Green plastic covered wire framed plant holder. Simple but effective design.
Height: 15 cm, Width: 15 cm, Depth: 17 cm
Monday, 17 June 2013
# 13 Metal wine bottle holder
Rustic metal wine (or milk) bottle holder. It holds up to six bottles.
French, bought at a vide-greniers.
Height: 34 cm, Width: 30 cm, Depth: 19 cm
# 12 French metal chaufferettes, early 20th Century
Early 20th Century French chaufferettes in punched and embossed metal.
With a separate metal handled tray inside, hot coals would have been placed in here to keep travellers' feet warm on long, cold journeys.
These would make excellent shoe polish boxes or night light containers for today.
French, bought at a brocante.
Height: 15 cm, Width: 26 cm, Depth: 20 cm
# 21 1950s stamps in boxes
Set of four stamps in bold and fun graphic box, by Fernand Nathan, c.1950s.
The sets are: Animaux Sauvages (wild animals) 15 stamps, Les Jouets (toys) 15 stamps, Les Feuilles (leaves) 14 stamps, and school children doing activities such as running, skipping and playing football (the box reads Animaux Aquatiques) 13 stamps.
The stamps are approx. 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm.
French, bought from a vide-greniers.
Box Height: 2 cm, Width: 13 cm, Depth: 9 cm
# 6 Cigar boxes
Montecristo No. 5 and Ramon Allones cigar boxes.
Make fantastic pencil cases.
Height: 4 cm, Width: 21 cm, Depth: 11.5 cm
# 28 Swedish metal cooling rack
Swedish metal cooling rack from c. 1960s.
For the keen baker who never has enough room in the kitchen to cool down their fairy cakes.
Arms fold up for easy storage (but we also think it would make an ace magazine rack and, looking this stylish, would you really want to pack it away?)
Height: 44 cm, Width: 26 cm, Depth: 29 cm (when extended)
# 26 Glass bottles from a 1950s picnic set
Glass, with plastic lid, bottles from a 1950s picnic set.
All come with original rubber band, marked The British Vacuum Flask Co Ltd.
Height: 12 cm
# 25 1950s tin sandwich box
Tin sandwich box from a 1950s picnic set.
Does what it says on the tin, unless the thought of all those tongue sandwiches has put you off. In which case, it would make an ideal pencil case.
Height: 9 cm, Width: 20, Depth: 15 cm
# 27 1950s plastic sandwich flags
Plastic sandwich flags from a picnic set.
Classic and, not so classic, fillings for the contemporary picnic. Tongue anyone?
Height: 7 cm
# 24 Child's wooden chair
Child's wooden chair with arms, dating from c. 1960s.
Curved back with pole supports.
The chair has age and patina which adds to the charm - the cracking on the feet and seat of the chair is not structural and will still take the weight of a small child.
Height: 58 cm, Seat Height: 38 cm, Width: 32 cm, Depth: 27 cm
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