So...at the beginning of last summer...D and I were walking around old town Folsom and came across a cute shop called Melange. Each section of the store are items from a different vendor (sort of like an antique mall, but these aren't all antiques and it's just a little shop tucked into an old building).
I LOVE glass! Have I mentioned that yet? Yes, serious obsession with anything glass...I also like vintage antiques, '30s '40s '50s eras. I've been on the hunt for a couple years now for the perfect antique style champagne glasses. These aren't tall and narrow like the ones today. If you watch a film from the 1940s you'll see that they were small, short stemmed, and wide like a wine glass but tapered up quickly and stopped...here's an example:
So, initially, I was just looking around...then, I was hunting for some glasses. Then I came across this:
These are dessert sets. Large dessert tray/plate with dividers and a matching glass. I've seen quite a few of these...and one I really liked was a set that was pretty smooth and simple but the plate was shaped like a painters palette. Well, this (not an uncommon set) is the first one of this style I have come across that had the "mugs" with the plates...it was a set of four...and it matches the set my grandma has and has used a family gatherings for years! So, I decided these were the ones!
The lady in the shop described them to me, and told me that there are two very similar patterns that were very popular mid-century: Bubblewick and Candlewick. She described the slight differences to me and we left. But, now all I've seen really is the Candlewick (or people calling their sets Candlewick)...so, I'm just going to collect any pieces I like that look like they match these...fair??? So, excuse my ignorance.
About a month later I was at a flee market in town with my mom and found these...I think it was only about $10 for them...yeah!
Then, I was out "junking" for items for my shop, and of course, I found items for myself. I picked up eight of these sherbet glasses at a garage sale...$6!!!
A couple months ago I went to an antique mall with my mom and found more pieces, a pedestal server, a bowl, and many more fun items...but I was able to control myself...until I have the extra money to go on a spree this is the beginning of my collectors set!!! And, maybe my grandma will give me her pieces some day???
