I have this image in my head of taking my grandmother to have lunch at the Woolworth’s in Macon, GA, in the 1970s, near where my family lived. I don’t recall what we ordered, but the…
Category: Glassware
Vintage bottle stoppers
Posted in Glassware
During the years I’ve been going to auctions, I have picked up a group of small glass items for their aesthetic rather than useful value. They are bottle stoppers. I have three beautiful cobalt-blue stoppers…
Mason fruit jars and canning
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Several summers ago at the World’s Longest Yard Sale, I came across a Ball Mason fruit jar with what looked like blackberries that had been canned years ago and forgotten. A man was selling them…
Sometimes when I’m at an auction, the color or shape of a thing stops me. Take cobalt blue, for example. There’s no color to match it for its bold beauty and striking complexity. What color blue is it?…