Did you know that an estimated 1 2 million tonnes of textile waste is thrown away ‘per year’ and it all ends up in a landfill site.
Soooooooooo join the millions of others and buy some vintage clothing which has now become one of the best ways to recycle.
They say that by opting for vintage clothing means that you are playing an active part in reducing extreme textile waste by recycling and rejecting the concept of throw- away fashion.
These three items that I am showing here I acquired in one of the box’s that I bought at the auction a couple of weeks ago.
The box had a number of others items from Denmark and Holland but the pieces I have here have no writings or markings on them for me to find anything out about them.
The jug and bowl above are small the jug is 2.5″ high and the bowl only 3″ but they are both in very good condition.
The Chinese Bowl above is also tiny only 3″ in diameter but this one has a clean break inside and looks like it has been stuck together which I thought was unusual for such a small item.
Finally the picture below is of a Dutch Cow Bell which has ‘S. Gottardo + 2112’ written on it. The brass bell is approx 1″ in height and the full length including the ribbon is nearly 5″ in length, but like the others an unusual find don’t you think?
If anyone has any information on any of the above I’d love to hear from you.
Vintage costume jewellery and accessories are very popular at the moment. In fact a pair of Terry de Havilland platform shoes which were dated the 1970’s – snakeskin platform sold at a recent auction for £300.
According to Homes and Antiques 1980’s jewellery by Thierry Mulger is very popular and pendants by Pierre Cardin can fetch over £500. Gosh I wish I’d known this, I sold an old Pierre Cardin brooch recently on Ebay for under £20 !!!!!
Anything Chanel of course is always in demand so forget about the 1920’s to the 1960’s as they will still fetch a few pounds but no where near as much as jewellery and accessories from the 1970’s and the 1980’s.
Apart from your usual auction sites another place to look for vintage accessories is the online Oxfam shop where you will see some vintage items like the ones pictured here.
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