Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A Weekend for the "Birds"

It's getting so hard to juggle my working weekends with my love of treasure hunting, but this past weekend I hit the jackpot!  Well, maybe just a small jackpot, but I was pleased nonetheless.

This is the last weekend we'll be opening our seasonal business at the coast and things were slow enough Saturday that I could leave Hubby in charge and run off to a church yard sale.  I found several neat things, but here's two dishes that I really loved.

This one is part of a seasonal series of decorative wall plates by Ganz.  They made one for each season and this one's called Winter Forest Tree.



This next one is a dish with a Hen & Rooster scene that I've seen on different porcelain pieces over the years.  It's a scene by H. Arndt and the plate manufacturer is Theo Ruhn, Bavaria Germany.   I collect chicken themed items, so I was excited to get this.



And since Thanksgiving is around the corner, I'm posting another little item I found.  This is a pilgrim boy and girl figurine and I found an old glass to make a cloche scene.  It's by Sebastian and it's called Little Sister.  I have several things by Sebastian, so I was happy to get another.  It made a pretty little addition to my Thanksgiving table decor!

See, it doesn't take much to make me happy!  I'm looking forward to my free Saturdays from now through May - just so I can go treasure hunting!


I'm linking to "Let's Dish" and Vintage Thingy Thursday today!

6 comments:

  1. oh that bird plate is lovely! great finds :)

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  2. So glad you were able to get away for a bit of Thrift Shopping. It's always great to find PLATES, and the figurine is a treasure. Hope your have a good seasonal business and goodwill hunting. Visiting from VTT...hope you can stop by CollectInTexas Gal.

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  3. All your nest little finds would make anyone happy.

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  4. Hi Glenda. How lovely that you have your treasure hunting to look forward to again! I love the rooster plate, and that little figurine is quite delightful. No doubt you are going to be busy getting ready for your Thanksgiving Celebrations at the moment.

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  5. Very fun! I love bird plates and those are so cute! Great finds!
    Ruth

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  6. So glad you were able to enjoy yourself thrifting! Your two plates are so pretty and the chicken and rooster plate is a great addition to your collection! The pilgrim boy and girl is very sweet and so timely for your Thankgiving Table!

    Thanks, Pam

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