OCCD - Obsessive Compulsive Collecting Disorder

NOVELTY STOCKINGS of the 60's

Tights became popular as hemlines rose higher in the mid 60's. I found this wonderful box recently containing 5 pairs of stocking by Prova, cleverly using the same colour and design of a five pound note..called FIVERS...brilliant!

VINTAGE APRONS - A KITSCH(EN) GARMENT

Useful and attractive, fashionable yet homely...what the best dressed Lady wears when the going gets messy.

Full length Apron, hand embroidered flowers, possible 40's - 50's

50's/60's Patch pocket

50's/60's

1970's

EARLY 70's FASHION - itchy but special

(TOP) One of my favourite dresses, mainly for the colour and pattern but also for the sheer celebration of early 70's style. This is from the fleeting London boutique venture of Annette Worsley-Taylor called ' TSARITSAR' ( '71- 74) she recruited newly graduated Bruce Oldfield in '73...maybe it's one of his creations, who knows?

(MIDDLE) Weird maxi skirt, fabulous wave pattern, hideous polyester material!

(BOTTOM) 'VAN ALLEN' once a popular British High Street fashion boutique, now forgotten bar for a few remnants of it's past hayday. Again, wonderful design and shape, absolutely horrid material *shudder* 100% polyester

BUTTONS

Salesman's Sample Card for J & J Stern Button Makers of London....late 50's early 60's

1930's 'Washing buttons'..but I'm not quite sure what they are?

For the home sewer to match any outfit..1970's

Ahhh bless...

BUCKLES

A lovely find today..a bag of assorted 1930's ladies small belt buckles for 50p.

Most quite boring and ordinary, one interesting and three fabulous examples of Art Deco style.

70's ART GLASS..but it's SO PRETTY!

Well some of it is, anyway.....just another collecting phase, which goes alongside all the rest!

70's ART GLASS

After finding a selection of Italian Murano Glass ashtrays from the 70's I did some research as I found that whole era quite fascinating. Remembering as a child I'd bought my mother a Mdina glass vase for Christmas because I absolutely LOVED the colours... this WAS in the 70's.
My collection ranges from these 'dishes' to an array of bubble bud vases and a few larger chunky pieces that epitomized this particular design vogue. They all look lovely on my sunny windowsill, although I am limiting that area to blues and greens only as I'm not that fond of red glass, a bit imposing and sinister.

MURANO

Hand made using very simple, chunky designs but having that little extra wow factor.

I only have a a few examples of their special layer technique which layers two or more colours visible in the glass for certain angles, as seen the red/green dish (although we all know these are ashtrays!)

The lovely bubble dish is a perfect example, capturing tiny air bubbles during the molten glass stage, either in specific patterns or just random which are set in the glass as it cools and solidifies.

A couple of blue/white swirl dishes, these come in a wide range of colours and are produced by adding a blob of opaque white glass during the molten stage then blowing and twisting to create a swirl pattern.

There are so many beautiful examples always coming up on eBay but I must resist and only buy from local charity shops with a upper price limit of £5...that is the law unto myself which I must obey ( everyone must have their own limitations and that is mine!!)

WHITEFRIARS ~ English glassware - famed for their knobbly glass vases in strange colours and odd shapes, although I'm not actually a fan I have found a couple of sage teardrop vases, a colour only produced for one year in 1974, don't now why, I think it's lovely but as they had to go with the flow it can't have been very popular at that time.

UNIDENTIFIED PIECES

When I can't find out about the item I get a tad frustrated so if anyone has any ideas who made these odd bits please let me know.

The first one is a heavy hand blown Hyacinth vase in deep peacock blue, dimple on base showing where it had been finished off with a grinder and polished. The second is a thick, chunky vase in bluey green, shriekingly 70's. The last vase was a birthday present from my daughter..I fell in love immediately and it looks stunning on my sunny windowsill.