Vintage Johnson Bros. " Water Mill" Butter Pat Dish

Some people collect stamps, while others collect vintage butter pat dishes!  This collectable hand-painted Johnson Bros. butter pat dish in the Water Mill pattern is in fabulous condition with no cracks, chips, or hazing.  Measures 3  1/8" diameter.

Asking - $10

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Fitz & Floyd Turtle Trinket Box

Fitz & Floyd started out in 1960 as an import company in Dallas but soon expanded into creating and designing ceramic giftware, and later tableware.  Their reputation grew due to the quality of their work and their designs.  Today the company continues to sell many popular lines of figurines, mugs, snow globes, ornaments, and cookie jars that are of excellent quality and  highly collectable.

This pretty pink and white vintage (early 1980's) Fitz & Floyd turtle is sometimes called a secret trinket box because it's "hidden" under the shell.  It measures 4" wide by 3  1/2" tall and is in like new condition with no cracks or chips.  

Asking - $25


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Retro 60-70's Pyrex Corning Gravy Bowl and Underplate

Here we have a retro/vintage Pyrex Corning gravy bowl with an underplate in the Crazy Daisy Spring Blossom pattern.   If you're my age, your mom had one too!  Both pieces are in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.

Asking - $10

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Vintage Teleflora Tulip Cup and Saucer

Here we have a gorgeous ceramic pink tulip cup and saucer set by Teleflora.   Made in the Philippines  sometime in the 1980's, it is in excellent condition without chips, cracks, or hazing.  A very lovely addition to a collection.

Asking - $15

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Vintage Mosser Pink Glass Covered Butter Dish

This is a very unusual vintage Mosser pink glass covered butter dish.  I've always loved pink depression glass.  I say this is an unusual one because it is made up of two different Mosser patterns.  The cover, or lid, is in the Thistle pattern while the under plate is a Cherry & Cable Thumbprint design.  Intentional, or 2-accidentals, I don't know, but it is still lovely!  It is in good condition without cracks but it does have a bit of roughness/fleabites on some of the edges which are felt rather than seen.  This is a nice heavy piece and is quite pretty!

Asking - $25


Note:  All articles will be posted within 3 days of payment clearing, well packaged, insured and signed for.  Postage and packaging fees will be an amount in addition to the asking price of the article and may vary according to the location of the buyer.

Staffordshire Spongeware Dresser Doll Powder Box

Once in awhile I go to a yard sale and find something that makes my heart go pitty-pat...yesterday was one of those days!    And to think I almost missed the sale as it was my husband (who was driving so what's my excuse) who said, look there's a yard sale. There were a few things that caught my eye which I did purchase but it was this particular item that made my day.  It was one of those times when you just knew you had stumbled upon something special.

The elderly lady whom I purchased this from told me that it was something her mother had had and that it was given to young brides or put on a bridal table.  To collect money maybe?  I thought that charming and loved the piece.  I had to have it and the price was agreed upon.  Not that I have any place to put it (and a piece like this deserves a "place" doesn't it) but it's one of those things that will only pass thru your hands once in your lifetime, and lets face it all this "stuff" in life really is only ever ours for a time anyways.  So now I will let it go and remember it fondly.

I dug in and did some research and found that it was Staffordshire bisque pottery, sponge painted, and was used as a powder box or trinket box on a woman's dresser.  It is unmarked as was quite common at that time.  There were local potteries which sold their blanks to the public so you had a lot of cottage industry going on where the blanks were hand-painted, and in this case sponge painted as well, then returned to the pottery for glazing and firing for a fee and then sold.  They were cheaply made and that's why you don't see very many of them still in existence today.

This wonderful Staffordshire Spongeware "Crinoline Lady" dresser doll powder box is in exceptional condition with no cracks, some fine hazing, and 2 small chips on the inside of the rim of the top piece which are not visible when displayed.  Stands 7  3/4" tall.  This piece is estimated to be vintage bordering antique in age.  A rare beauty!

Asking - $50

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PY Japan Countess Rose Butter Dish

The PY Miyao (Miyawo Company Ltd.)  began producing pottery in Japan in 1931 though it was not exported to the United States until  after WWII.  during the restoration.  The PY trademark was given exclusively to Miyao and from 1949 until 1961 they produced high quality novelties for American distribution.  

PY pottery is made with a soft clay earthenware prone to chipping and that is probably why so many of these pieces today have minor nicks and chips.  Regardless, PY novelties are still highly collectable because of their charming and brightly colored anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables, adorable children, exotic roosters and rose patterns, and not to be forgotten happy childhood memories of your grandmother's kitchen!

PY supplied many American distribution companies including Lefton, UCAGCO, Napco, and Enesco and that may be why pieces marked by these companies are similar.

This mid-century PY Countess Rose covered butter dish is in remarkable condition, without any cracks or hazing.  There is a smallish chip on one of the bud leaves on the lid, and a couple chips/fleabites on the underside of the plate which are unnoticeable when displayed.  Due to it's delicateness I do not recommend using this as an actual serving piece for butter, but it is a lovely, lovely addition to any collection or for display.

Asking - $28

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