Have you ever heard of Jumbo Peanut Butter? The peanut butter was marketed by Frank Tea & Spice Company, Cincinnati, Ohio in the early 1900's. The company also sold Dove Brand spices and other spices. Today, Jumbo Peanut Butter jars are very collectible.Over the years, we have discovered several different sizes and shapes of Jumbo Peanut Butter jars. My favorite is this cute little elep...

China teacups are something you don't see a lot of people decorate with anymore. Back in the day when we used to go to my grandma's house for dinner on two Sundays a month, her china teacup collection was a source of fascination for me. I think she must have received them as gifts, or even bought a few for herself. She had a nice hutch and the shelves were lined with a variety of authen...

Are you familiar with a possum belly? No, it's not the fuzzy under belly of an opossum. Actually, it is an antique kitchen cabinet named after the big deep drawers in the lower section of the cabinet. Possum belly kitchen/baking cabinets are from the 1890's - early 1900's era. This possum belly cabinet is made of oak and has been in my family for years. The top of the cabinet has do...

My wife's grandfather coal miners from Greensboro, Pennsylvania. It is a very small historic town on the Monongahela river in southwestern PA.  It is about 60 miles south of Pittsburg. Beside coal mining the other big industry in between 1850s and 1915 was making stoneware pottery. Since the plant was right next door to my wife's grandparents house, she has sentament...

Years ago, I purchased a Shawnee "Puss & Boots" cat cookie jar at an estate sale. It was my first piece of Shawnee Pottery and the beginning of a quest to find other pieces of the set. The cookie jar was made in the late 1940s. Later, I purchased a "Puss & Boots" creamer and salt & pepper to match the cookie jar. All of the pottery pieces are very well made ...

For the past two years I have been collecting Metal Chocolate Candy Molds, mainly from Europe.  Being Dutch, I only collect the St. Nicholas molds (also know as Sinterklaas), by himself, or on his horse, and also his sidekick Black Peter (better know by the Dutch as Zwarte Piet).  The one I have pictured here is one I found recently on ebay, the best place I have found to look for the...

My great grandma Sarah died  a few months before before I was born, but in her will she left me her china collection. When I turned 21 I was to recieve this beautiful set of China. As a child I was allowed to admire it, it is such a beautiful set that I could hardly wait to grow up and enjoy this lovely collection. About 8 years ago, my grandma presented me the set, with advice about carin...

    Independence Ironstone China was a gift for our wedding. It is durable and dishwasher safe. It is very useable china, and is now a family heirloom. It has been passed down through the generations. It has already survived an enourmous amount of use. I have the white set. We have used this on a day to day basis. I have no idea what it's value would be in todays market. I kn...

While surfing on ebay one day, I came upon this beautiful rooster and roses dinnerware. The pattern is of a brightly colored rooster with maroon, pink roses on them. Each peach is edged with a yellow band that has light brown lines going up and down. I fell in love with the pattern immediately and now my kitchen has been taken over by roosters.This ceramic dinnerware comes from the United China...

This beautiful decanter with shot glasses was a wedding gift to my mom and dad in the early 1940s. I always admired it, even when I was a little girl. I don't remember that Mom ever used it, actually, but always just had it on display on a shelf of her corner cupboard. When she and Dad moved into a smaller home a couple of years ago, I was the happy recipient of this beautiful set. Now it s...

I have a new fascination as of late for antique postcards.  I am always on the lookout for items that have something to do with my birthplace, Holland.  In my searches on Ebay I found these charming postcards of dutch children that date back to 1910.  I couldn't believe someone would have these in such good condition and be almost 100 years old.Check out the scans from the ba...

This model has been in my family for many years.  It represents the procession in which the bride (in a wealthy family) is transported to the groom's family's house during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644 AD).  It was my mother's when she was a child and was a gift from some friends of my grandparents who bought it on a trip to Shanghai .  Through out history, weddings ...

This beautiful swan dish was made by Fenton in 1938.  It is made out of green vaseline glass which means that it glows under a black light.  I think this dish is fabulous.  It has a lot of detail and is interesting to look at in many different angles.  You can purchase it on E-Bay for about $40.  It is very rare to find it in mint condition, so I highly recommend purcha...

Did you know some peanut butter companies packaged their products in decorative glasses in the 1950's - 1960's? Some of the most collectible glasses were distributed by Boscul Peanut Butter, Big Top Peanut Butter and the Armour Company. The promotional glasses had pry off lids. When the peanut butter was used up, the glass could be washed and used in the kitchen as a drinking glass. Tod...

Me and my wife have been collecting antiques and we got hooked on Rose point patern of depression era glassware made by Cambridge of Ohio. Also, We are collecting Greensboro crocks,  and antique furniture but save these for future reviews. There is literally hunderds of antique depression era glassware but Rose point is beautiful and very elaborate glasswork which we fi...

Now this is the very definition of an oldie, but a goodie! This belonged to my great-grandmother Rose. She passed away when I was in the fourth grade and I miss her. I don't know too many exact details about the watch, so some of this is a bit speculative. The watch is a silver-toned metal. It could be silver, white gold, platinum, stainless steel, etc. There are no indentifying m...

I got this plate from my hubby’s worker’s wife on my birthday last year. She said that this plate was antique (but she didn’t say the year of the making). The diameter of this plate is 20cm, a quite large plate. The dominant color is dark blue, and it’s painted with beautiful scenery of ‘English Lakes’ (a painting depicted English Lakes from Anglo Normands er...

I love my Fiesta Dinnerware set. I have a place setting for eight. I got this set at a local antique flea market. I assume these are antiques, but I have no real way of knowing because they have made reproductions of these dishes. The set is muticolored. All are light, pastel colors. These are nice, heavy plates. They are large - a "man" sized plate. I think they make such a pret...

A few years ago, I found some  vintage figural "smoker" ashtrays at an estate sale. Then, the hunt was on. Here's an example of one of my favorites.This cute little "sailor" is a vintage porcelain figural smoker ashtray. When a cigarette is placed in one of the holes, at the bottom of the ashtray, smoke comes out his mouth. This figure is made of porc...

This is deffinitly an old box.  We have dated it back to the late 1800's or to the turn of the century.  My husband's mother handed it down to my husband right before she died. We know is has been in the family for several generations. It is a family heirloom passed down to my husband's mother from her mother. There is not much known of it's orgin except what is stated...