Fabulous! Fireplace Fender! $35

Forever I have wanted and longed for a for a fireplace fender at a price within my budget. On a quick stop at Sally's Boutique I found it and well within my budget $35.It is all brass and has a fabulous French motif...what fun!

Another great surprise for me was that my granddaughter decided she would sit on the grand Victorian sofa I bought 2 years ago just for her and just her size. She also conducted a tea party at the little table I arranged for her to enjoy.What fun to be a grandma!

Lovely Lustreware..Back to Thrifting

This is the classic image that comes to mind when thinking of lustreware.

Lustreware was originally created by the early pottery factories to replicate,gold,copper,and silver on pottery items. The glaze produces a lovely sheen that closely resembles the aforementioned metals. Another type of lustreware in colors was also produced and is evidenced in mostly trims in colors ..predominately pink.These were produced by England,Czechoslovakia ,and France.

more diminutive versions of the above

An example of pink lustre trim. These pitchres had humorous pictures on them and are quite valuable . This one isn't because of a hairline crack,but my enjoyment has well benefited from it's small cost.

Very old cup and saucer. No handle on cup as the tea was poured into the saucer to cool and then drunk from the saucer.Probably gaudy dutch with the lustre pink trim

pretty lustre embellishment in bottom of cup,this set was found one at a time on 2 different days at the salvation army

more listre trim

Very collectible tea leaf design china,and hard to find.Tea leaf and trim are lustre

Keep in min all this was found very inexpensively in thrift stores or antique stores. Some do have flaws ,but that doesn't decrease my enjoyment of them.