Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts

My grandma's ring

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Last week I took my Grandma Velma's high school class ring to Arendsen Jewelers to have it sized. My grandma (the tall lady with glasse...

Cockatiel update

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1. vintage celluloid necklace / 1940s / VIOLET 2. vintage pot metal pavé set brooch / 1940s / COCKATIEL 3. vintage celluloid dress clips / 1...

This is what bakelite heaven looks like

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My friend Amber has an absolutely amazing collection of bakelite jewelry. Just look at those colors! Those towers of bangles! I think the be...

Snowflake Pairs

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          There are four pretty pairs of snowflake-style rhinestone pins headed to the shop today. Because the only thing better than one r...

Christmas Day, 1940

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As I was listing this locket tonight, I noticed the date of the engraving. What a sweet Christmas present! I wonder if "C.G." and...

Look what I found today!

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Old bracelet/watch display box (here w/the BRACKETS bracelet ) || Antique flower frog Wooden highchair w/no tray (I've been looking so ...

Honeydew bakelite

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I recently found this set of bakelite bangles - tied together with a ribbon and just waiting for me. The colors remind me of melons (honeyde...

Poppies and leaves

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This was a hard one to give up, mostly because of the colors - gray! peach! - and the flower and leaf motif. But I dutifully went through th...

Cool girls wear these

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When I saw these 1940s photos, I knew that I needed to get on the ball and start collecting identification bracelets. I mean, how awesome is...

To market to market

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     CHERRIES and PINEAPPLE, Trifari 1941 CORNCOB and CHERRIES, Boucher 1941    CURRANTS and PEPPERS, Boucher 1941  RASPBERRIES and TOMATO, ...

Cool it down

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Well, it was 83 degrees in the Bay Area yesterday and yours truly was not prepared for the heat wave. I wished for icy drinks all day but, a...

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