Hi everyone. We're going to be playing catchup with our thrifting posts, as we're still settling in. These finds were actually from last week:

We're also still experimenting with photos in our new place. It may not be feasible to use our usual setup on the hutch from the old place, but I guess we'll see.

Thrifting has picked up in the new year after being mostly barren over the holidays. The blue floral pattern coffee pot is an Arabia of Finland piece in the Faenza Blue pattern. I coudn't believe it was just sitting in the front shelf of a thrift near us that has become notoriously bad over the past year. Needless to say, we grabbed it, put it in our Etsy shop, and had it sell within a day.

The shakers next to the coffee pot are Ken Edwards pieces. We haven't found his shakers before though we've seen others who've found them. Vases are the most common thing we find, though there's a large variety of items we come across which makes it interesting.

Next to the shakers is an interesting handmade bell with a bird on the handle, that's unfortunately missing it's clapper. However, I had to pick it up... because actually this one seems to be hand signed "David Stewart" on the bottom! We've found many David Stewart Lions Valley pieces before, but they usually have a sticker. Then, we know that there are studio pieces of his that have a "DS" chopmark on back. But this is the first time I'd found one with a full signature. Still not 100% it's his, but it'd be a mighty big coincidence if not...

The white footed bowl in the front is a really nice California Cleminsons piece. This is from a unnamed, modern-looking line produced in the 50s that is sort of unusual for the company. They're mostly known for cuter figurines, trivets, dinnerware. It has the identifying circle stamp on the bottom which is sometimes obscured or only partially printed - something good to know if you see it in the thriftstores.

Lastly, the Fire King jadeite chili bowl was quite a surprise. The last time I've found jadeite in this good condition in a thrift was around two years ago. We actually have a small number of jadeite pieces that we should probably get rid of... along with tons and tons of other collectibles. Look for those to appear in the shop over the year.

All right - I was planning on posting a last photo I took of some of our ceramics collection that's still at the old house. But I'll save that for the next roundup. Happy thrifting!