This is a bookcase I designed and had built from poplar by a friend's father eight years ago. I've painted it and applied fabrics and images with polyurethane. I change the display contents once a year or so. Featured in these images are much of my grandmother's circa 1930s salt-n-pepper shakers, as well as vintage toys, Friedel figurines (like Hummels), and the inevitable-for-me scale model cars. Some of the salt-n-pepper shakers are identical to each other, two lobster claws, two oranges or two bananas with faces, but others are a mixed pair, such as a bowling ball and pin, a rat and a piece of cheese, or a begging cat and dog. I have about 150 pairs in all. The vast majority are porcelain/ceramic, but some are an early plastic known as Bakelite. All photos are clickable to enlarge.
Looks like those Hummel kids are very intrigued with Mssrs. Peanut. And the bananas seem quite surprised to find themselves well...where they are.
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MY HEART JUST RACES SO FAST WHEN I SEE YOUR STUFF. AT LEAST STUFF KEEPS IT PUMPING.LOL I HAD SO MUCH OF THAT STUFF OVER THE YEARS. WHY OH WHY DID I GET RID OF ALL THE LOVELLNESS.OH I REMEMBER, I HATE DUST.
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Is thar Granny above me?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, these little nicknacks are pretty neat. They seem to say a lot about one's personality. I sure like the "banana head twins" (pics 5 and 6 down), very cute.