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O is for… Owl

Friday, September 9th, 2011

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detail from a brown vintage pottery money box in the shape of an owl

These are the big eyes of our latest owl – in this case a pottery money box.

pottery pan trivet / pot stand in the shape of an owl pottery pan trivet / pot stand in the shape of an owl

vintage tin money box with owl decoration vintage pottery mug with owl face in relief on the side

They never stay with us long as these feathered friends are consistently popular in our shop.

green glazed vintage owl figure produced by Lotus Pottery

Whether in the form of money boxes, mugs, pot stands, textile prints, pictures or book illustrations.

small vintage white lustre pottery figure in the shape of an owl small vintage Shelf Pottery owl figure

vintage white pottery mug with transfer printed owl figure brown vintage Hornsea Pottery mug with transfer printed owl decoration designed by John Clappison

We’ve blogged a fair few times about the great illustrator, Kenneth Townsend. He designed the cutest owl as part of his Menagerie series – apparently the owl was his favourite animal!

vintage Kenneth Townsend pottery owl tile

Another wonderful illustrator with a thing for owls was Celestino Piatti who once said, “You can draw an owl a thousand times, and never find out its secret”.

mosaic of vintage Celestino Piatti owl illustrations
image credit: Fishink

We’ve had a quick trawl on the web for some more owls – here are some favourites:

cover from vintage book, "A Book of Various Owls" by John Hollander, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer and published by W.W. Norton & Company in 1963
image credit: Vintage Kids’ Books my Kid Loves

bright orange ceramic owl available from Anthropologie
Wise Ol’ Canister, Orange: £118 – Anthropologie

Happy owl open edition print by Matte Stephens on Etsy
Happy owl open edition print by Matte Stephens: $35 – Etsy

"day time owl" 3D art tutorial from mmmcrafts"night time owl" 3D art tutorial from mmmcrafts
image credit: mmmcrafts

vintage german matchbox cover with owl illustration
image credit: Shailesh Chavda

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Saving the Pennies

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

We bought this great money box last week – made by Dendan Ware in the late 1950s or early 1960s…

…featuring a hip young girl saving her pennies for life’s essentials – holidays, clothes, handbags, socialising.

It followed hot on the heels of another recent money box find. We posted this one on Flickr & it’s proved very popular – people just love owls! We’re going to add it to the website soon.

It’s going to join our family of Arthur Wood pigs who are already enjoying an idyllic free-range life there.

We love this elephant money box designed by Luigi Colani for Dresdsner Bank in 1963. It’s made from hard, moulded plastic and comes in various sizes & colours.

Back to owls – this vintage money box is from a range produced by Carltonware Pottery in the 1960s. The range features an eclectic mix of subjects including pigs, princesses & pirates – here are just a few!

If you’ve got pennies to save, these certainly beat an old jam jar!

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Z is for…

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

We’ve reached the end of the alphabet… and ‘Z’ is for zoo. Our virtual zoo is full of animals beautifully interpreted in pottery, glass, textiles, book illustrations and more. All our animals are well looked after… and there’s no entrance fee!!

1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend
1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend
Vintage peg bag
Detail from fabric peg bag
Vintage Scandinavian glass ram
Vintage Scandinavian glass ram
Vintage childrens book cover
Vintage children’s book cover
Abecedarius illustration
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
Abecedarius

Shaker Abecedarius illustration

List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius

List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius

Vintage Beefeater steak plates by Washington Pottery

Vintage 1960s 'Beefeater' steak plates by Washington Pottery

Vintage Staffordshire pottery mug
Vintage 1970s Staffordshire pottery mug
Vintage Hornsea 'Aries' mug
Vintage 1960s/70s Hornsea pottery mug
Life of St Martin illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966

'Life of St Martin' illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966

Vintage Acupulco chopping board by Villeroy & Boch

Vintage 1960s 'Acapulco' chopping board by Villeroy & Boch

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'Acapulco' chopping board detail

Vintage Scandinavian pottery plaque

Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque

Illustration from This is Edinburgh by Miroslav Sasek, 1961

Illustration from 'This is London' by Miroslav Sasek, 1959

Illustration from This is Edinburgh by Miroslav Sasek, 1961

Illustration from 'This is Edinburgh' by Miroslav Sasek, 1961

Vintage Cadburys biscuit tin

Detail from a vintage 1950s Cadbury biscuit tin

Vintage pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR

Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR

Illustration by Dean Mitchell from Folk Tales of the World, Australia, 1965

Illustration by Dean Mitchell from 'Folk Tales of the World, Australia', 1965

Little felt elephant made in Nepal

Little felt elephant made in Nepal

Vintage pottery owl

Vintage 1960s/70s pottery owl plaque

Vintage Scandinavian teak mouse

Vintage 1960s Danish teak mouse

Tiger print by Wallase Ting

Tiger print by Walasse Ting

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