Charity Vintage: Dansk silver plate turtle / tortoise paperweight

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vintage silver plated Dansk Design tortoise being sold on eBay for Charit in support of Sense Scotland
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Dansk is one of the best Scandinavian metalware manufacturers. Their modernist, minimalist designs include cookware, tableware and other ornaments. This tortoise, being sold in support of Sense Scotland*, is one of a range of animals they produced that includes a polar bear, giraffe, elephant, rhino and penguin.

*Sense Scotland is an innovative, ground breaking charity working with children and adults with complex communication support needs for over 25 years. We work with people with deafblindness, sensory impairment, learning and physical disabilities, for all of their lives.

Wednesday Wish: Hello my name is…

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"Hello my name is..." pet ID tag
“Hello my name is” pet ID tag: $9.99, eBay

We finally got round to buying a new collar for Fudge this weekend – the old one had popped off a couple of times recently leaving us holding on to a dangling empty lead! He also lost his ID tag some months ago somewhere up in the Pennine hills so now’s a good time to replace that as well.

We love the red square “Hello my name is” tag that’s designed to look like those naff stickers you get stuck to your lapel on arrival at a conference.
 

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Forthcoming Attractions: Mid March 2013

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selection of vintage homewares including Babysham party pack in original packaging, red enamel Finel coffee pot designed by Anti Nurmesniemi, Arabia milk jug, pair of staplers, trio of milk bottles, Figgjo Flint Turi Daisy cup & saucer, set of tin drink coasters and trio of Altenkunstadt pottery vases designed by Cari Zalloni

Here’s a selection of vintage homewares that we added to the H is for Home webshop this weekend.

vintage Arabia milk jug and Figgjo Flint Turi Daisy cup & saucer

Some lovely Scandinavian pieces for kitchen/dining including the cow milk jug produced by Arabia and the Daisy cup & saucer by Figgjo Flint.

vintage red enamel Finel coffee pot designed by Anti Nurmesniemi

Also, this red enamel coffee pot designed by Anti Nurmesniemi for Finel – such a classic piece of Scandinavian mid century modern!

trio of vintage blue circle Altenkunstadt vases

Moving a short distance across Europe to Germany – this trio of vases were designed by Cari Zalloni for Altenkunstadt Pottery. They’re from his ‘Cirkel’ range and the Op Art pattern is really striking. We’ve listed them separately, but they do look great grouped together. If you’d like to re-home them as a family, then we can do a special price on the three together!

vintage Babysham party pack in original packaging

These Babycham glasses were a good find. You quite often come across them looking a bit tired (well, they have been partying!). The logos & gold rims are often well rubbed, but these are absolutely mint in their original display box.

three vintage milk bottles advertising Brooke Bond Tea, Ready Brek and Kellogg's Corn Flakes

A bit more advertising ware. These milk bottles were popular in the 1970s & 80s – much more exciting that a drab Tetrapak carton! You could decant your milk into them to brighten up your morning cereal – or they’re perfect for cut flowers too.

pair of vintage staplers

We’ve been picking up a lot of industrial vintage items recently. These staplers fit in very well with that theme adding a vintage touch to a desk or shelf whilst remaining completely functional.