western australia

Antiques in Grass Valley, Western Australia

@JudyEv (325693)

Rockingham, Australia

August 29, 2022 4:15am CST

I’ve made a collage of some of the antique items that were in the house where we stayed for a fortnight. At each end of the mantelpiece over the old fireplace was a vase, one of which I’ve shown in the top left photo. The roses were very well done and the two pieces had no flaws whatsoever. I can’t imagine what they’d be worth. On a shelf below the mantelpiece was the ornate red glass vase shown lower right. It was difficult to get a good photo of it but there was no way I was going to chance dropping it so I just took a photo where it stood. The beautiful basin and jug were in the spare room which also held the child’s pram and a stuffed horse. I’ve never seen an ‘unreal’ horse in such a position but many a time horses will chew in this manner at an itch on their foot.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

30 Aug 22

Were you guys checked before leaving?

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv That was a good decision

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

We thought we might be so we didn't pinch anything!

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

@allknowing We could easily have taken Dixie, the dog.

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@mom210 (9036)

• United States

29 Aug 22

I love both vases! sooo pretty

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@mom210 (9036)

• United States

5 Sep 22

@JudyEv hopefully you have saved some of her pieces, what a nice thing to hand down generation to generation.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 22

@mom210 Yes, I do have quite a few of her pieces. Here is an ashtray she did of a Qualup Bell.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I especially love the tall one with the roses. My mother used to do china-painting and I know roses were quite hard to do nicely.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

29 Aug 22

There are antiques that I like, but not all. I like the horse, but not a lot all the rest. Mom had an identical pink and white glass basket.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv I have never seen a real horse in that pose, but nothing is impossible.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

@LadyDuck They do use their hind foot to scratch behind their ear sometimes and they will also nibble an itch near their hoof.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I can't imagine where the horse would have come from. I'll ask them one day,. It's an unusual pose for a stuffed toy.

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

29 Aug 22

They're all beautiful pieces and I wouldn't have dared touch them, either. I'm usually not clumsy but there's always a chance I'd drop something.

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv Oh, yeah. I would have hated damaging anything there. I'm sure you were both careful.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

We were always mindful that it wasn't our house so we didn't move anything we didn't need to.

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@wolfgirl569 (95136)

• Marion, Ohio

29 Aug 22

Those are all beautiful pieces.

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@wolfgirl569 (95136)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv The tall one is pretty. But thats a great pose on the horse.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

@wolfgirl569 Unusual, isn't it? It seems a bit odd to make one like this.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I probably like the tall vase the best although I liked the basin and jug. It was bigger than it looks here.

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@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

30 Aug 22

So pretty vases! Antiques are lovely.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I particularly like the tall vase and the jug and basin. The jug and basin don't look very big there but they were quite large.

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@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

31 Aug 22

@JudyEv I see. Yes, lively antiques, in very great shape too.

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@BarBaraPrz (45484)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

29 Aug 22

I really like the basin and ewer... (jug)

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@BarBaraPrz (45484)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv Yes, better than having to chip away any ice that formed overnight.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

They would have been common in the olden days. Hopefully someone would bring you warm water in the ewer so you could have a wash.

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@youless (112108)

• Guangzhou, China

29 Aug 22

At first I thought they were all of your collections

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I just wish they were! I loved the tall vases.

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@RebeccasFarm (86757)

• United States

29 Aug 22

Oh my I would love to be looking around now at all those lovely things

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@RebeccasFarm (86757)

• United States

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv Just wonderful Judy

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

The owners are now third-generation to live there so a lot of the stuff is very old.

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@DianneN (246720)

• United States

29 Aug 22

Love the horse! Hubs is a collector of antiques. No more room for even just one!

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@DianneN (246720)

• United States

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv In his case, yes!

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

It can become a bit like a disease, can't it?

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

29 Aug 22

I am trying to work out what the horse is up to! I am guessing that before running water, that jug and bowl would have been common in most houses

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

The horse is either using his hoof to scratch an itch on his nose or he is nibbling at an itch above his hoof. Those are my theories anyway,

The bowl and jug would have been standard items for sure.

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@LindaOHio (156056)

• United States

30 Aug 22

They certainly have a lot of lovely antiques.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

They did indeed. It was nice to have them all there to look at and admire.

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

29 Aug 22

Lovely findings. The red glass- here we call "Cranberry" glass . My dad loved to collect glassware

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I thought the glassware might have had a special name. I wish I'd taken a better photo of it.

@Beestring (13315)

• Hong Kong

29 Aug 22

These antique items are really adorable.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I think I like the tall vase the best. There were two of them.

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@Beestring (13315)

• Hong Kong

30 Aug 22

@JudyEv Yes, the tall vase is beautiful.

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@rebelann (111163)

• El Paso, Texas

29 Aug 22

They should create a museum out of this old house, all those items would be wonderful to get photos of.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

It could easily work as a museum. There were a lot of old things there.

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@Juliaacv (48415)

• Canada

29 Aug 22

Those are some lovely pieces. I have some rose glass, I have a large pitcher that my great uncle gave to me.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

You often see the pitcher and basin sets in antique shops.

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@xFiacre (12595)

• Ireland

29 Aug 22

@judyev Now that’s the kind of house my wife would enjoy, surrounded by lovely old things still in good condition.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

So many places in the UK seem like this where a house has been in a family for several generations so no-one ever needs to get rid of old stuff.

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@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

29 Aug 22

So the person who made this horse knew these animals and their habits well.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

Yes, that's true. I've never seen another model in that type of pose.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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29 Aug 22

I think the toy pram and horse are adorable. I too would hesitate to move the vase.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

I was taking no chances on breaking anything.

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@Butterfingers (66585)

• India

29 Aug 22

They all look good and certainly these antique Items makes me feel good

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 22

It's nice to have some old but lovely things around a house.

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