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Vintage Murano Clowns w Stickers

More vintage clowns available. From the estate of a serious collector.

$25 ea.

Reduce Reuse Recycle Rebuy

We certainly admire this persons spirit. Merry Christmas!

Wine Bottle Christmas Tree

Found on Pintrest

More Lamps!

Tony been on a lamp rewiring binge...plus we have new contemporary lamps. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Oil and Hurricane lamps, floor lamps...pictures of lamps ect...we also have an extensive collection of antique glass shades and chimneys.

We are now on Pintrest

Starting a catalog of photos of all the amazing things that are currently in the shop or have passed through our hands. We hope we can help others with references and of course, sell more stuff!
http://www.pinterest.com/phoebeshiddentr/

Set of 4 Vintage Framed Watercolor Floral Prints. Gold Bamboo Frames

Which way to the bar?

Shillelagh

Can't imagine how to spell the plural of the word but we have 2 old Blackthorn ones

Super Rare North Carolina Rebecca Jug

Estate fresh and rare enough that I put it on eBay....lets see what happens.

Link to auction

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191238980707?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

The Arts and Crafts Movement

Selected info from wikipedia....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement

The Arts and Crafts Movement was an international design movement that flourished between 1860 and 1910, especially in the second half of that period,^[1] continuing its influence until the 1930s.^[2] It was led by the artist and writer William Morris (1834–1896) during the 1860s,^[1] and was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin (1819–1900) and Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), although the term "Arts and Crafts" was not coined until 1887, when it was first used by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at a preliminary meeting of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.^[3]

The movement developed first and most fully in the British Isles,^[2] but spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and North America.^[4] It was largely a reaction against the perceived impoverished state of thedecorative arts at the time and the conditions in which they were produced.^[5] It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often applied medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration. It advocated economic and social reform and has been said to be essentially anti-industrial.^[5][6]

In the United States, the terms American Craftsman or Craftsman style are often used to denote the style of architecture, interior design, and decorative arts that prevailed between the dominant eras of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, or approximately the period from 1910 to 1925.

In Canada, the term Arts and Crafts predominates, but Craftsman is also recognized.^[27]

While the Europeans tried to recreate the virtuous crafts being replaced by industrialisation, Americans tried to establish a new type of virtue to replace heroic craft production: well-decorated middle-class homes. They claimed that the simple but refined aesthetics of Arts and Crafts decorative arts would ennoble the new experience of industrial consumerism, making individuals more rational and society more harmonious. The American Arts and Crafts movement was the aesthetic counterpart of its contemporary political philosophy, progressivism. Characteristically, when the Arts and Crafts Society began in October 1897 in Chicago, it was at Hull House, one of the first Americansettlement houses for social reform.^[28]

In the United States, the Arts and Crafts style initiated a variety of attempts to reinterpret European Arts and Crafts ideals for Americans. These included the "Craftsman"-style architecture, furniture, and other decorative arts such as designs promoted by Gustav Stickley in his magazine, The Craftsman and designs produced on the Roycroft campus as publicized in Elbert Hubbard's The Fra. Both men used their magazines as a vehicle to promote the goods produced with the Craftsman workshop in Eastwood, NY and Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft campus in East Aurora, NY. A host of imitators of Stickley's furniture (the designs of which are often mislabelled the "Mission Style") included three companies established by his brothers.

What is Spelter Metal

In use since Civil War times Spelter, while sometimes used merely as a synonym for zinc, is often used to identify a zinc alloy. In this sense it might be an alloy of equal parts copper and zinc, i.e. a brass, used for hard soldering and brazing, or as an alloy, containing lead, that is used instead of bronze. In this usage it was common for many 19th-century cheap, cast articles such as candlesticks and clock cases and early 20th-century Art Nouveau ornaments and Art Deco figures.

The word "pewter" is thought to be derived from the word "spelter".^[1] Zinc ingots formed by smelting might also be termed spelter.

If you piece is old and you can't tell if it's brass or spelter...scratch the bottom a bit. Spelter will be silver in color.
I also know it to be called "Pot Metal"

Seasons Greetings from Phoebes Hidden Treasures ~ Down town North Attleboro

We are open for all you last minute shopping.

Unique gifts and stocking stuffers.

Shirley's Repurposed Antique Sled ~ Merry Christmas from Phoebe's

Now a lovey Christmas display table.

Vintage Linens Tablecloths Napkins Doilies Tatting Crochet Lace ~ We always have them

...shade pulls, table runners, antimacassars, fine needle work, embroidered....yup. This is Tony's moms department. They are tended to by Tina and if we don't have it, she will hunt it down. We don't know where she keeps on getting them. Some of the finest embroidery work I've seen. Ahhh but it is ever changing. Stop by and say hi and take a peek....you never know what you'll find.

Wow 19th c Jenny Lind Spool Bureau and Bed

OK, this bed needs a custom mattress but didn't you always want one of the hand made Gardner mattress's anyways.
We even have the original sideboards for the bed. Pristine condition.

Of Course we have McCoy

Just in time for your summer gardening needs.
Enormous Green McCoy Jardinière is lovely to look at.
Diamond quilting, leaves and berries.

 

See you at Phoebe's

Antique Vanity with Tri-fold Mirror Factory Painted Floral Accents

Oooo La La

Green enamel centers to brasses. Beautifly restored. Sturdy well made, hardwood. They don't make em like this anymore.

Variety is the Spice of Life

We have it all, really....think of what you need for your house , apartment, dorm or yard and we probably have it.
Accordions, postcards, furniture, primitives, bird cage holders, sofa sized paintings , glass ware, dishes, platters.... cheaper and nicer that the Christmas tree shop.
Some shop photos from yesterday. Stop in....browsers always welcome. Kibitzing is always free.

Peek at Brimfield

We did not go this time. I am getting up there and though each booth leaves me so excited to see the next...I can't do the Brimfield miles like I used to.
My idea - those Segway gizmo's. Heck, rent em....with a little cart behind them. I'd pay good money and spend all my money at Brimfield again. Free idea...use it!

The Dutch Estate just keeps getting better and better ~ Phoebe's

Holy Moley, the more we unpack the more treasure we find.

This little sterling baby spoon was in a bag of lobster crackers and lobster forks, Yikes, it could have ended up in Joe's auction!

and there is lots of art work signed by the artists as well

This is an oil on canvass signed Zander 1947

Cool British Railway label. In Flemish or Dutch??? Thought you might like to see one.

To my shear joy there were 4 old fashioned iced cube trays.

I kept the banged up ones and we put these 2 in the shop.

They don't make em like this anymore and I will never have ice cubes fly under the stove again while trying to wrestle them from plastic "twist-em" ice cube trays!! Nice big ice cubes too.

Little things make me so happy....lol

Ok here are just a few more things from this estate. I am off today but will put up more pics soon.

We are open all weekend just I need some R & R

HP Hibiscus w wire on back for hanging

Lot's of tins and bottles tucked in every nook and cranny of the shop

wood things and tons of baskets both old and new

chachkies

and this lady could not lay off the pewter

tons of it,

Wishing you all a Happy Labor Day Weekend!