Day 20: Recent Acquisitions

A few things that I picked up in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia recently.

I found this basinette in a local thrift store.

Baby basinette with fold-out wooden stands.

The hood part hinges back and forth.

Label inside.

The Barden and Robeson Corp. The Mark of QUALITY Penn, Yan NEW YORK

I was in St. John's driving in the country and a man in his forties was clearing out the family home.

He was putting stuff out to give away.

I took four chairs (their family dining room set) and these three, ornate, old wooden, silver frames.

The decorative part is moulded plaster.

He was grateful that I took the things and said, "Thank god for the ends of driveways!"

Below is a small, green, wooden table with pull out leaves.

I bought it at a local used furniture store (some time ago).

Another chair from St. John's.

 I found this print in an old wood frame in a thrift store in Nova Scotia this summer.

It was $5.

Detail of print.

I found this box at the local Salvation Army thrift store last weekend.

I paid $2.

It's handmade, wood, quite lovely. 

It is very solid. Very sturdy. Like a plinth.

I have no idea what it would have been used for.

It is 11.75"h x 12.75"w x 19.75"l

On the ends, there are handles, of a sort, that look like they have a hole for metal rings.

The interior had been papered a few times.

Woodgrain paper and decorative pink flower pattern paper.

 

If you have any ideas as to what it might have been used for, let me know.