Past Due Tuesday ~ Pet 'O My Heart

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For what purpose was the artist or maker of these vintage and unmarked ceramic figurines attending to at the time of their creation?

A menagerie of spaghetti canines, dapper dogs

smoothly finished ducks

collies with collar ruffs like a lions.

They just beg to be noticed, and will sit still long enough for us to do so!

One place we can be sure that the kitties will sit peacefully next to the dogs is our own curio shelf.

For what purpose....?? Just to make us SMILE!!!!!!!!

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Past Due Tuesday ~ Have A (Glass) Ball (Ornie)

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All that glitters is not gold. Some of it is glass! And today we are featuring what is all around us this time of year--vintage glass ornament bulbs. Traditionally found hung as reflective mini fun house mirrors (come on, we KNOW you've looked at your face in one at least once in your life, right?) on REAL Christmas trees in the 1940's and 1950's, they have many other more "modern" uses in today's holiday vignettes, too.


Layered in large clear vases and jars, they are lovely! Or add them as embellishments to your tired wreaths hung on your front door for a smile every time you come and go!

Use them in crafts, or make a centerpiece using bulbs of your theme colors nestled in a long vessel on your holiday table.

Even if they loose their colorful "skins", they still have life yet. You can soak them in warm water, and the skins will slough away. Then you'll be left with shining silver glass. Crush them (carefully) to a pulp to produce glitter (which will eventually tarnish) for even more creativity throughout the holidays and the new year!!!

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Past Due Tuesday ~ Get Cookin' (Or Bakin')!

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Have you ever seen one of these?

We don't see them very often either! It's called a "Possum Belly Baker's Table". Care to guess why? The two drawers on the bottom pull open to reveal the answer:

The grey metal (steel?) "possum belly" bins are curved for easy scooping. These get filled with flours and dry ingredients needed to bake breads, cakes and pastries. This one has two cutting boards that pull open also.

They can date back to 1905 and were household workhorses. Maybe they were worked out of existence? In any case, we're happy this sturdy survivor found its way to the shop! We've also seen them converted into a desk by removing the bottom drawers.

Speaking of drawers, look at the pulls depicting a lyre! Love that!

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Past Due Tuesday ~ Sitting Pretty

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Every once in a while you see a vintage chair which stands out. This time my little eye spies TWO chairs in this category! They've got it all. Love the warm walnut finish, the detail in the woven cane, the sheen of the pinky peach fabric and the tufting on the upholstery, and they're comfortable! These are hard to date when they are in such good condition. Could be from the 1940's - 1970's, as the compact style and wood tone was popular in both eras, according to the (admittedly dilettante) knowledge we've garnered from having beautiful pieces passing in and out of the threshold of our doors.

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Past Due Tuesday ~ Oval Ceramic Platters

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If we are figuring correctly, the average size family consists of 3 -14 people. That can be quite a lot of turkey on Thanksgiving! Anyway you slice it, you're going to need someplace to delicately put your juicy butterball. Hence, we present THE PLATTER! Oval or oblong in shape to hold that delicious bird, they come in different sizes with handpainted or decal designs and textures.

All of these platters are vintage, and although only one was marked "made in USA", we suspect some

came from England and Japan.

No shelf space to store them when you aren't serving your relatives during the holidays? No problem! Some people amass plates and platters and display them on the wall. Check out the wall from the Viceroy in Santa Monica--it's a work of art!


Or follow Martha's lead. You only need 3 of a kind to call it a "collection"!

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Past Due Tuesday ~ Vintage Silver

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Vintage silver and silver plate dishes & trays

A lot of folks now-a-days don't care for silver service. Why? Because they don't like to sit down, and mindlessly polish it.

Then there are others who LOVE silver. Why? Because they like to sit down and mindlessly polish it! (We like it a bit dark and tarnished too, which works out just fine.)

Silver napkin rings, cream & sugar set

Silver is extremely affordable these days. We find that the gleam and warmth makes adding a touch of elegance to your table so easy. We're unsure just how many holiday and fancy meals some of our current stock of silver may have seen, but be it marked or unmarked, it all sparkles just the same to us. A true blue ROOMIE who uses her noodle knows it's great to use a pretty silver dish for soap in the powder room or that a silver tumbler adds beauty to a flower arraignment placed on the kitchen window sill too.


Silver covered pedestal dish

Have you ever looked at the details in a pattern on one single spoon, fork or knife? That's a work of art you're holding as you gobble down your holiday turkey!

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Past Due Tuesday ~ China Cabinet

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Today, we again share another beautiful piece of furniture (can you tell we're furniture addicts?). In the five + years that we've been in business, this is the only cabinet like this that we've come across, so we're guessing that there aren't that many around. This cabinet has a center glass-front door with a hand cut, scrolly wood fretwork, a long drawer and turned legs. We love that it has 4 different designs of embellishments (top pediment, fretwork, recessed areas on either side, and pediment on the center support) and they all work together to keep things interesting! The two shelves inside are adjustable and could be for china or maybe some proud woman with a talent for sewing used it for showcasing a quilt collection. We guesstimate it's from the late 1930's - 1940's.


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Past Due Tuesday ~ Vintage Dresser

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Beautiful furniture is a joy forever (as long as there's someone around to appreciate it!) This dresser is estimated to be from the 1940's. It's got a great carved wood applique on the drawer fronts and a mirror that tilts (behind the small table on top of the dresser). But why does the mirror tilt? Was it so different height people could use it or is it just the way the hardware was designed to hold it? The mystery remains unsolved...

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Please share your passion for vintage items by following these simple guidelines:


1) Post a picture of something vintage that you love, on your blog and tell us all about it! What’s the story behind it? Do you have an entire collection of them? Where’d you get it? Who did it belong to? What do you use it for, etc?
2) Add a link to your blog (in the McLinky area at the bottom of this post).
3) Feel free to add the "Past Due Tuesday" button to your post or your blog’s sidebar.



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D. Now add the ROOMIES blog link in the link window and click save.)

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4) Test your links and make sure they’re working! If your link gets deleted, it's because you missed one of the rules, so just reread them and repost again!

5) Visit and comment on as many of the other bloggers who are “giving vintage it’s due” as you can!

(This is our first time we'll be hosting here, so please bare with us if we run into any problems. In the end I think any efforts made will be worth the treasures we'll be seeing! Thanks!)