Hello friends, it's time for another Thrill of the Hunt! I've got a few recent thrift store purchases that I'd like to share with you today that hail from places far and wide -- like St. Louis, Missouri, and one that comes all the way from Gien, France! So let's get started, shall we?
Of course I have to start with the French item first! Isn't it lovely? It's a creamer made in the Loire Valley of Gien, France by a company called Faiencerie de Gien. The simple blue pattern is called "Filet Bleu" by Marie-Pierre Boitard.
I think the lines of the piece and the simple blue pattern are just gorgeous.
This pattern is all hand painted. I made the mistake of assuming the piece was porcelain. I assumed wrong. According to the Gien website it's actually "faience":
Faience is a fine, porous earthenware product that is tin-glazed and then fired repeatedly at a temperature of 900°C. The shaped vessels are then dipped in a liquid glaze suspension made of sand, potash, tin, lead and water, after which they are then handpainted.
According to my research on the maker's mark, this particular mark was used from 1971 to 1984. So the piece can be anywhere from 33 to 46 years old. Either way, it's definitely vintage. I'm not sure of it's value, but I've seen a teapot in this pattern listed on Ebay for $250.00, and the exact same creamer listed for $80.00. This Filet Bleu Gien France creamer is SOLD.
Now for something completely different! No maker's mark on this baby, but I'm guessing she was made in the U.S. (or Japan) somewhere between 1940-1950.
I originally thought it was a deer, but upon further research turns out it's a gazelle. It's all in the ears --who knew?
I found only two of these for sale in my research. Rather unique art deco piece, no? My midcentury modern gazelle deer antelope porcelain figurine is SOLD.
When I first saw this I assumed it was a creamer of some sort. Wrong.
This lovely little porcelain container is actually a Merle Norman foaming bath oil pitcher! It originally came with a matching bowl and stopper but they must have gone by the wayside.
I guess Merle Norman foaming bath oil was a "thing" in 1974. Can't you just see it filled with flowers as a farmhouse bud vase? I can! Merle Norman foaming bath oil pitcher is SOLD.
So now -- for the sixty-four thousand dollar question: When it comes to soft drinks, do you say soda or pop? The label on this vintage Vess bottle skirts the issue entirely by calling itself the "Billion Bubble Beverage". (Being a dyed-in-the-wool East coast girl myself, I say soda!!!)
I wonder what their variety of popular flavors included back when this bottle was manufactured? I'm not sure of the year, but I believe it was in the 1950's.
Vess was founded in 1916 in St. Louis, MO and is still operating today. The Vess Billion Bubble Beverages vintage bottle is AVAILABLE.
Well, that's it until next time, friends!
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Thrill of the Hunt #61.
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Great finds today! I love that pink gazelle for some reason. So cool!
Nice finds! The soda bottle made me smile - billon bubble beverages! 😊 Too cute.
Cecilia
In my family, who live in western PA, they said pop. So, being from that stock, I said pop. My wife's family, on the other hand, hailed from the Philadelphia area, or eastern PA. They apparently said soda. Now, I say soda. I think we should all call our soda pop a billion bubble beverage. It sounds more fun!
Lots of fun finds...the French piece is lovely!
Love that little creamer. Oh, I say pop.
I'm from the South, so everything is a "coke," no matter what brand it is. Southerners never say "soda" or "pop."
Love the finds, esp the "deer."
Oh what a find on that French pitcher! Love the pink gazelle too ;)
The French creamer is lovely. I like the bath oil pitcher, too. I would put a gold ribbon with a jingle bell on the gazelle and include her as an honorary reindeer for the Christmas season! In Maine and NH, it is soda. Sometimes soda pop. Coke is Coke, Diet Pepsi is Diet Pepsi and sweet tea has only been in restaurants 1-2 years!
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