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ila111 · 7 months

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#mine #dollcore #antiquing

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intriga-hounds · 1 month

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new zoi/silken dish!!! currently keeping all my dog tags in it…which i’m realizing need to be cleaned.

#antiquing

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shadyufo · 13 days

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Lots more weird and wonderful things from some local antique stores. That first buck with the extra third little antler was so neat!

#antique stores #taxidermy #vulture culture #oddities #thrifting #antiquing #antiques

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beaniebabyadventures · 8 months

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haha jkjk, unless? 👉👈

#meme #beanie memes #thrifting #antiquing #plushies #toywave #beanie babies #beanie baby collection #stuffed animals #beanie baby #toycore #y2k #plush toy #ty #nostaliga

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lake-lady · 2 months

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Found this Shiny Cat at the local antique mall 🐈‍⬛🪩🎐

#antique #vintage #cat #kitty #animal #cute #porcelain #me #mine #antiquing #thrifting #shiny #carnival glass #glass #georgia blue carnival glass #mosser #mosser glass #collectible #figurine

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lightningcola · 6 months

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Antique photos always end up looking like I Spy

#film photography #photography #35mm film #35mm color film #35mm #nikon #Nikon fe #nikonfe #ultramax #kodak ultramax 400 #kodak ultramax #analog photography #filmisnotdead #antique #antique store #antiquing #fuji 400 #fujifilm 400 #fujifilm

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pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird · 4 months

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Let's figure out if my depression glass teacup and saucers are genuine antiques or reproductions! It's easy to find depression glass, as it was mass-produced between 1925-1940, but some patterns have been reproduced due to demand and sometimes get mixed up with true antiques.

I mentioned in my last post that my pink glass Cherry Blossom set may or may not be a reproduction. First I'll set out the obvious reason why Cherry Blossom is the most frequently reproduced set and also in the highest demand from collectors: it's gorgeous.

Look at this cherry blossom teacup and saucer compared to another teacup and saucer in Normandie. On its own, Normandie would be lovely with its combination of lattice and florals. The all-over florals on the saucer are very elegant. But compared to the Cherry Blossom cup and saucer, which has a similarly delicate pattern in addition to the petal-shaped arches framing each etching pattern, the extra flair on the cup handle, and the dramatic scalloped edge on the saucer, poor Normandie seems flat and uninteresting.

Now on to the specifics. First and foremost, almost every source I can find talks about how the actual cherry blossom designs on reproductions look distinctly worse than the original molds. Here's a visual (link to source) on what to look for in a reproduction (new) versus original (old).

My cup and saucer definitely match the old design! Look at how pretty these are!

While this is enough for me, there are other details that help seal the deal. My saucers don't have a mold line around the top edge of the rim, and are smooth all the way around - many new reproduction saucers had slightly misaligned molds and you can feel a mold line near the rim. Additionally, my teacup has three ridges around the brim of the cup (labeled A in the picture, many reproductions have one smooth ridge) and small ridges at the corner of the handle (labeled B in the picture, this detail is missing from some reproductions).

With that, i can confidently say that my teacup and saucer are true antiques, made in the original production timeframe of 1930-1939!

Does that mean they're worth a lot? Not really! Antiques are always only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. One of the draws of depression glass is that there's so much out there, you don't have to worry much about demand outpacing supply. I got this cup and saucer for $8 altogether, which is a little low, but honestly pretty close to what they'd be worth to other collectors.

Its value to me is in having something pretty to have in my kitchen, and serve drinks in when I have company over. Even if it had been reproduction, it would still have been worth it for that purpose.

#my posts #antiquing #depression glass #antiques

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guppiette · 15 days

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beautiful antique store i went into (feat. me in the mirror)

#my photos #pennsylvania #antique #antiquing #vintage #maximalism

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theinternetisaweboflies · 6 months

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further proof math is the devils science

#books #antiques #antiquing #old books #math

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yearningsaphic · 4 months

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If they don’t want to listen to Ethel Cain sharing a pair of earbuds while antiquing, I don’t want it

#ethel cain #mother cain #preachers daughter #antique #antiquing

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marzipanandminutiae · 1 year

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so I went antiquing today

“Is that the-”

“The Royal Crown Derby ‘Old Imari’ 2451 china as seen in Guillermo Del Toro’s Gothic masterpiece ‘Crimson Peak?’”

“Yeah. It is.”

(slightly different from the cups in the movie, because I suspect it’s a different era of the pattern, which has had many iterations since the early 19th century. but still- same pattern!)

#antiquing #IT WAS JUST THERE WAITING FOR ME #probably c. 1940s but whatever; same pattern #might be a demitasse cup? my hands are tiny so it’s hard to tell #it's 3 inches in diameter but the largest cup I've seen for sale in this pattern is 3.5 inches #not sure what that means #could just be a pattern that comes in small cups only? unclear #anyway CRIMSON PEAK CHINA!!!!#(also this set was $10!!!!)

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intriga-hounds · 2 years

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