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January, 2017 The Antique Shoppe Page 35
Shops Questions & Answers

Titusville

Main St by Anne Gilbert
to Sebastian

Q. This small ceramic object was in a drawer of my
late mothers dressing table. Nobody in the family knows
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is charming with the figures of three dogs and flowers.
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What is the purpose of the hole? I plan to put it in my
garage sale but don’t know what to charge?
—L.Z.- Dallas, TX

A. Forget the garage sale ! You have a Victorian watch

50 holder made in England’s Staffordshire potteries in the
1840s-50s. In the 19th century watches were prized as
TITUSVILLE
1 mechanical wonders and status symbols. Owners needed
to protect them. The result was a variety of decorative
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sell in a retail setting for over $100.

Q. I recently
Bay Blvd inherited this
unusual chair. I
did some research
and think it
could have been
made in the
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15th century,
during the Italian
6 Renaissance,
COCOA
It was always
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Forrest Ave.
3 Florida Ave. Q. This shallow metal bowl with a bamboo displayed in the
design was $5.00 at a garage sale. On the hall. It also folds.
bottom it says “Everlast forged aluminum.” Is it a museum
5 It measures around nine inches in diameter. piece? What

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Sarno Rd. Is it worth more? —R.S. - Lancaster, PA could it be worth? —M.C.- Wilkesboro, N.C.
5054
Wickham Rd. MELBOURNE 4 A. If you had found your bowl ten years A. Sorry to disappoint you. Your chair is known by
Hibiscus Ave. ago it could have sold for as much as $70 several names such the “Dante”, “Savonarola” and “X.”
when vintage aluminum was “trendy.” Your The style was originally created, as you learned, in
bowl made in the 1950s has a current shop Italy during the 15th century. Similar forms were also
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Babcock St. value of $25. made at that time in Spain.
It was later named after the Friar,
STUART BUY SELL TRADE
Palm Bay Rd. Girolamo Savonarola or Dante,
507 1 Palm Antique Mall a Renaissance poet. It has never
2591 SE Ocean Blvd. stopped being reproduced, with
Malabar Rd.
Stuart, FL 34996 different carvings. The style
oldteaks@bellsouth.net was popular during the late 19th
Valkaria Rd.
GRANT 772-463-5090 • 772-240-0894
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Grant Rd. Ocean Blvd century. Yours was made in the
SEBASTIAN 8 991 Palm Bch Rd Monterey Rd ALWAYS BUYING 1930s and a retail price could be
Sebastian Blvd.
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from $250 to $500.
VERO BEACH
60 714 Do you have an antique item and need
713 SE Federal Hwy
713
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Indrio Rd 713
615 615 send a photo, history, size, any signatures
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FT.PIERCE with self-addressed, stamped envelope and
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$25 to: Ann Gilbert-Strawbridge,
Virginia I95
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Boynton Bch, FL 33263
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