Edwardian Furniture

It's not often that I find or sell really old pieces as I tend to gravitate around retro pieces.  But I've just came across a beautiful Edwardian Fire Screen with a floral tapestry design and a delightful Edwardian Cane Child's Chair.  

They will both be at Stall M20 Waverley Antique Bazaar on Thursday this week.

Edwardian Fire Screen and Child's cane chair

The fire screen measures 83 cm high by 57.5 cm wide and the child's chair is 51 cm at the back and 27 cm  at the seat.  Both pieces are in very good condition.

Enjoy  Retro Chick 

Edwardian Child's cane chair

Edwardian Fire Screen

Chinese Vintage display

Another cold day in Melbourne and another early start around the markets.  Today I found an unusually abundant amount of Chinese influenced vintage pieces.  I found a wonderful green ginger jar with a really pretty bird, which I think is a pheasant but may be a hawk.  Two wonderful Tea caddies and the cutest pair of vintage Chinese baby figurines.

These items are now at my stall at Waverley Antique Bazaar (Stall M20).

Enjoy Retro Chick

Vintage Chinese Display

Vintage Ginger Jar

Chinese Tea Caddies

Chinese Baby figures

Vintage Gifts for Him

Today was one of the coldest days of the year in Melbourne.  And being Melbourne we had it all: sun, rain, wind and hail.

But the bad weather does not stop a dedicated shopper, and it often brings some surprises. Today's shopping unearthed gifts for him, which for me is quite unusual.  We found footy teaspoons, some great vintage miniature cars in a delightful box, some sherry glasses with a blue monk that requires some more research and a retro etched glass serving tray.

These goodies will be heading to Waverley Antique Bazaar Stall M20 on the weekend.

enjoy

Retro Chick

Vintage gifts for him

Vintage-footy-spoons

My vintage fish collection

Welcome to Retro Chick and our first blog post.  For my first post I'm sharing my Vintage Fish Plate Collection.  My husband and I bought our very first fish plate about 14 years ago.  Our first plate was not a great example and bore no makers mark, but it was the start of a larger obsession.  

Our fish plate collecting soon turned to Shorter and Son,  Wembley Ware and Jim Beam fish decanters.  Today I'm showing the Shorter and Son collection of which this picture is just a fraction of the collection.

Vintage Fish Plate Collection

Shorter and Son Fish plates date from the 1950's and 60's and come in a diverse range of colour and styles.  Most vintage shops have the common yellow with green trim but you have to be a serious hunter both physically and on-line to find the rarer colours.  Over the years our Vintage Fish collection has grown to consume a number of crates in addition to what is on display.

My most complete set, pictured below will allow an 8 person dinner party - something I really hope to do one day.    

Shorter and Son Fish dinner setting

Other pieces in the set include fish Casserole dishes and fish lemon wedge holders

Shorter and son Fish Casserole Dish

Shorter and Son Fish Lemon Wedge Dish

Shorter and Son also produced a slightly different style of fish plates with kissing fish and swirling fish, I don't have very much in this pattern range but they pop up now any again.

Shorter and Son Fish Bowl

Shorter and Son kissing fish plate

This little dish has to be my oldest fish plate.  I have three of them all with varying degrees of major fading but have not been able to find any other similar pieces except maybe the salt shaker further down the post.   

Vintage Shorter and Son Fish Dish

With the exception of the plate above, all pieces have a mark like the one detailed on the left.  But my really old piece has the mark on the right. 

Shorter and Son makers mark

Shorter and Son - older makers mark

We found this platter at the Tyabb Packing house.  It measures in at 55cm long.  We haven't found any other platters this large, this must be for a good fishing day.

Shorter and Son - Large 55cm Fish Platter

Shorter and Son Fish Plates come in a great range of colours and shapes and look great on display.

Shorter and Son Fish Plate and Gravy Boat

Shorter and Son Fish Plate

Shorter and Son Fish plate 

Shorter and Son Fish Platter

Shorter and Son Oyster dish with Salt Shaker

Shorter and Son curved fish dish

So, have I finished this collection?  The only piece I would add is a pepper shaker to match this salt shaker below.  From memory we came across this salt shaker on the UK ebay site but have never found the pair.

Vintage Shorter ans Son Salt Shaker

To end this post, I had to include the fish that started this obsession.  I hope you enjoyed your introduction to vintage fish plate collecting

Enjoy,  Retro Chick

Vintage Fish Plate