A busy solitude

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.

~Voltaire

Mortar and pestle

Very large antique treen mortar and pestle with early metal repairs.

Mortar alone is 29 inches tall x 13 inch diameter, 

with pestle as shown is 40 inches tall.

(ladle not included)

Please email for details.

What I wouldn't give...

...to spend an afternoon like this.

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Church sign

Custom painted church sign. Sold.

Photos from the show

                                                                  

So many of you have asked to see pictures from the show last weekend, but unfortunately the few I took weren't something I would want to show off. Thankfully, Kathy from Eclectic Pelican Antiques was good enough to share a few of hers, so I am able to oblige... with at least a few of the booths.

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EclecticPelican

clothing from MagnoliaPearl

"What's his name's" booth.

The fork in the road

Jean Dieuzaide, Albarracin, Spain  via

I've known for a long time that it was coming, but I've been dragging my feet. Lollygagging. Dawdling.

Burying myself in projects... anything to avoid committing to that first uneasy step.

But now I'm here... toes pointed in the right direction, weight shifted slightly forward...

Somebody, give me a push.

A Day in the Country, Vintage Decor Show & Sale

Draughts board

sold

My reproduction of an early draughts board, in a layered putty colour on faded black.

Made the same as the original, with missing front cleat, two split boards that have slightly shifted out of square, and applied trim attached with old square cut nails. 

A large, hefty board at about 35 x 20 inches. 

Articles de Fantaisie

sold

My reproduction of a 19th century shop sign from New Orleans' French Quarter, in a smaller size and different colour palette than the original.

Pine panel with applied moulding and rusty eye-hooks.

Just shy of 46 x 18 x 2 inches.

Cordonnerie Franco-Belge

sold

Large reproduction "Cordonnerie" sign, about 40"wide x 30"tall.

The original of this sign was lettered in gold. (...of which I'm not a fan.)  My version has the text in a warm taupe/straw colour, (which doesn't come across in this photo) on a hand-burnished black background, with "remnants" of trim and rusted tacks.