Vintage Glass Refrigerator Box - Save your leftovers safely & in style with Vintage Depression Glass!

Yes they are lovely! But vintage depression glass refrigerator boxes are as useful as they are pretty.

Hard to find now, but the best thing then and now for storage of cheese and leftovers. I started collecting these a while ago when questions were first raised about what exactly plastic containers were leaking into our food. Of course, lots of people now question the safety of plastic for food, they are made from PETROLEUM, after all.

And you know glass can go into the dishwasher! Elegant enough to be a storage container in a retro kitchen, boudoir or bath...or even an office! This beauty is a lovely amber color, I have them in green and clear, too. Click on the underlined text to see more glass, and other quirky, romantic and stylish vintage from Any Old Time!

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Fabulous Friday Vintage Finds - 3/25/11 from Any Old Time

Retro Red seems to be the vintage theme this week, with red and white monogrammed 1970s cups, a 1950s wood barrel cookie jar with red letters and even a red kettle bank! I have a neat slanted glass canister with a big plastic red knob coming, but the photos are not up to par, so that will come.

Also new are an adorable old teddy bear, a metal toy horse, and really pretty silvertone vanity mirror, among others, all on my Etsy Vintage shop.

I think more vanity are coming, and lots more of everything.

This week I spent more time moving in person and online than I did listing. As I mentioned earlier in the week, I'm moving all of my items from my failed experiment of trying to sell on Artfire, and was so encouraged that two of the items formerly languishing there sold in very short order on Etsy!

And I am moving my vintage work/storage room from the smallest room in the upstairs to the largest, which gave me an opportunity to clean the very back of the closets and actually get rid of things nobody has wanted or needed for 6 years!

I did also get to a flea market this week but not with my good vintage. Instead, I took the nice-but-not-vintage I find or get in box lots at the auctions and estate sales I go to. The weather isn't cooperating for more outdoor things for a while (since they start in the wee hours of the morning) so now that I'm organized, I'll be listing lots more on Etsy. Ebay starts up again in mid April, when listing with no fees begins. I'll have both vintage AND artwork of my own, other contemporary artists, old lithographs, vintage artwork..just a ton of interesting things up for grabs.

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Silhouette Saying Cross-stich Sampler- Needlework from the 1920s

In 1928, a dear named S.D.S. cross-stiched this beauty with the saying:

"To food and drink add song and jest
You will always be a welcome guest

I just love the colonial pair with one toasting the other..after singing for his dinner? Or telling a great joke? Since I have such a terrible singing voice and can't remember a joke (my husband thinks that makes me a GREAT wife!), I'm out of luck! The saying, unfortunately, has almost disappeared with age, but the gents and their intent and all other colors are vibrant. It's in an old frame, not sure if it's original or not.

Anyway, I just wanted to show you this! I seem to have a knack for stumbling across samplers from the 1920s, which aren't as pricey as the ones that are from the 1800s, but no less charming! For all the details on this 1920s Silhouette Sampler <---click there! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Vintage Industrial Chic fan - midcentury modern classic

I spotted this fabulous vintage industrial chic fan made in 1960 at a garage sale where it sat, sad and dusty and forgotten on a bottom shelf.

So I inquired and got it! Don't you just love the sleek midcentury modern design? Not a smidge of plastic on this beauty.

I've learned to take a look around at garage sales at what's NOT on the table...the things I love the best are often thought of by their owners as too old to be salable. And they think an "antique" is a chair or a dish! Authentic vintage at its best here at Any Old Time!