sunday i was out before the sun was up poking around my favorite
parking lot flea market.
this is the kind of place where display is a blue tarp on the ground.
then i spied these beauties. the vendor and i made the deal
and i was on my way.
i thought they were nice, but it turns out they are really, really nice.
i couldn't find out anything about them on the internet and
i couldn't read the maker's mark.
i was stumped until i decided that those are water lily leaves.
then it all came together.
they were designed by mcclelland barclay (1891-1943) around 1930.
he was an very well known new york illustrator,
as well as a designer of jewelry and decorative items.
i hate doing research. i am "a buy it and sell it" kind of girl,
but this Monday morning tracking down information about these bookends was fun.
well, back to work on listing the items i am going to sell.
it was a busy weekend at le shop, anythinggoeshere.etsy.
come by for a visit.
look at those gray hairs. who could they belong to?????
Oh cool! I love finding unique things then finding out history of them to share. I've never seen anything like these. Tammy
ReplyDeleteSuper cool! I usually spray paint first and then go back and think...Huh maybe I should have checked to see if that was valuable!
ReplyDeleteLove your guts
Mandi
I really like the book ends they have a great old art look.
ReplyDeletethey remind me of an old artist that did work in a teal blue clay pottery etc. I can't remember the artist name sson as I hit enter it will come to me LOL
Janice