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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 11:06:27 AM
Is this child's tea set ca. 1914 by Royal Rudolstadt of Germany. This was my Christmas present this year. I have a set just like it, but with characters called 'Happifats' on it. These guys are called 'Golliwogs'. I had missed seeing it in the glass case for weeks(my dh always came in the door close to that side and he was supposed to check out that case Later, he said something like "That ugly thing?"
It's a complete set - six of everything, plus the creamer, sugar and teapot.
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 12:29:13 PM
What an incredible find! I have never seen that pattern before, so delightful...what a treat for you to find it, because you are the one who will love it the most!
Karin
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Feb 12 2009 : 02:35:50 AM
Now that is funny about hubby not remembering and not seeing it either. That is the greatest pattern ever to say the least.
How Happy I am for you. And you and Miss Wilma and gang in Burlington, waaahhhh, lol, I will miss y'all.
Congrats on your find girlfriend!!!!!!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 1:12:35 PM
Hi, Wilma! I'm looking forward to Burlington, too! Got info from Tony Pham in the mail a while back. ;)
And I have to say that this doesn't happen often here, either. Usually, when a thrift gets anything halfway decent, they look it up in a book or print off an ebay listing(they never print what it sells for, just what it's listed for.....)and the price is 'high as a cat's back', as my granny used to say. The price on my tea set was low for something so old for them, but high enough that my dh bought it for me for Christmas.
About 35 years ago, when I bought my other Rudolstadt set, there were three plates in the bottom of the box that were the Golliwog pattern. I've always wondered what the entire set looked like, but I've never found another piece until now. Took a long time! :D And my dh didn't ever remember seeing the three plates in the bottom of our china cabinet! LOL!
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| Tin Lizzie |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 6:09:15 PM
I can't believe some of the things that some people find at thrifts! down here where I live it is nothing the thrifts are nothing but a tumbled pile of broken junk! I love that set! |
| kpaints |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 11:54:04 AM
Wow, those are wonderful, have not been to SVA in years but you would not find that here. You might want to go and check out my free giveaway on my blog where you are asked what was your favorite find in a thrift store. It is fun to see what everyone has to say.
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 09:17:55 AM
i love thoses! awesome find!
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Feb 10 2009 : 06:40:37 AM
Way to go...it's beautiful!
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 7:08:51 PM
Excellent find. MB
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 6:31:02 PM
Amazing! Lucky you!
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| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 6:20:24 PM
Janice you are lucky girl..those are adorable.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 6:12:36 PM
Janice you have been up[ to no good and I am getting jealouse, but it wont be long til Burlington
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| Ga Girl |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 4:09:12 PM
So cute! I never have that kind of luck!
Karen
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 3:54:55 PM
OH...just darling! We have nothing like that down here....probably a good thing or I would be broker than I am! LOL! What a nifty find! You go girlfriend!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 12:26:17 PM
Okay, Kris. I invite Jack and Dave(when they wake up!) :) And Nancy Jo, too. ;)
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 12:23:26 PM
That is a great find and in such great shape, too. Lucky you! Now you'll have to have a nice little tea party.
Kris
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 11:50:26 AM
Janice,
So cute, don't use just love little tea sets?
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 11:41:23 AM
I don't know where they got the name. And they're so oddly not 1914. So weird and futuristic looking. The Happifats characters were a cartoon thing. They also made a Kewpie set(have to take out a loan for that one, if I ever found one.)
And good for you, Katie-ell! I'm glad you kept one for yourself!
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"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 11:31:43 AM
That is too fabulous. And I like that they're called Golliwogs. Only the Germans!
Awesome too, that it's a complete set. I told you, your thrifts are awesome...ours, not so much :) |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Feb 09 2009 : 11:28:50 AM
Whaa? He neglected to tell you about these? OMG I love them! Our Sal Army doesn't have anything like this . . . and it certainly would not have remained for weeks. Hours, perhaps! I just love shopping at the SA, though. My most recent best find were three Nicholas Mosse hand-painted pitchers from Ireland. Sold 2 on ebay and kept one for me. Tada!
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