Wednesday, October 20, 2010

VTT - Kitchen Decor & Apple Pottery



Today's postcard advertises Du Pont "Duco" Enamel paint, which explains why everything is painted bright green. This advertising postcard was mailed in 1955, and is a 1950s interpretation of the Early American style. The woman in the picture appears to be demonstrating how easy Duco Enamel is to clean. On the back of the card it says: "Your kitchen will always be fresh and beautiful, like this one, if it's painted with Du Pont "Duco" Enamel! That's because "Duco" is tough and durable, resists hard knocks, and is as easy to clean as a china dish."

Below is a picture of a sturdy Early American style chair I found at a thrift shop yesterday. The chair is marked "Heywood-Wakefield HW Est. 1826" on the bottom of the seat. Heywood-Wakefield wooden furniture was manufactured in Gardner, Massachusetts in a factory that closed in 1979. The name "Heywood-Wakefield" is being used today by a company that acquired the rights in 1994. This is what the Heywood-Wakefield website says about the Colonial and Early American furniture:
The old Heywood-Wakefield company had several lines that could be classified as Colonial or Early American, and from time to time pieces from these groups appear in used furniture stores, estate and garage sales, auctions, thrift stores, etc. … Our best guess is that whatever you paid for an item is what it's worth, and that it is probably a mistake to buy this furniture with the idea of selling it for a profit.
On the chair are some of my apple kitchen thingies. The apple cookie jar was the start of my apple collection. My mother had a different apple cookie jar. This is the first one I found when I decided I wanted an apple cookie jar too. My jar is very common. It is usually attributed to Hull. The only marking mine has is a small green number eight on the bottom. I originally thought I would collect cookie jars, but I decided instead to collect smaller apple things like salt & pepper shakers.



My chrysanthemums are so beautiful and prolific this year that I wanted to include them in the picture. Usually they don't start blooming until mid-September, but this year they started in mid-July and still have many new stems and buds.

I'm participating in Vintage Thingie Thursday

15 comments:

  1. Wow that was some bright kitchen postcard!!! And I love your chair :-)

    Jocelyn
    http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

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  2. Great post. Love the apple thingies.
    Reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen. Love it.
    QMM

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  3. I love your vintage postcard. Remember, the worth of something is what someone is willing to pay. If you like it, that is all that matters.

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  4. That's a great card. Those apple thingies remind me of all the apple thingies (plates, etc.) that my grandmother had.

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  5. Your vintage postcard is so cute...and I love your apple things, and the FLOWERS just set the photo off! You are right, the flowers are amazing....none of mine came back this year and I need to replant some. They just scream fall!! Happy VTT!

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  6. love that kitchen! BUT i love that chair more and your sweet chrysanthemums are adorable! :)

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  7. That is a wonderful apple set. i love the postcard, wonder if the paint is really easy to clean as a china dish?

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  8. The kitchen really is bright! Your apple collection is very nice, and the Chrysanthemum is beautiful! I bought some in September but they only lasted a few weeks in the rain and cold weather.

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  9. Love the Apple Cookie Jar and S&P shakers.
    *hugs*Deb

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  10. I have that apple cookie jar. I didn't start out collecting cookie jars but now have a collection. Afterall, anything grouped together looks better, like my thermoses. Thanks for stopping by.

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  11. I love the picture of the kitchen. I love cookie jars. I have to really watch myself so I won't bring anymore home. Your cookie jar is beautiful. Doylene

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  12. Your mums are beautiful. I love those salt and pepper shakers and your postcard, as always. Can't imagine that color for a kitchen, though, I'd be sick of it in a week! Happy VTT!

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  13. Your mums are beautiful. I love those salt and pepper shakers and your postcard, as always. Can't imagine that color for a kitchen, though, I'd be sick of it in a week! Happy VTT!

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  14. That's a great postcard, and I love the vintage chair you found, too!

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  15. I think you made a good thrift store purchase with that chair yesterday! Love the apple themed things too, with nice colors other than the usual red-reds you see.

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