I think the August Bank Holiday Malvern Flea/Antique Fair Lu will be the last one Lu and I attend for this year ……..
…….. there’s a couple more in the coming months but as the days get colder and wetter we’re pretty much fair weather friends and we can wait until next Easter now I reckon.
As I always say, for us it’s the best day out for pure pleasure for just £5 (there’s not even a charge for the parking) we could wish for …………
…….. with hundreds of antique and/or bric a brac stalls all in one huge field and under several assorted sheds ……..
……. and as per usual I took plenty of photos of the things we drooled over wishing we both had much bigger houses to fill ………
…….. made us smile ……..
……. or lusted after as objects of great desire.
We both fell in love with this tableware by Rob Turner, I don’t think there’s any age to it, but it was just so pretty. I love my Royal Doulton Minden, but this sorely tempted me ……..
……. and I intend to do some further research on it when I have a spare five minutes.
The cocktail cabinet above is what I will regret and remember for the rest of my life! It was only £40, I would have bought it in a shot had I got somewhere to put it and then bought it lovingly back to it’s former glory. The picture doesn’t do it any justice at all. The mirror on the back was painted with red and gold cocktail shakers, glasses etc. and the red and silver mirror section at the front only turned all the way round to reveal spaces for bottles and glasses! Can you imagine what state I was in, in the presence of something of such great beauty? OMG I wanted it soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly.
I am still looking for my little bit of Lourdes, this (above) was a little too battered and I did find a tiny holy water bottle, but the price was a little to much for my purse, it seemed as if the seller was just throwing prices out left right and centre and I couldn’t be bothered to haggle, so my quest will deliciously continue.
I did however buy this ………….
I’ve never seen anything like it before. I thought it was glass but on picking it up it was a heavy plastic. It was so unusual and quite large. I picked it up and put it down several times and then decided to haggle as there was one broken flower on it. I got down to £3, which wouldn’t even buy a cup of coffee and it now sits in my autumnal themed lounge atop a Poundland mercury glass candlestick with a smaller glass encased candle inside.
It was another brilliant day, I bought a couple more things, one in particular that required Lucy and my taking turns in carrying it round for the rest of the day ……….but that’s for another post!
