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We have been buying and selling antiques and vintage home décor since the 1970's. Now that we've retired from running our retail shops, we are offering our finds exclusively online.
We've always loved items that can add that special accent to your home and are often one of a kind.
If you’re a collector, we have vintage, collectible and antique items to add to those collections. We do a tremendous amount of research to ensure our descriptions are informative and accurate to the best of our knowledge. You can be confident that you'll receive the item you order, in the condition we describe and picture it in. WE DEFINE AN ANTIQUE as an item 100 years old or more. Everything else we sell is vintage, typically 20 years old or more.
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The ancient art of Dhokra lost wax metal casting is named after the Dhokra Damar tribes of India. Their artwork is treasured for its folk art motifs and primitive, yet intricate, forms. This horse and rider figure is an excellent example. The horse is arrayed with a double row of body straps with bells and his mane is braided. The warrior riding bareback is holding a scimitar--a short bladed sword--and is wearing a uniform. The fine detail achieved with this process is impressive.
The piece is heavy for its size, weighing 1 1/4 pounds. This partly due to the clay core, which is visible on the underside of the horse. It measures 6 1/2 inches tall to the top of the rider's headdress. The horse is 5 1/2 inches long from nose to tail. This beautiful cast brass piece dates from the early 20th century and is in excellent condition, with no cracks, chips or missing pieces. It has an overall darkened patina which we chose not to polish. It's a handsome and decorative figure alone or in a grouping.
PYH 5242
Self-taught painter Joseph Ralph Breckenridge, aka "Cowboy Joe," was born in 1894 in Ionia, Michigan and passed away in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1972. During those years, Joe served in the Marine Corps in World War I and performed as a rodeo cowboy. He is best remembered for his paintings like this one, created as he traveled the US, Canada and Mexico. He painted on small wooden panels at bars, saloons and pool halls, trading his artworks for beer. He also painted murals and demonstrated his painting at county and state fairs. The black and white photo is from his obituary in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Press newspaper, while the color picture of him painting in a bar is by AI.
This painting with the title "Lost Pack Horse" shows a lone horse, pack on his back, wandering in a sleeting snowstorm against a washed-out blue sky, trying to follow in the footsteps of the horse in front of him, but falling behind. A single wolf is trailing him, waiting behind snow covered rocks for the right moment. The painting is so evocative of scenes played out in the wild.
The painting is signed lower left "JOE R BRECKENRIDGE" in his distinctive printed signature. In the center is the title, also printed by Joe in capital letters. On the unpainted reverse side, he attached a printed return label with his address in Coeur d'Alene. There is also his stamp "Joe Breckenridge" on
the underside, totaling three different confirmations that this is an original.
Painted in oils on a 1/2 inch thick pine board with beveled corners that measures 9 1/2 inches by 15 1/2 inches, the artwork weighs 1 pound 11 ounces. Driven into the top of the painting is a metal hanging loop, a typical Joe Breckenridge touch. It's in very good condition, with virtually no paint loss. We cleaned it with plain filtered water and removed much of the grime, but it has definitely spent some time in a smoky room (but does not have an odor). It's a wonderful find by a storied artist.
✪✪ Some yarns about Joe:
On September 19, 1917, Williston, North Dakota had a bit to boast about its county jail. The Williston Graphic reported that "It is not every county jail in the state that can boast of an artist [but] Williston can.”
A young man by the name of Joseph R. Breckenridge had been arrested for violating the “Bone Dry Law,” enacted on July 1 that year. Basically, both federal and state laws combined to virtually eliminate transport, delivery, and use of liquor.
The Williston Graphic seemed to pooh-pooh the law, calling Breckenridge’s infraction “unimportant.” Regardless, the crime landed him in jail with a 90-day sentence, time the paper noted was put to good work as the prisoner was “developing a latent talent for art.” He was painting scenes of “the last west” and “the end of the trail.” The art was selling to locals and also to “tourists inspecting the jail.” The paper wrote that his work had “been seen and … appreciated. They sell, and that proves something.” Joe was then 23 years old.
On the opening day of the new Museum of North Idaho in 2023 the featured exhibit was “Cowboy Joe: The Art of Joe Breckenridge.” A room was dedicated to display over 30 of his paintings.
"...painted pictures to pay bar tabs wherever he went, painted a picture for President Roosevelt, or Eisenhower...
"The Rainbow Inn at Hauser {Idaho}used to have painted doors in the bar done by Joe!
PYH 5824
This handsome pitcher was made by Morton Pottery of Morton, Illinois, in the 1920's. The green and brown glaze on this pottery is called Woodland Glaze. It was sponged and spattered and daubed with a brush onto the yellow stoneware and then a clear overglaze was applied. Both the interior and the base are glazed as well as the exterior. The local clay that fired to this yellow color was exhausted by 1940; after that the clay was imported from South Carolina and Indiana, and that clay fired snow white.
This barrel pitcher stands 7 1/2 inches tall and is 5 inches across the base. Measuring from the outermost edge of the handle to the end of the spout, it is 9 inches across. It weighs a hefty 3 1/2 pounds.
There is an elongated, pointed spout, a C-shaped handle and the body is ribbed. Its condition is excellent, with no cracks or crazing and a few tiny flakes off the foot rim on the bottom, unseen when displayed. It's unmarked, which is typical for utility ware.
This spongeware pitcher looks great wherever you place it in your home. Just perfect for a bouquet of daisies....
PYH 5572
“The serene French Seacoast Scene oil painting has that French nautical appeal that has a profound presence. The outstanding detail and appeal as a Francophile or Jersey Shore gal this painting is extraordinary! The packaging and shipping were superb! It arrived in pristine condition and the sellers are always cognizant of conditions that may affect delivery. Primping Your Home is home for me! Thank you!!”
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