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[dh66]

The geese look like 1950's Libbey glasses. I look for shot & rocks glasses.

Libbey glasses.

I didn't know.

Thanks Jack.

I have a duck glass I acquired recently..... just did a little googling and sure enough that's what it is. Apparently part of a set of gamebird designs.

I have avoided (often with great effort) collecting vintage glassware, because I have a house full of young, glass-breaking kids. A few have slipped through the cracks and ended up in the (very highest) cabinet despite my best efforts, but now that I know I have only part of the set........

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[3fingers]

I love those Libbey wildlife glasses.
I have a new bunch I'm watching for now. Jif peanut butter had jars that became glasses with dogs on them. They are like large versions of the jelly jars from years ago. They seem to be tougher to come by at least so far.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Apparently part of a set of gamebird designs.

I love those Libbey wildlife glasses.

In the wildlife series I've stuck with the game birds also. Mostly ducks, geese & pheasants. No fish, deer etc. I have a few odds & ends from the atomic series. I really like the Sputnik ones but they are really hard to find. And I usually just stick with shot & alcohol glasses. I don't buy tumblers unless I just need them to complete a set.

In the atomic series they have dish sets also. Don't have any of them.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Schlitz Libbey Pilsners dated 1955 still in the box.

 

[Bugguy]

Schlitz Libbey Pilsners dated 1955 still in the box.

I covet those glasses! I grew up drinking Schlitz... its original incarnation. Great find.

 

[dh66]

Schlitz Libbey Pilsners dated 1955 still in the box.

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NICE!!

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[BobHufford]

Schlitz Libbey Pilsners dated 1955 still in the box.

Cool! Where do you come up with something like that?

 

[HanauMan]

I was browsing through my local thrift store yesterday and came across this kitsch John Wayne resin model. At only 5 bucks I just couldn't say no and therefore I took him home with me. Here he is sitting in front of another thrift store buy, a Arizona Landmarks book.

 

[Desert dog]

My wife brought me this hat band. She found it at a consignment store that's going out of business. It has very small beads.

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[BobHufford]

My wife brought me this hat band. She found it at a consignment store that's going out of business. It has very small beads.

Nice! Look forward to seeing it on a hat.

 

[dh66]

My wife brought me this hat band. She found it at a consignment store that's going out of business. It has very small beads.

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Score!!

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[BobHufford]

6” cleaver for $3.00 from the thrift...

 

[dh66]

6” cleaver for $3.00 from the thrift...

That's a quality tool! Nice find.

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[HanauMan]

That German steel cleaver is good quality. My mom still has a kitchen set of knifes by this same company that she bought when we lived in Germany forty years ago and she still uses some of them nearly every day. Forty years down the line and they're just like new.


I found this old Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts period beaten copper panel in a junk store. It is 12 X 12 inches square and has little pin holes at each corner. I am guessing that it was once fitted to a piece of furniture or perhaps on a door.

 

[BobHufford]

Three bowls for 50-cents each...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I found this old Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts period beaten copper panel in a junk store. It is 12 X 12 inches square and has little pin holes at each corner. I am guessing that it was once fitted to a piece of furniture or perhaps on a door.

Ceiling tile were commonly 12x12 & larger, & were stamped using wood block molds. If the ceiling was to be painted they were stamped of tin; copper was used for fancier unpainted ceilings. Both being soft metals available in the day.

 

[HanauMan]

Ceiling tile were commonly 12x12 & larger, & were stamped using wood block molds. If the ceiling was to be painted they were stamped of tin; copper was used for fancier unpainted ceilings. Both being soft metals available in the day.

Never thought about it being a ceiling tile. The metal has been hand hammered, not machine pressed, so I'm still guessing a panel for a furniture cupboard door or suchlike.

Nice kitchen ceiling, guess they were easy to clean the soot and grease off from back in the day. I came across this example of a vintage tin ceiling in a restaurant in Arizona a while back.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Never thought about it being a ceiling tile. The metal has been hand hammered, not machine pressed, so I'm still guessing a panel for a furniture cupboard door or suchlike.

Nice kitchen ceiling, guess they were easy to clean the soot and grease off from back in the day. I came across this example of a vintage tin ceiling in a restaurant in Arizona a while back.

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It was easier to cover bat & lath ceilings with tin than with plaster. You might enjoy seeing the stamping operation & equipment still used today. They still use the same wood blocks.

 

[BobHufford]

Got a good sized stack of these from my Dad. They were from an old country store (with a leaky roof) in St. Thomas, Missouri near Jefferson City.

 

[BobHufford]

We're veering off topic, but this place (Springfield's oldest tavern) is near a few nice flea-markets and thrift stores...