Thursday was a busy day. I got up and made the vegetable soup for the Ladies' Meeting. I also made the decaf sweet tea. I had to stop at the store for cookies and crackers. Then I took the food to the Fellowship Hall at church. While there I had to make copies in the church office, but the copier didn't make very good copies that I could use to pass out to the ladies, but no biggie!
I also went to the Lifeway Christian Bookstore because I needed some more secret sister cards for the year. While there I always check the clearance aisle and I got several things. Then I went next door to the shoe store and found some $90 ankle-height boots marked down to $34 and I had a $10 rewards coupon. CHA CHING!
Then I stopped at the Goodwill in that area and found another box. I did some Googling and discovered it to be a vintage Italian Florentine Wooden Gilt box. While researching the box, I happened upon a similar item to a thrift store item I showed you already. It, too, is vintage (mid-century 1900's) Italian Florentine and is a small gilt tray. I know I have seen other items like these at the thrifts before but never really paid any mind to them! I believe I have found something new to collect! Here are some close-up pictures of the box and the tray.
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| Top of the hinged box |
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| Side view showing the detail. |
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| Back of the box with details. This is the hinged side. |
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| Inside of the box is very plain. |
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| This sticker is on the underneath side which is what helped me to identify the box in my web surfing. |
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| Also on the underneath side. |
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| A better view of the tray than I showed you the other day. |
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| The back of the tray. |
I found a tray similar to mine that was sold for $66 but it was a large tray. One similar to mine is for sale for $18. As you can see from the last photo, I paid $1.99 for mine. CHA CHING! And the box I found that is similar to the one I found today is for sale at $155. Mine cost $1.00! CHA CHING!!! I have no interest in re-selling my finds.
I'm still trying to figure out the heart-shaped box.
Have a GREAT weekend!
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