We are back safe & sound from The Chapel Market, which is quite an accomplishment given our high-mileage van. It’s very reliable, but it might’ve decided at 202,000 miles as it’s hauling a very heavy trailer, that we’ve asked too much of it. It didn’t, though, and brought us there and back home again with a sigh of relief. We’ve already decided that the time is near when we need to get a truck and an enclosed trailer to make these trips. We currently do two shows a year (Lucketts Spring Market and The Chapel Market), but we would like to add in one more, I think.
I’ll share pictures from this weekend as well as a recap of the day…what sold, what didn’t and what I bought. In a nutshell, it was a great event and we’re already looking forward to next year.
I spent most of the day hunkered in bed. I wasn’t sick or anything, but I really wanted and needed some rest and relaxation. I hopped right back into work after the Toronto trip and I really paid for it. I was dragging for a couple of weeks. I learned my lesson from that and cleared a few days to chill, watch movies and catch up on things.
I planned ahead of time for a few days off, so I snapped some pictures before I left of some things I found while on my final shopping trips before we left for Alabama…
I’ve been searching for blue & white handleless mugs whenever I’m out and about and I’ve collected five so far…one at a time. They don’t match, but they compliment each other. I think the patterns are so beautiful and I just have a hard time resisting old dishes.
I found the very old flow blue plates underneath on a $1.00 shelf because they each had a small chip in the rim.
I also kept this ironstone ring mold. I’ve never seen one like it anywhere. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it, yet, but I wasn’t quite ready to let it go.
And this sweet “trophy” was another bargain find. I love the shape of it. I think it’s actually a large sugar jar, but it looks like a trophy to me!
I’ve had a thing for old tools lately and decided to keep this small, wood handled c-clamp.
I found several huge, wood vices, but I did sell those at the Chapel Market. It’s hard to tell the scale of these, but they were almost two feet wide! I was fascinated with the large, wood screws.
I’ve used this for a few shoots already, but I kept this trapper’s pack as well. I’ve been eyeing these for a while, but they’re always so large, usually rickety, and leave me with the question of what I’m really going to use it for. This one is sturdy, in great condition and is much more petite than others I’ve seen. The smaller size lends it to more uses I think.
(I just noticed that shoelace hanging from the basket! I need to get that off.)
I love leather bound books and I bought these to sell at the market as well. Even at $5/each, they didn’t sell and I’m not all that disappointed about it.
The inscription, that’s over 100 years old, is so beautiful and what made me buy the books in the first place. Old handwriting just grabs me every time.
More on the Chapel Market, a fall tablescape and my guest room bed to come this week…
Hi Marian, this is a little off topic to this entry, but I can’t find anything about a winner selected for the recent Pine Hill/Fresh American Style bedding. I’ve been checking your site and Fresh American Style. Have you made an announcement that I missed somewhere? Thank you!
Cyndi
Books are a weakness of mine and yours are a treasure! I found one once, an old schoolbook, that had notes written in the margins with little jokes and such. It even had a tiny evergreen leaf pressed into the pages with a note saying it was from their Christmas tree that year. I can’t imagine what makes a person’s family get rid of a book like that. I feel that it’s my duty to give it a good home 🙂
FYI, I think those “vices” are really Jorgensen clamps. The things one remembers from highschool wood shop!
I think the shoe lace adds to the charm.Happy to know you had a good market
Welcome back from Alabama, glad you are taking a well deserved rest! The Chapel Market was a ton of fun (even my hubby had a good time)! You are just as sweet in person as you are here, thank you for taking time to visit with all of us! By eleven in the morning, your booth was almost cleared out…I can’t imagine you had to bring too much back home with you! I managed to still find a couple of treasures, though :)!!!
That little mold would look really nice used as a small wreath…glad you’re finding time to relax….
I was going to suggest the same thing ; ) Hanging alone, or in the center 1of a round boxwood wreath.
Beautiful! LOVE the flow blue and the basket. Can’t wait to see pics of the Chapel Market!
I think that that ring mold would be beautiful as a ceiling light medallion with a simple light fixture.
Love the trappers basket. They are definitely keepers.
Kind of off topic but as I was reading your post an advertisement for discover theorist.org kept popping up in the middle of your photos and text. Maybe it’s just something on my end but just in case I thought I would mention it. Makes your blog post a challenge to read.
I am rather a ‘dish’ nut myself, and transferware is my particular weakness. I always have to take a few days to chill after a trip, it does help do the trick in not getting overwhelmed with fatigue later.
I love old handwriting too! Good for you taking a little R&R! I think we all need to do more of that!
The blue china is stunning and I love the ironstone mold. It would make an adorable frame for a pinecone , key etc. You’ll think of something, I just know it ;).
As far as the trapper’s basket, I thought the shoelace was part of it all! Hahahaha…it sure “patinaed” right along with all of it. It is amazing the books didn’t sell. They are gorgeous as well as the handwriting. Old handwriting was all so similar. Suppose that was the era of penmanship class and accuracy! The vintage tools remind me of ones my Daddy and Grandpa had days gone by.
Bottom line…..I love it all!
Rest well!
I have a child sized trapper basket that I bought in an antique store on the Ohio/Indiana
line. Never knew what it was and now I know. Thanks.
I think the mold would look pretty just hanging on the wall, maybe by itself or with some other ironstone plates. Would be pretty sitting on a coffee table with a candle nestled inside it, sitting on a top of books….possibilities are endless. Love the piece! Glad you made it safely home from Alabama. Can’t wait to see your purchases 🙂
I wanted to come to The Chapel Market but we host a tailgate for a large group of people for every home game at Auburn…so I couldn’t go…wah, wah! I would have snapped up those leather books in a flash!
Do you have a shop/store front? We’re going to Gettysburg, PA in mid-November and I thought I would stop by…we’ll be flying so I won’t have much room in my suitcase but thought it would be fun to see your shop if you have one.
Hope you get some rest!
You always find such amazing stuff! I love that ironstone mold, and the basket. Can’t wait to hear how well you did at the Chapel Market:)
What great finds Marian!! The mold is amazing!!
This weekend I passed by some brown transferware. The cream or white plate was actually a dark tan. I sort of like it that way…but really I prefer a whiter look. Yet, I’m kicking myself because the brown design was exquisite. Marian…how do you decide if ironstone is too discolored and can I fix it?
Fantastic finds!! I love finding things with such history….I often think of these people, their interests, their faces even and often wonder if they could have ever possibly known how much these items mean to such people who love such pieces! ~Ashley
I could see your mold tied with a velvet or satin ribbon and hung on the wall like a wreath! It’s really pretty.
Amazing finds! Would love to go treasure hunting with you. I love blue and white and especially blue and white transfer ware and flow blue. Wish I could find $1.00 deals like that.
Wow! The book has a family name in it. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it. Do you remember where you goy it? I would love to know more.
Glad your trip was successful and your truck held out. Lovely photos, the one of the old book reminds me of one I have which is more than a 100 years old and the handwriting is exactly the same. I think they penned so beautifully in those days.
Lee
Don’t you just love thinking about what the shoe lace may have been used for? The basket was full and needed to hold on to one more… rabbit? 🙂
Envious of your $1.00 flow blue plate find . . . what a steal!
that inscription made me smile…. 3 days before my grandfather was born