Monday, May 28, 2007

Vintage dog collection


My great grandmother had an extension collection of dog figurines. The full collection was split between myself, my brother and my cousins. Unfortunately my grandmother died before explaining anything about the history of these items (and many more that I'll share). I have yet to look into the details of each of these little old dogs, but they are so cute I love them. They are all so different - one is chalkware, one has a satin ribbon bow. My favorite are the frosty glass (?) figures with rhinestone eyes - they come in different sizes, like a mother and her babies... I think my brother has the little black ones. If anyone knows anything about any of them, let me know. I tend to get lazy about research sometimes.

I added other miscellanous vintage items into the display, including a few little tiny cups that she also collected and a couple vintage enamel flower pins I picked up at the flea market... and of course a sand dollar I found (I love beach finds and they tend to work their way into any place I find). The little butterfly dishes are from a huge set of butterfly china from my mom's mother. These are also finding their place in tattoos on my arm (yes, my mom is oh so happy about that...).

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