Finds

 These are some of the things I have found over the last couple weeks. 

 A large brass anchor door knocker.

 A few pieces of jewelry.

 A small plate from the Girls Friend Society. 

 A large punch ladle.

 Beautifully engraved and monogrammed GMcQ

 Brass letter (or napkin) holder. 

Cute little pastry server.

 

 With a fishing village scene.  

Victorian Spooner and More

 These are a few more of my recent finds.  Above is a Victorian Spooner - combination sugar bowl and spoon rack.  It has a great bird finial handle (available here).

 Fabulous Reed & Barton teaspoons, with an N monogram (available here). 

 Another trophy to add to my collection.  This one is a bud vase.

 For a Post Office Marathon in 1935.  First Prize.

 Some really unusual US Navy demitasse spoons.  They have little tiny anchors engraved on the front, and USN engraved on the back.

And a creamer sugar set - monogrammed with A M. 
Some good estate sales coming up this weekend!!  Fingers crossed I will find more good stuff!

Finds, Fairy Tale Book

 A few of my recent finds...

 Set of Rogers forks and knives, it the original box!  Great graphics on the box.

 A couple of unusual serving pieces - a tomato server, and a butter knife. 

 This is engraved on the butter knife.  I haven't figured out what it means yet. 

 Brass Pelican key holder. 

 And a fairy tale pop-up book from 1933. 

 The outside of the book is in terrible condition, but the inside is amazing!.

 The colors are great, the pop-ups very detailed.  Above is Hansel and Gretel. 

 Puss in Boots.

 Chasing a rat.

And Goldilocks. 

Linked up to Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday.

Victorian Silver

These are some of my favorite Victorian silver pieces.  Above is a Chocolate Pot. 

It has the word Chocolate engraved across the front.  It is similar to a teapot. 

This is one of the most unusual pieces I have seen.  It is a Victorian Sugar Cube Caddy.

The handle is actually sugar tongs.

The sugar tongs lift out when squeezed together.

An old hand mirror.

Engraved Caroline.

With dancing ladies on the border.

And a crumber with a devil-ish face design.

 

Crumbers were used to sweep crumbs or ashes off of tables, into the larger pan.  

Thanksgiving Silver

 Thanksgiving is already tomorrow!  I have decided to get out some of my favorite Antique Serving Pieces to use. 
The Victorians had a serving piece for every type of food - so I try to use unusual pieces - not necessarily for their originally intended uses.

 This is a Victorian carving set.

 They have an ornate design with Gothic Faces on the handles.

A tiny condiment ladle, gravy ladle, sugar spoon and pastry server.

 A vegetable serving fork, tomato/cranberry round server, and a nut cracker.

 A bonbon server, large waffle server and cocktail fork.

 Variety of tongs - pickle tongs, pastry tongs and sugar tongs.

 The pickle tongs have hands for grabbers.

A toast rack and butter knife.

And my favorite monogrammed flatware. 
Happy Thanksgiving!

More Estate Finds

 Lately I haven't had great luck at estate sales, but I finally found a few things - including some of my favorite things.

 A pretty sugar scuttle.  Great for holiday candies or nuts.  I love finding sugar scuttles.

 An English Toast Rack.  Another favorite thing.

 Group of spoons.

 Including a demitasse hotel spoon from Hotel Pere Marquette, and a Bonbon spoon.

A cigar box.

 

And a group of old candles.