Featured Bought a lot for mainly one thing...

Will you guess what I wanted?

 

You wanted another frozen Charlotte?

Just Kidding!!

I can't guess any one item.......you just wanted ALL of it???

I do love that green/blue piece in the center tho.......my eye goes right to it.

 

Haha, the tiny Epiphanie baby/" not a frozen Charlotte"! I knew you'd say that

The teal blue thing is a bonus for me, it is old Vauxhall glass, japaned back, blue iron, and was certainly part of a hair decoration, I love it too!

ONE PIECE was my goal and it was not the blue thing

 

I looked again, again & again.....and I still can't guess. Do like that you named the center piece.....Vauxhall glass.

Epiphanie baby? Is that a baby?????

As in Nativity baby? Baby Jesus?

 

I'd want the Meiji-era shakudo piece with the crane...brooch?

~Cheryl

 

On the 6th of january for Epiphanie (commemorating the 3 kings visiting Jesus!) , a "Galette des Rois", puff pastry stuffed with almonds based filling is shared. Inside is a "fève", little figurine, the one who find it is the King, chose his Queen, and will pay next year for the galette

 

Cheryl YESSS!


Appear it was part of a Kagamibuta netzuke:

 

TY! I must say, embarrasingly, my religious "slip" is showing.

But! I did learn something new today.

TY again Kyra!

 

The crane is lovely..............

 

Pretty piece and a nice little lot - hope you got it for song...

~Cheryl

 

I'm totally atheist... Except when a religious commemoration involves eating something YUMMY

Thank you for loving the shakudo/shuibichi crane

 

Not really a song at 70€... but very pleased with the goodies:
A silver buckle part with the french hallmark hare's head, the Vauxhall glass bandeau, and nice old engraved black mother of pearls buttons

 

Shakudo is hard to find at good price, I have another lucky find, which fits perfectly in my bug jewellery area of collecting!

A bracelet with 15 panels depicting all different insects and a snail!

Unmarked silver mount.
18.5cm long.
2cm wide.
Heavyyy!

One hinge needed a little soldering, another is a little distressed but functional.

I think it is first third of 20th century, the shakudo pieces were intended for making a bracelet, not alike older pieces coming from Japanese arms/swords.

Exquisite detailed bugs and bzz bzz!

You can figure how delighted I was to find it

 

Also a tradition in New Orleans here in the US - called a 'King Cake'.

That was definitely a good buy, even if not quite 'a song'!

~Cheryl

 

Great bracelet - but no dragonfly?!?

~Cheryl

 

Meh... No...halas!

 

Love the goodies.

 

Kyra........you're one of the kindest people on this Board!

Thank you for that!

 

Saw the crane but thought the pink flamingo might have been a miniature painting. Is it??