Category: Antiques

Back from Holiday

Thought it was time I caught up a bit as I have not posted for some weeks since going away on holiday. A couple of weeks in France and doing the closest thing I have to a hobby, wandering around antique centres, led to me to tell you more about Emmaus.

We love going to France and doing the things we love to do, one of which is traipsing around Emmaus centres. These are full of house clearance and donated items and sold to support the Emmaus charity, an organisation that supports homeless people with shelter, rehabilitation from addiction, support with mental health issues, and provides work in the centres as well.

Bargain Hunt

Full with everything from cooking utensils to colossal antique French wardrobes, it’s great to look out for something unusual, something vintage, something French no less.

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So here are a few of our recent finds from Emmaus centres in Fougeres, Laval and Rennes.
Continue reading “Emmaus Finds in France”

I am not completely sure I will ever use this fish serving set.  It is quite clearly incomplete with only three actual plates and then I wondered whether I would ever cook with fish (that swim in the sea) and scallops (that, well, just float around in shells).

But I couldn’t help being drawn to this set as its looks quite unusual, none of the fish are smiling, and each piece in good condition other than a hairline crack in the lid of the fish sauce boat.  And if ever placed on a dinner table is bound to create a talking point for several minutes – their difference, bargains, Flog It!, antique shops, Italy and so on.

They are from Modigliani via Condotti Roma and Continue reading “Fish and Scallops from Modigliani”

I didn’t want to neglect my Antiques category and thought I should pop a small post in to get started.

Just to show what you can pick up, this little beauty cost a staggering 75p from my favorite charity shop. It is not unusual to see these for sale for ten times this amount and quite often more. Continue reading “Blackbird”