Welcome, friends, to another fun-filled Thrill of the Hunt post where I share my latest thrifty (and usually) vintage finds with you. Today it's all about patina'd bird cages, hens on nests and topiaries -- and they're some of my absolute favorites. So let's get started.

My husband and I visited southwest Michigan at the end of the summer and visited a few antique malls. I shared the bulk of my finds in Thrill of the Hunt#104, but I still have one last find from that trip I haven't yet shared with you.

It's always hard for me to look the other way when I find a vintage bird cage or facsimile thereof. Especially when they have a lovely, time-worn patina like this one.

I love the chippy legs.

It has a small latch you can open when you want to lift the cage up off of its platform. That way you can open it and put something inside.

It was just the perfect place to put my 3-tier velvet pumpkin topiary. I wrapped it with a leafy garland and placed it on a wooden tray on the French provincial dresser in the foyer. I know that I'll find other things to place inside it to go along with the seasons. Next up to put inside: a tabletop farmhouse Christmas tree.

I accidentally started collecting "hen on nest" dishes over the past year or so. The first one I found was made of amber glass (I don't think I've shared it yet.). After that I found a pure white milk glass hen on nest. You can learn about that one, seen above, in Thrill of the Hunt #101.  Then I found a cobalt blue glass hen on nest (I'll be sure to share in a later post) for next to nothing at a church rummage sale. All three were the same size. 

And then there's this. I picked up this white painted mini hen on nest at a local twice-yearly barn sale for $3.00. 

While the paint was chipping off and there was crazing I just couldn't help myself.

I like the basket weave detailing on the nest, or bowl, portion.

Since it was a "mini" hen on nest it was just different enough, unique enough, for me to rationalize picking it up for the collection. And, well, it was $3.00.

I was overjoyed to find this faux ivy topiary at a local estate sale. I've been known to grow my own, but then they inevitably die and I'm back at square one. So this was the ticket. However, the pot wasn't exactly anything special.

Luckily it fit perfectly in my chinoiserie cache pot that I shared in Thrill of the Hunt #104.

It looks like they were made for each other. And the best part? I don't even have to water it!

Well, that's it until next time, friends!

 

 

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