As someone who loves writing letters, this would be a great addition. Something I look for in antiques besides being beautiful, is the need to be functional. I want to use it.

I have no idea what these are, but they look neat. The tag said something about wine, or wine glasses. Seriously, what are these?

This super creepy shelf of ceramic serving ware. I can’t really fathom why I find them so disturbing, likely the lumpy shapes. It looks like the stuff of nightmares and I like it.

These beautiful wine glasses. The colour! Whoever put this shelf together is an artist. I love the way they paired everything together, the green and blue, the brass. I want to sit in a room like this and take it all in (sipping wine in one of these beautiful glasses of course).

What wonderfully cool bottles! Also a little creepy. Am I sensing a trend here? Do I like slightly creepy things? Of course I do. I like the way they are grouped together, my favourite being on the far right. The lumpy bottle. I love it.

This clown pin – another creepy cool thing I like.

Glass mermaid candle holders. Do I love them? Yes! Yes I do! I love them. Creepy? Yep. I really want them. I would put them on either side of the silver candelabra I have and they would look wonderful all together. What a wonderful candle light dinner. I REALLY want these.

This pretty perfume bottle with the glass stopper and gorgeous colours.

A beautiful hawk shirt/dress thing. A stunning item of clothing that I would love to own. It’s in fantastic condition and I would love wearing it.

This stunner of a perfume bottle! Yes she does have cracks and I love her anyway. The cracks seem to be on the inside only, the outside is as smooth as… well… glass. It’s going to store ink like my other bottle and I’m not concerned about it leaking.

The colours make my heart happy and the stopper has a silicone gasket which should help prevent ink from evaporating. As for the mermaid candle holders, I REALLY wanted them, but alas, they are out of my price range. They were $375 Canadian and they were fantastic. I’m not into mermaids, but I really liked them. One day… if they’re still there.