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Antique and Vintage bric a brac – free to charity
Posted by: | CommentsI have a load of antique and vintage bric a brac to give away to a registered charity or worthy cause. There are boxes full of old pots and glass fit for a Car Boot Sale, Charity Shop or similar. These must be collected from me in the next couple of days and I will require proof of your registered charity or worthy cause status. Please do contact me .
Mystery item – can you guess what it is? Butterfly clip
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a very pretty but sadly damaged item which is a bit unusual and I am not exactly sure of its purpose. Can you help me?
Mystery butterfly
There are 2 pierced “silver ” butterflies which are separated by a coiled spring. This arrangement sits on top of a further long spring and is then attached to a pointed metal bar. On the back are some symbols which I suspect are oriental (Chinese or Japanese writing?). It is actually made of silver.
Butterfly with spike
So what is this pretty object? The metal bar is meant to stick into something and perhaps you could hold a piece of card or perhaps a flower between the butterflies. In total it measures about 19 cms long and 6.5 cms across the wing tips of the butterflies.
My guess it that it was originally intended to be used at an elegant banquet or buffet . It would be stuck into a cake or a pile of sandwiches and a little card would tell the dinner the about the food. Does anyone have any better ideas?
As this piece has damage to the butterflies wing tips I cannot sell it and am going to send it for free to the person with the best reply to this post. As it is such a romantic thing I am going to close the offer on Valentines day February 14th. Please check back on this Blog to see if are the new owner.
Give Aways News – November and December free gifts
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I have decided to send Novembers free give away brooch to Gill who wants the brooch for her aunt. Gill please do get in touch with your address and it will be on its way to you.
Decembers give away is a rather nice glass paperweight decorated with a violet and a butterfly. It is much nicer in real life thaninthis picture. If you would like to have this paperweight sent to you just add a comment here and I will choose one of you to send it to at the end of December. As always this free gift give away is open to anyone world wide.
Vintage Brooch for Free – November Giveaway
Posted by: | CommentsHere is Novembers Give Away from AntiquesAvenue. This vintage brooch is bright and colourful – I find it particularly interesting due to the wide range of materials used in in. The frame is metal – the diamante are glass, the flowers seem to be real dried miniatures set under plastic. With a mainly turquoise / Blue colourway I think this costume jewellery brooch dates from the 1960s
Vintage Brooch
