We will begin with these fabulous mushroom canisters, below:
The three that match were purchased at The Emporium, a huge and wonderful antique store next door to A. Flowers, where I have my booth space in Jamestown, California.
I was excited to find them. I had found the other canister you see some time last year at a thrift shop. I found out later that the owner of the antique shop had actually purchased them herself when she was a teenager! That makes them even more special to me - and believe me, they ended up in the hands of the right person!
Love them.
I found this next photo in one of my vintage magazines. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may remember my fondness for both the paper flowers and the colorful cardboard boxes with the drawers.
That house looks pretty darned cool, too:
I found this clown Counterpoint pencil box at another shop in Jamestown. It slides open and also contains a pencil sharpener.
It still has the original "Counterpoint" sticker on the bottom (as do the canisters).
And then, just the other day, I found this vintage house vase/planter:
While it does not have a sticker, I believe it to be a Counterpoint item, also.
I have a small collection of the houses, and this one is ready to join their little neighborhood!
7 comments:
Great finds. You have a fabulous eye for things.
How wonderful to find things you really want!
Liz
Love it all! That house in the ad is waaaay too cool. I've mentioned before I have one of those pottery houses. I love it. Would like to find more to make a wall grouping (in case anyone doesn't know, they are also wall pockets with a hole on the back). Thanks for posting!
What great finds. I also like your August 1969 calendar with my 18th birthday on it, which I spent on Torrance Beach having a good time with our cousin Elaine. It was also the opening day of Woodstock! Love the mushroom canisters. When I was pregnant with Josh my kitchen was pretty much all mushroom items. I had some great coffee cups but they broke during the 1971 earthquake. Love T
Those canisters are out of this world!!
Those canisters! <3
I LOVE everything in the magazine picture! Paper flowers are always a favorite as well as the colorful drawer boxes. I've never seen anything like the stand up flowers but I love them too and they give me an idea for a craft project. I also like the houses. They would fit in well with all my tin houses. I wonder if these might be containers for long fireplace match sticks? The Counterpoint canisters are very familiar. I think I recently saw a small match tin with a similar design.
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