I just have to share this jewel box or casket I unearthed from the last shipment from England. This is the neatest brass plated cast iron lidded box with the most outstanding workmanship. The box has repousse...read raised or 3 dimensional...cherubs or angels playing instruments on the lid. The, on what is a separate layer, the inside the lid has been stamped with an al over really minutely detailed floral design. The box is a typical example of the victorian idea of everything being ornate and beautiful. I just loved it when I came across it at an antique market outside of Cheddar.
You can see more photos at Time Was Antiques.

We've had record cold here in the upper Olympic peninsula of Washington. It was 14 F the night before last....even so cold we had a cable outage for almost 20 hours from something freezing. Amazing...so much for global warming. :)

Off to our church's Christmas program tonight...really looking forward to it. Have a great evening and stay warm!

Antique Postcards Great Decorating Accents For Christmas

Antique postcards are a great way to add an unusual and nostalgic decorating accent or nostalgic theme to your holiday decorating this year.

Time Was Antiques has Christmas postcards from the 1890s through the 1930s that can be used to decorate your Christmas tree, table tops on stands, inter mix with your cards in a display, stuck in the corners of a mirror or added to a bulletin board. A postcard can be added to a small picture frame and be a part of a table top of shelf display as well.

Postcards were the greeting cards of their era and have some great victorian and edwardian designs. Their snow scenes, poems and greetings speak of another age. It is so fun to read the greetings to family and friends, and look at the addresses.

Postcards are also a very affordable collectible, which in this day and age is nothing to be sneezed at! So think about adding a bit of nostalgia to your decorating this year with a few antique postcards added to your design plans!

To see our current Christmas post card inventory, (which has FREE shipping) visit this clickable link to our Postcards For Christmas category at Time Was Antiques.

Fall continues here in the Northwest. It got down to the low 30s last night. Clear night with stars. Was up early with a sick cat. Sigh....Our cat, who is 14, is like a kid so we are not happy campers at the moment. She's had to be put on thyroid medicine...who knew???

Oh well. Have a great weekend. Some Christmas arts & crafts shows on in town today so that'll be fun! Start the season with some holiday cheer. Have fun!

SALE AT TIME WAS ANTIQUES!!!

SALE AT TIME WAS ANTIQUES!!! IT'S NOVEMBER...HOLIDAYS ARE COMING!!! 15% Off on orders over $50.00. Also FREE shipping on orders over $50.00. Many items reduced...see our sale category. 15% off applies to SALE items as well....Our form of a Stimulus Package!!!*********************

New items added daily from our annual buying trips to England and Canada and are excited about the wonderful new items. Wedgwood, Shelley, knife rests, teacups, an antique postcard collection, a tea caddy spoon collection, horse brasses, antique and vintage jewelry and biscuit jars to name a few items we acquired. Now, we need to make room! And boy do we love to unpack those cartons. WooHoo! Like Christmas!

Come visit us and take advantage of our sale coupons....http://www.timewasantiques.net

I have this thing about victoriana...started by my English grandmother's gift of various items from her times growing up in victorian England. Lots of stories too...like having seen Queen Victoria's Jubilee procession and ox roast from a coach at 16 years old while recovering from scarlet fever. Cool!

The victorians were famous for embellishing everything, no matter how humble it's purpose and this is an example. This is a bread fork. The idea was that bread was an important part of a meal but manners dictated fingers could not be used. So they developed a fancy fork to take the bread or roll and transfer it to the bread plate. This particular on is of silver plate with a very pretty design. The bread fork measures 5 inches long and is 2 inches wide. There were actually a specialized utensil for almost every food, and there are probably hundreds of collectors for each type!

Victorian specialty silver table items are actually quite hard to find and I was thrilled to find this example in England last buying trip. One of the fun things from our archives at Time Was Antiques.

We had our son and daughter-in-law here from Utah for the last week and had a great time. Did walks around here enjoying the fall color and had some special meals together at favorite restaurants, like Sawadee Thai in Sequim and Chestnut Cottage in Port Angeles. Had a great card game one night...I actually won! Woo Hoo!!!

Heading to church this morning to celebrate with the body of Christ. Have a great day!

Antiques On Sale Nov. 26-Dec 2nd

It's 40 degrees, we're supposed to have snow showers are there's still turkey to be creative with! Life is good!

Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving and spent some time being thankful for the many things in our lives that we take for granted the rest of the year like friends, family, health, food. clothing and shelter, and for living in a country that allows us the freedom to think, believe and even spout off about our agreements or disagreements freely without fear of punishment or jail time. I for one am VERY thankful for that.

Time Was Antiques weekly Sale Before Christmas, from Nov.26-Dec 2nd, is 10% off on all antiques. So, if it's more than 100 years old, made before 1906, it's 10% off at :

http://timewasantiques.net.

So come and browse and find that perfect Christmas or holiday gift. The photo here is of a gorgeous Wedgwood jasperware biscuit barrel made between 1880-1891. In perfect condition and a great gift!

Have a great day. I'm off the church, brunch and then some time working on our new niche site Antiques And Teacups while my honey watches football.

Ruth