Dutch Treat!

Lessons Learned

I found this adorable spice rack when I was out

treasure hunting on Saturday and I didn't buy it.

If I did I would have gone over the budget I set

for myself for each weekend, so I passed on it.

I found it in an antique shop that is over an hour 

away from my house and on the ride home I was

telling Mr. Wonderful how much I really loved it.

He said he liked it too.  So now I am in non-buyers

remorse.  How many times have I said, if you see

something you love, get it while you can!  

And I didn't...

I went to over 10 antique or thrift shops that day

and only spent $5, I got 3 small blue willow bread

plates and 3 candlewick glasses.  

And all I could think about was, yep, you guessed

it ~ the spice shelf.

Wonderful happened to be off today and we 

decided to head back to the far away antique

shop.  We were crossing our fingers that Murphy's

Law wouldn't act against us and have us show up

to find the shelf was gone...

But no, luck was with us and it was still there.

We had thought it was German but when we 

googled some of the words we found out it was

Dutch!  Even better, I have a thing for kitschy

Dutch stuff ~ I bet that comes from growing up

across the street from my Dutch neighbor, Mrs. C.

I should have known it was Dutch just by the 

painting style.  I'l have to consult with Mrs. C's

daughter, the Delft expert.

I love that someone wrote the English translations

on the back of the drawers.  The person got some

of them correct, some were written in Dutch and

some of the spices had the names mixed up. 

I find that to be adorable too.

Canton Orange Peel?

This is a nice little piece I found last year.  I was visiting

an antique shop in rural Ohio for the first time and picked

this up in a $5 box in one of the booths.  When I went to

check out the man working the register told me I got this

little dish from his booth and he is sure I found a great buy.

He is sure it is Canton orange peel and for some reason it was

just not selling so he threw it in the $5 bin to move it along.

I don't know enough about Cantonware to tell if this is a 

piece from there but it doesn't matter, I love it and I'm sure

I got a bargain.

Delft

I have loved old stuff all my life.  Just yesterday I 
bought a piece of Delft and I thought to myself how
 long have you loved this stuff?  I realized it was 
probably when I would visit my neighbor across the
 street from my girlhood home.  Mrs. C was Dutch and 
collected Delft.  It was probably in her home that I 
first fell in love with it.  I have been to the Netherlands 
a few times but never to Delft.  
I'll have to make it there on my next trip!

I sent this photo to Mrs. C's kids and her daughter

sent me this photo.

Wow! This is Debbie's collection.  She said her daughter

has her Mom's collection ~ just as it should be.  It is great

to see families pass their treasures to younger generations.