We love the four seasons, but the season we love best is flea market season. We know some of you live in parts of the country where flea market season is all year long, and we appreciate that you do not lord it over those of us in the northern part of the country where we only flea market for half a year or so. This week’s fresh to market vintage are all things you might find a a flea market.
The other thing you will find at a flea market is fake vintage. How can you tell fake from true vintage? It would be great if there was a Vintage Validator smartphone app where when to snap a photo of something, an alarm goes off it it’s fake vintage. Your best validator is your spidey sense. Also, if a dealer has a whole pile of something, be suspicious. There was an Etsy seller quite a few years ago who was selling hundreds of Fenton cake stands–as if they had discovered a hidden cave of them. It is unlikely at best they were authentically vintage Fenton.
We get fooled sometimes. Depression glass reproductions are particularly vexing, although as a rule, the older pieces are much better made. Jewelry can make you knot your eyebrows trying to suss out it’s age. But one thing is for sure, this week’s fresh to market vintage is all old and it’s all ready for you to enjoy.
Pair of Wooden Butter Paddles c late 1800s
Offering two unmatched wooden butter paddles, hand carved from single pieces of maple. Both feature hook handles designed to hang over the edge of a bowl. Throwback to the days when butter was made by hand without mixers or food processors.
Here’s a recipe for homemade butter from King Arthur Flour just in case you’ve developed a craving…
Two Handmade Maple Butter Paddles , $35
-Linda, Selective Salvage
Mod Look Chunky Bead Necklace
The plastic jewelry from the 1960s gets my attention every time. Those bright bold shapes and colors are some of my favorites. This necklace caught my eye immediately. It’s very much of the era. The bright yellow and clear discs set alongside those butter-yellow oversized beads are something you would have seen modeled on the cover of the fashion magazines of the day. The best part though is they are still in fashion today.
Yellow and Clear Mod Beads, $32.95
-Pam, Vintage Renude
Bay Keramic Bud Vase
Bay Keramic Company was started by Eduard Bay in 1933 in the heart of the West German pottery production area. Bodo Mans was one of their famous designers. (In 1970 Bay patented the Römertopf – a clay cooking pot which works by steaming foodstuffs and allowing them to braise in their own juices, billed as the healthiest way to prepare meals. ) The company continued to make pottery into the 1980s. I love that this vase’s MCM label is still intact and that it might not have even been used. I find the vertical design and the interplay and reaction of the white and oxblood glazes. It is most likely not a Bodo Mans, and that’s okay with me.
Bay Keramic Vase, $47.99
-Mary Ellen, AuntHattiesAttic
1950s Fostoria Glass Horse Bookend
In the 1940s and 1950s, elegant glass animals were a thing. And it’s easy to see why because they are lovely. There are lots of animals in lots of shapes made by lots of companies including Heisey (who sold their molds to Imperial when they closed) and Fostoria, who made this horse. It would be nice if they were all marked, but it would also be easy if ice cream had the same number of calories as lettuce. But there are worse things in life.
Fostoria Glass Horse Bookend, $50.
–Laurie, NextStage Vintage
Can’t you see daisies in that Bay Keramic vase? And speaking of daisies, the mod bead necklace would be awesome with a daisy print dress.
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It’s wedding season. We compiled a list of some of our favorite vintage wedding movies. Did your fave make our list? If not, add it in the comments on the post!
