August. Salt air, and the rust on your door. We’re lost in the memories. Of course, we’re vintage lovers; we are always lost in the memories. This week’s fresh to market vintage picks all made memories when they were new. One beauty of loving and living with vintage things is that they come pre-loaded with memories and they go on to make more.
On Vintage Unscripted, we have a mix of posts both informational and nostalgic. Our factual how-to and vintage inspiration posts are popular, but our most commented on post is strictly nostalgic, Vintage Shampoo Brands We Miss. We are grateful that so many of our readers have shampoo memories and took the time to share them.
Memories are powerful storehouses of experiences, emotions and meaning. They connect our past and present. Vintage goods can connect our past and present too. They can remind us of times we remember as simpler, or of a person who who once owned the same thing. Sometimes, when you buy vintage, you’re buying more than the piece. You’re buying the feeling and memory that comes with it.
Do any of the pieces in this week’s fresh to market vintage trigger memories for you?
Double Strand Beaded Necklace Hong Kong
Jewelry marked Hong Kong, like this beaded necklace, was predominently made shortly after WWII and into the early 1970s. This style was most popular during the 1950s and 60s. These shorter strands of colorful beads sat just at or below the collarbone, adorning the outfits of the era. Sometimes women had multiple sets to match every outfit. These necklaces often came with matching earrings. They were a relatively low cost way to update an outfit. There are still loads of this style of necklace available and they are still reasonably priced. So load up and have fun with your daily outfit.
Two Strand Beaded Necklace, $24.95
Pam, Vintage Renude
IOOF Rebekah Staff Topper c 1920s
This vintage bee-hive-shaped staff topper was once the finial on an IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows / Rebekah ceremonial piece. It was acquired when the contents of the Odd Fellows/Rebekah Lodge in Beresford, SD, which closed in the 1920s, were auctioned off. The staff/flag pole is long gone so the top has been mounted on a piece of wood to display.
Vintage Rebekah Bee Hive Shaped Staff Topper, $125
Linda, Selective Salvage
Souvenir Pen Rest and Postcard, Plymouth MA
August travel in New England usually includes a trip to Plymouth, MA where the Mayflower landed. This is on the sign on the building.
Built by Captain William Barnes in 1795
for his new bride, Sally Tribble.This house sits on the original site of
“The Common House” established by the
Pilgrims in 1623. Here the Pilgrims stored
food and housed their families until land
was granted to establish their homes.
1623 – 1795
Today, the estimated number of Mayflower descendants is about 35 million people worldwide. Our families came from other counties and not so very long ago. They came in boats, and some even cried joyful tears when they saw Lady Liberty’s welcoming presence and invitation.
Plymouth, MA Souvenir, $42.99
Mary Ellen, Aunt Hatties Attic
Anchor Hocking Amber Georgian Tumblers
If these glasses look familiar, it might be because this pattern, called “Georgian” or “Honeycomb,” has been made by at least eight glass companies. Four of those companies used the same molds. Cambridge Glass made the molds sometime in the 1940s and produced the glasses until the 1950s. Imperial Glass bought the molds and used them from 1960-1984. The molds were then purchased by Viking Glass, who used them from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. Mosser Glass currently owns them and is still producing Georgian glasses in cobalt blue, hunter green and red.
So how do we know these glasses were made by Anchor Hocking? They don’t have a mark, that would be too easy. We spent a lot of time comparing the dimensions to known pieces and arrived at Anchor Hocking by process of elimination.
Four 8 oz. Anchor Hocking Georgian Tumblers, $30.
–Laurie, NextStage Vintage
August can slip away into a moment in time. Don’t let it get away from you without making some new memories.
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