Charity Vintage: Babycham glasses

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vintage boxed set of Babycham glasses being sold by & in support of North Devon Hospice
(ends 20 Jan, 2014 21:03:32 GMT)

Many of you will be in the middle of Dry January but these vintage Babycham glasses are enough to make you break out the bubbly prematurely!

They’re being sold by & in support of North Devon Hospice* and are currently at £16 – still a bargain. They’re in super condition – no chips or cracks, no wear to the gold rims and they’re still in their original party pack box. We’ve had these in our shop on occasion and they always sell – I always imagine them being used in an Abigail’s Party setting!

*North Devon Hospice aims to be the centre of excellence for the provision of palliative care for the people of North Devon and to be the main point of contact for health care professionals requiring support with complex problems in palliative care.

Forthcoming Attractions: late August 2011

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vintage "mini-max" first aid tin and vintage 1950s drinking glasses and chequered pot stand

Here’s a taster of the things we picked up recently.

For starters there’s a very nice wall mountable first aid tin – these are always popular – and this one has just the perfect amount of wear.

Moving onto tin number 2 ( with the ‘private detective’ decoration ). It’s called ‘The Inside Job’ and originally contained a decorating kit – paintbrush, sponges, paint scrapers, sanding sheets etc. Inside job – geddit?

group of vintage items including wooden bedside cabinet, blue Olympia "Splendid 99" typewriter, boxed Ronson "Escort 2000" hairdryer, vintage "mini-max" first aid tin, writing slate, blackboard on an easel, vintage 1950s drinking glasses and chequered pot stand

The 1950s wooden cabinet is a lovely little piece that we’ve put up for sale in Picture House Antiques.

vintage 1950s drinking glasses with hash decoration

Vintage drinking glasses like these are always sought after – especially when in perfect condition – and in complete sets.

These must have been put away in a cupboard about 50 years ago – to emerge, blinking into the daylight last week!

vintage blue Olympia "Splendid 99" typewriter with boxed Ronson "Escort 2000" hairdryer in the background

vintage blue Olympia "Splendid 99" typewriter

Although they’ve been superseded by modern technology, colourful typewriters like this have devoted fans. This Olympia model comes with its original leatherette carry case.

vintage boxed Ronson "Escort 2000" hairdryer

Another item that has more modern counterparts is this 1960s/70s hairdryer – and this one’s a mobile model!

It’s boxed & appears pretty much unused. It’s Mary Quant style print cap is fab!

vintage writing slate, blackboard on an easel, and bamboo walking cane

And finally – back to school with these chalkboards and teachers cane. The board on an easel would add a vintage touch to a nursery or child’s bedroom – the old writing slate is great for hanging in a kitchen and writing your shopping list/reminders.

Drink up!

We were sorting boxes of future stock today. It’s amazing how many part sets and oddments we came across… cutlery, tea & coffee sets and lots of drinking glasses.

They’re mainly transfer printed tumblers for water, fruit juice, milk etc.

They date from the 1950s to the 1970s…

….and there are some fantastic designs amongst them – atomic influence, stylised figures, geometric patterns and flower power.

We’ll have to be patient to complete sets of the same design – although we also like the idea of putting some ‘mix & match’ sets together. The various shapes, colours & patterns look great together on a shelf.

Here are a few of the sets that have passed through the shop…

…and some that are currently for sale.

We’ve been concentrating on tumblers in this post – but as we’re talking glasses, we’ll just show you this beauty!

Having had a spate of broken wine glasses of late, we were very pleased to come across a few of these fantastic, futuristic 60s glasses recently – with a lovely bubble detail in the stem. They’re very fragile, but we’ll try to be more careful in future!!