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Collectibles, vintage instruments, cigar box ukuleles, vintage clothing, jewelry and accessories. Always something new.
Antiques, collectibles, vintage stringed instruments, vintage restaurant ware, cigar box ukuleles, handmade gig bags. We’ve been selling online* for many years and NOW we also have a space in The Shoppes on Bellevue in downtown Hammonton NJ. Anything you see online can easily be available for you to purchase in our local shop. – My Vintage Madness – Just let me know when you will be stopping by.
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In 1961, former Broadway stage actor and producer, Walter Starcke moved to Key West and was involved in real estate development. Just as his newly renovated buildings by Key West Harbor were ready for business, he ran into two old friends from his Broadway days, choreographer Jim Russell and stage manager, Peter Pell, who happened to have the perfect enterprise, a screen print fabric shop ~ Key West Hand Print Fabrics Inc.
Suzie Zuzek DePoo was Key West Hand Print Fabrics’ leading artist and it was where her colorful tropical designs caught the eye of Palm Beach socialite, Lilly Pulitzer, who commissioned Zuzek’s art and Key West Hand Print Fabrics for most of her classic signature resort wear in the 1960s and 70s.
NEWS FLASH!!! – I will soon be listing some pretty amazing fabrics in my Etsy shop, Fabric Madness. All are designed by Zuzek and Pell and a few others – all were made in the 1960s and 1970s at Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc. All are clean, crisp, vibrant and brand new old stock stored away for all these years. Sounds exciting to me! Stay tuned…
Don’t worry! There are more available for purchase in the Vintage Letterpress Blocks section of my Etsy shop, MyVintageMadness, and a whole lot more to come (as soon as I take the pics and write the descriptions, that is).
I found another one! Here is a really nice Taltos Fortune Telling Teacup and Saucer with the instruction booklet. “Made in Staffordshire England ~ Royal Kendal ~ Fine Bone China” is stamped on the bottom of both the cup and saucer.
Written around the outside of the cup are the words; “Perchance this cup will show it thee. Would’st thy fortune like to see?”. In the center of the cup is a sailing ship surrounded by fortune-telling symbols. Saucer is decorated with the signs of the zodiac, a shamrock is in the center. Both the saucer and the cup are in lovely condition. No chips cracks or repairs. Like new.
Cup measures 3″ wide and 2 5/8″ tall.
Saucer measures 5 1/2″ wide and 1″ tall.
Included is a copy of The Taltos Fortune Telling Teacup book with 21 pages of useful information to be able to interpret the different signs and symbols while reading the tea leaves.
SOLD September 26, 2018 in my Etsy Shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyVintageMadness.
True story: In 1976, my husband went with a friend to a tea leaf reader who offered to tell him his fortune as well. She told him to take a long walk and he would soon meet his Queen of Hearts. Now, if he had walked out her front door and turned left, he would have walked right past my house. We met a few months later, in the Allaire State Park where I worked at the General Store in the Village, while on one of his long walks. It was love at first sight and we’ve been happily married for 41 years.
I found this deep amber colored glass pitcher at the Columbus Farmer’s market while rummaging through boxes. I held it up to the early morning sunlight and was delighted to see a deep amber with dark red highlights, no chips, no cracks, and BATSTO NJ 2 embossed on the bottom. Apparently, this lovely glass commemorative pitcher #2 was made in Wheaton Village in 1980 for the Batsto Village Gift Shop from the red saw dust from the heartwood of a 150 year old red cedar tree that was milled at Batsto following a storm. It stands 4 1/2″ tall and looks amazing when the sun shines through.
This antique toaster has a nice art deco style, made in the 1920s by Landers Frary and Clark in New Britain Connecticut. The swing arm mechanism works fine and was designed to flip the bread to enable toasting on both sides. Nice nickel finish, could use a good cleaning and polishing. There is no cord included with this gem. Vintage toaster measures 6 1/2 inches tall, base is 7 inches by 4 inches. SOLD.
Vintage Carved Wood Scottish Terrier Dog Desk Set With Hinged Box
Looking for a new home! This interesting Scottie dog carved desk set, made in Germany, early 1900s, features a Scottish Terrier with glass eyes, a serious “dog on duty” face, guarding the carved wooden hinged box beside him. “Made in Germany” is stamped on the bottom. The base measures 5 1/2″ long by 2 3/4″ wide. Scottie dog is 2 3/4″ tall. The hinged box measures 3 1/2″ by 2 3/4″.
Vintage Creamers
Rosenthal Porcelain Creamer
from North German Steamship Line Bremen 1930s
Small creamer in light gray and white from the Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Line with the company emblem in gold – a crossed anchor and the Bremen key surrounded by oak leaves. This vintage little creamer measures only 2 inches tall and is, I believe, from the 1930s. This vintage little creamer measures only 2 inches tall and is, I believe, from the 1930s. Rosenthal Germany is marked on the bottom. No chips, cracks or rough spots. The North German Lloyd S. S. Co. was founded in 1857 and quickly attained a dominant position in the transatlantic cargo and passenger business.
Listed for sale on ~ https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyVintageMadness
Fascinating accounts of the history of the North German Lloyd S. S. Co., Bremen can be found here:
The Norddeutscher Lloyd – Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway Heritage
web: http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=ndlaa
History of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co., Bremen (1898)
http://www.gjenvick.com/SteamshipLines/NorthGermanLloyd/1898-04-NorthGermanLine-History.html#axzz3pQvQvvik
Vintage Syracuse China Creamer Pitcher
Dinkler Hotels Restaurant Ware
This creamer pitcher features the second logo, black and white with letters D and H, used in the Dinkler Hotels. This particular piece was made by Syracuse China in Syracuse NY in August 1956, according the 8-KK stamp on the bottom. (See photos)
A 1956 advertisement for The St. Charles in New Orleans, “one of the completely air-conditioned and modern Dinkler Hotels in the South!”, lists other Dinkler Hotels ~ The Dinkler-Tulwiler in Birmingham, The Dinkler – Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, The Dinkler Plaza in Atlanta and The Dinkler – Andrew Jackson in Nashville.
This creamer stands 4 inches tall and measures 4 inches from the end of the spout to the top end of the handle. Great piece of Southern hotel history.
Listed for sale – Available on Etsy
Scammell China in Trenton made the lovely creamer with a blue scroll pattern, a basket of fruit and an urn. It’s called Derby Blue circa 1925 – 1929.