Wordless Wedneday 9~26~2012

 

 

 

Jezebels Gypsy Thread

 

A Treasury presentation of unique vintage pieces. Stephanie has featured my 'Moon Flower' hand painted wine glasses. Although they are not vintage, their Art Nouveau styling marries beautifully within her presentation.
This painted wine glass design was inspired from my botanical Night Blooming Cereus. Very challenging to paint and present a design to be viewed and enjoyed from the inside of the glass as well. Click on the Treasury Title and or each thumbnail, and you will be lead to the shops location on etsy.com deb.
 



'Silver A Go Go!' by JezebelsGypsyThread

I hope you enjoy this treasury, composed of the fine items found within my circle of talented fellow etsians. Please share and feel free to take a look at my shop as well.

The Granby - 1 Silver M... WhiteFauxTaxid... $29.99	Vintage Bolero Vest, Sh... Nightofjoyvint... $16.00	Vintage 70's Sparkl... viralthreads $38.00	Modern Smoke Glass Stac... rerunzvintages... $30.00
PENDANT-SLIDE - Horse -... MOONCHILD111 $21.99	1960's Silk "P... CrescentMoonVi... $36.00	Vintage Metal Mesh Bag unavesmas2 $18.00	Painted Wine Glasses, W... skyspirit8stud... $55.00
Silver Aspen Leaf Neckl... DistinQueJewel... $33.00	80's Metallic Blous... wemovevintage $65.00	BEAUTIFUL and Romantic ... RueDesLouves $75.00	White Wedding Ankle Boo... RetroVintage12... $149.00
Vintage Top Cocktail 19... decadencefashi... $28.00	Amazing collier vintage... RAKcreations $57.00	Vintage Sterling Silver... VisforVintageO... $90.00	Handmade compass Silver... TomerM $352.00

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Wordless Wednesday September 19, 2012

 

 

 

 



Etsy Jewelry Love & Friends Gift Guide

I promise one day soon that I will share with you some secret thoughts on how I paint my poetry in motion on my hand painted glassware. It is so much more fun to share with you things that influence my thoughts outside of my studio. I truly enjoy my friends. This is to celebrate their influence in my life.

Sharing the LOVE+++
 

'Etsy Jewelry Love & Friends ' by skyspirit8

Storm Chaser Pendant / ... BootyHeartJewe... $93.00	wedding jewelry,bridesm... xxyz $10.00	Handmade Ivory Crochet ... EPUU $46.00	Hand Painted Leather Jo... MedievalJourne... $122.00
white cat pupanna1950 $12.00	Vintage Shabby Chic Mir... smallVintageAf... $259.00	From the Beach Anklet JewelrybyChar $11.00	White Angel Wings Ring,... LittlePiecesWi... $23.00
Dirty Earth Classic Gol... MyDirtyEarth $59.99	Vintage Jello mold pinc... GaffneyGirlStu... $15.00	Romantic love birds pai... ShuliDesigns $46.00	Blue Bead Pearl Vintage... jryendesigns $79.00
Phantasms of Love- digi... FleurBonheur $17.00	Largo Earrings FlowDesigns $38.00	Vintage Military Cotton... RushCreekVinta... $22.50	Lampshade.The floor lam... recyclingroom $90.00

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Wordless Wednesday September 12, 2012

 

 

 



"The Ice Man Cometh"

 

Vintage

Dazzling Silver Ice Bowls & Polar Bear Patterned Glass

In the late 19^th century the world’s attention was on the explorers who braved the dark and cold of the final frontier, the North Pole. Sparkling silver, crystal, and glass inspired by those Arctic explorers remain a distinctive tribute today through pressed glass goblets and pitchers. William Seward, Secretary of State purchased Alaska for $7.2million in 1867 known as ‘Seward’s Folly’ coinsided with the;

'Victorian taste for the exotic a raft of glistening icebergs and polar bears covered white clothed tables with Gorham’s dazzling silver bowl in the shape of a craggy iceberg rimmed with frosted icicles and frolicking bears.'

'Ice cream was a cool status symbol before electric refrigerators became standard kitchen equipment around 1916. Ice cream was expensive, requiring sugar, ice and lots of labor to make; silver tableware associated with it is extremely beautiful.'

Sparkly snowcapped spoon rest & Ice Cream Slicer

The ice mound was made to hold an ice cream spoon

'Elegant dining required a sharp edged ice cream server, ice cream slicers with matching spoons, pierced ice spoons, ice tongs and ice buckets!'

 

Many credit Thomas Jefferson with popularizing ice cream in America by bringing a recipe from France when he was the American ambassador to the French court. But it was Gorham and Tiffany & Co. that made the frozen dessert a feast for the eyes with these elegant utensils.

 

  

Ice Theme Reflected in Pressed Glass Polar Bear Pattern

All tied in with the Arctic exploration. A very desirable pattern then, and still is to this day. Polar bear goblets that sold at .25cents each in dime stores across the country are now well worth over $100 & $350 each. A pitcher now selling for $800 to $1,000 and or more.

 

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'Rugged Arctic scenery was the rage in America after William Seward purchased Alaska in 1867. The pressed glass in the polar bear pattern was made by the Crystal Glass Company of Bridgeport, Connnecticut, in 1883.'

 

The single most famous ice inspired object is a cameo vase

 based on the expedition to the South Pole by Englishman Robert Falon Scott in 1901. The vase celebrated British national pride in the Antarctic exploration and honors the crew members. As it was told, were stuck on an icebound vessel for two years. The marshmallow white glass crust of the famous Scott vase is cut away to reveal a lemony center made of citron colored glass. “The curtain like motif below the icicles on the neck of the vase represents the southern lights.” (glass curator, Gary E. Baker)

 

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 The then leading Art Nouveau glass factory, founded by Emile Galle, produced its own creamy white polar bears in 1920. The Deco vase was made 16 years after Galle’s death. The 14 inch vase depicts three bears lumbering across ice flows that sold at a price of $52,518 at Christie’s in London 1997
 

Excerpts taken from article in Traditional Home Magazine Holiday edition 1998 by Doris Athineos; Magazine photographs by John Bessler

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