I left you hanging last week when I posted about our trip to Alexandria. The teaser photo (below) was the only glimpse of what I scooped up while on the town. Savvy readers, you are! Whether it was my use of the word "pottery" interchangeably for "dishes", or that trademark within, the guess of something French and Quimper were spot on!
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| Quimper serving pieces |
The win included a covered tureen, covered sugar bowl, and covered honey pot with underplate.
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| Quimper covered tureen, sugar, and honey pot |
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| Quimper tureen detail |
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| Quimper tea service |
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| Quimper covered vegetable, oval and round bowls, gravy boat, covered butter/cheese keeper |
Not all of the pieces were perfect. The smaller of the two oval serving bowls, along with the round bowl, had a repaired crack.
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| Quimper oval serving bowl repaired crack |
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| Quimper round serving bowl repaired crack |
That wasn't all that was purchased on this trip. On the way to Alexandria, we stopped at two places, one in West Virginia and another in Maryland. Some of the treasures I brought back with me from those stops included a brown English transferware plate (F. Winkle & Co, "Devon"), and a majolica butter or cheese keeper with a nicely detailed cow on the lid.
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| English transferware and Majolica butter/cheese keeper |
Keeping with the farm animal and pottery theme, I was drawn also to the pairing below (though purchased separately). The egg cup is marked Western Germany. The butter keeper is an inexpensive one, but I liked the cute calf on the lid.
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| Egg cup and butter/cheese keeper |
I also picked up a couple of ironstone pieces, the most unique being an invalid feeder, but didn't photograph it. In trying to convince my sister J that she should have a vintage medical collection (she's a retired RN), I seemed to be the one more active on that front. While working through my basement purge I seem to have organized an entire tub devoted to vintage medical paraphernalia. Just another unintentional collection, I suppose......
Finally, if you are a new follower or reader of my blog, you may not be aware that my other obsession (besides dishes) is purses - mostly vintage mesh and beaded examples from the late 19th to early 20th century. To that end, I couldn't pass when I spotted this leather and beaded wallet in Maryland (below).
The antique wallet is small, about 3.5" x 5.5", leather, with a beaded lily of the valley insert on the front, two interior flap pockets, and gold embossed initials (RR) on the back side. It probably dates from the mid to last quarter of the 19th century. Although there is some bead loss, it is a very nice example of the period. If you'd like to see more of my purse collection, you can view this post. A few clicks on that post will take you to a full screen view of the Shutterfly book I created of my purse collection. You can also see many of those purses on my Pinterest page under separate categories of "Antique Beaded Purses", "Antique & Vintage Mesh Purses", "Vintage Children's Purses" and "Other Antique & Vintage Purses, Vanities". Most, but not all, of those pins are from my collection.
That's it for the shopping portion of my trip to Alexandria. I hope you enjoyed my spree. The Quimper has its own Rubbermaid storage tub (for now), while I finish the never-ending purge/reorganization in the basement. So far, I have logged 58.5 hours on this project (yes, I'm OCD like that in keeping tabs on the hours). You can bet there'll be a post when that job is finished!
I'll be writing at least one more post of the historical adventures of our trip to Alexandria, also. Love that place and all the history in the region!
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