As surely as seasons change, that noodgy wistful voice at the back of your head reminds you of all the things you didn’t get to during the season that’s ending. For summer, maybe it’s reminding you about the beach you didn’t visit, the ice cream you only ate 10x, the weeds you meant to pull. And no matter how many years you’ve been out of school, you still get those end-of-summer-back-on-the-hampster-wheel blues with September knocking on the door. This week’s fresh to market vintage has an antidote to that.
Treating yourself to a little something special, like the starburst rhinestone brooch, is the very ticket you need to bust the malaise. Sure, it’s going to be fall soon, but that means you can wear that spectacular pin on the jacket that you will need to layer on. It’s not enough to make a missed beach day disappear from your memory, but it’s enough to levitate your thoughts towards looking forward to jacket days when the temps turn crisp.
Not a brooch person? That’s okay, we’ve got other things you might like in this week’s fresh to market vintage lineup.
Large Mid Century Starburst Brooch
Bigger is better, or so the saying goes. This mid century crystal or rhinestone brooch definitely fits that description. At almost three inches across, it’s very much loud and proud. Filled with marquis and chaton (round) stones in lavender, light blue, clear, and blue aurora borealis. Worn on a scarf, hat or lapel, it’s a statement piece worth noticing. For those wanting to be seen and heard, this vintage brooch will garner the attention you seek.
Large Starburst Brooch, $45.95
Pam, Vintage Renude
Cogétama Coronas Wooden Cigar Box – Made in Belgium
Vintage wooden Cogétama Coronas cigar box. Paper wrapped box with embossed gold paste on and Cogétama label. Metal clasp. Same embossed paper and label inside. Price written in grease pencil on the inside. Marked “Made in Belgium” on the base.
SIZE 6.75″ x 5.75″ x 1″
CONDITION Very good. Wear to the corners and edges.
Vintage Tobacciana Labeled Cigar Box, $48
Laurie, NextStage Vintage
Primitive Industrial Wooden Tool c 1920s
I’m not sure of the actual use for this interesting old wooden file, which boasts what appears to be a maple handle and knob, plus a metal file blade on the bottom. When we purchased it in Nebraska in the early 90s, we were told it was an “auto body” tool from the ’20s, but we have no clue how it would actually be used on a car.
The file’s history may be inaccurate, but it’s definitely an unusual old tool with a nice industrial look that would make a conversation piece in his man cave. If you happen to know more than I do, please drop us a note with the facts.
Industrial Wooden Tool, $ 60
Linda, Selective Salvage
Large Antique Hand Bell
A bell seems right for the last week in August. Some schools are already back in session, the rest will be soon. The school day runs on bells, mostly automated now. The use of school bells goes back to Horace Mann, the leader of the common school movement in the 1830s. Mann advocated for free public elementary education funded by tax dollars. His plan was the basis for the public schools we have now. According to Mann, bells were integral to instill punctuality, discipline and time management. Hand bells were used in small schools until the early 20th century. Larger schools were able to add larger bells on the roof.
This is a large bell, 6.5″ across the bottom, so you know it’s loud. It’s got a nicely shaped handle and natural patina. It would be excellent as decor or for ringing out the back door to call the family for dinner.
Large Antique Brass Hand Bell, $42.
Available from this week’s guest, Lucky Penny Glass
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