I absolutely love meandering around antique shops in the little sleepy town near to where my mum and dad live, it is so relaxing. They also have some good charity shops there too! These are my gorgeous treasures that I found in the antique market today. The first thing I saw was this rather peculiar fruit bowl. I think my mum thought it was a bit odd looking but I adored it! I thought the colours were muted and this reminded me of the Sawley 'ugly pots' that I have a slight addiction to. The whole fruit pile does lift off to so that means that I can use the bowl to hide special things in.
I could not resist these celebratory cups, I blame my dad for this because last year he gave me a cardboard box of old jubilee cups that he had collected many years ago. They had been sitting in the garage for ages and were covered in cobwebs, but they scrubbed up wonderfully. So now I have a whole little shelf dedicated to these treasures and I just can't help but add to them. My favourite was the cup from 'The Great World War' from 1918, to just think that this cup has been in this world for nearly 100 years is incredible and it really stimulates my imagination to what it would have witnessed over the years. I think it has been broken a couple of times and glued back together, but it was £2 and I was in love so I really wasn't bothered.
What are your favourite antique treasures?
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