The Scented Cottage®Studio

A few weeks before I found the two sweet busts in the post below, I found four verry sweet flower children statues. Each one is different but all are holding flowers in their dress. They were made by Alexander Backer Co. (ABCO) in New York USA They have the company name stamped in t…

These beautiful busts were a delightful find!   They are in like new condition vintage matte ceramic. The charming young girl has a bow in her hair.   She is approximately 9 1/2"H x 5"W I have found out that they are modeled on busts of the Brongniart children  by Jean-Antoin…

I love old lamps.  I can't resist them, like most things they just don't make 'em like they usedta.  Usually they need a bit of TLC, along with a good cleaning a new cord and lampshade. Several ladies have said they would like to know how to re-wire a lamp so I decided to show how I d…

Happy White Wednesday!                                               ...

My mother and daddy didn't have any wedding pictures...at least none that I know of.  They were married in New York and it was towards the end of the war to end all wars...so everyone thought.  My mother did have this little wedding topper on her cake, and I remember when she gave it to me.…

Happy Pink Saturday !   Thought I would share some vintage pink ... this is a sweet travel kit that was never used. I hope the woman who first purchased it just forgot to take it with her and still got to go on her journey.   I am thinking she was off to Paris and in her excitement she forgot…