It's Thursday again, which means it is time to pull out your wonderful
Vintage Thingies for another party over at Coloradolady
These are some of my favorite pieces from my collection of vintage copper. I know
it is rushing the season a bit, but I'm seeing eggs popping up all over my house!
This vintage mold has an Edelweiss on it and makes for a beautiful presentation on a
Spring table or buffet spread. An aspic vegetable salad or traditional jello salad becomes
something special when you use a decorative mold like this one.
Edelweiss flowers are a perennial alpine plant native to the Alps of Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and France. Edelweiss flowers are quite rare in the
wild and in many areas are considered endangered. These famous flowers grow in rocky
crags in the Alps and are best cultivated in a rock garden that mimics their natural habitat.
Grown in partial shade, these plants will develop beautiful woolly flowers with a ring of silvery white leaves surrounding them, which makes then look like large snowflakes. Edelweiss flowers are reasonably easy to propagate from seed and quite hardy if grown in conditions that suit them.
This little copper basket is Greek, I love the "art deco" design on it.
These are some of my favorite pieces from my collection of vintage copper. I know
it is rushing the season a bit, but I'm seeing eggs popping up all over my house!
This vintage mold has an Edelweiss on it and makes for a beautiful presentation on a
Spring table or buffet spread. An aspic vegetable salad or traditional jello salad becomes
something special when you use a decorative mold like this one.
Edelweiss flowers are a perennial alpine plant native to the Alps of Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and France. Edelweiss flowers are quite rare in the
wild and in many areas are considered endangered. These famous flowers grow in rocky
crags in the Alps and are best cultivated in a rock garden that mimics their natural habitat.
Grown in partial shade, these plants will develop beautiful woolly flowers with a ring of silvery white leaves surrounding them, which makes then look like large snowflakes. Edelweiss flowers are reasonably easy to propagate from seed and quite hardy if grown in conditions that suit them.
This little copper basket is Greek, I love the "art deco" design on it.
I have lots of these little molds, they look great done in aspic or jello for a buffet table.
This very old mold appeared here on TLRT a few days ago on a Mardi Gras tablescape.
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Beautiful! Does it stay this shiny or do you have to clean it very often?
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteI lost most of this post, never had that happen before! So go back and check to make sure you got to see all the detail images. I'm adding the text back in too. Hmmmmmm
I polish it when the feeling hits me, not as often as I should probably. It is something I enjoy doing, so I don't know why it takes me so much thinking to get started.
Check back in a few, I'll go add the text that was lost.
I like copper but I don't think I could tell the vintage stuff from the new stuff.
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the best copper collection I have seen. Each piece is a work of art. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteThe craftsmanship of the copper pieces you have shown today is wonderful. A very nice collection. After seeing 'Julie and Julia', I get a kick out of 'Aspic' anything. If you haven't seen the movie...there is a part about an 'Aspic Disaster'...I had to go look up what an Aspic was...I'm no gourmet and come to find out it had to do with calves feet...I really did crack up then....being a Texan and not knowing that!!! LOL....Sue
ReplyDeleteI sure love your display! And - eggs are popping up all over at our house too - the chickens have started producing BIG TIME! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteHow DO you clean copper? I knew people collected it, glad to have been proved right!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, those are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great collection!
ReplyDeleteJocelyn
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com
Gorgeous copper pieces!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Gail
Really pretty pieces! I especially like the tray. I like your stone eggs too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pieces, and thanks for the closeups of the detail. The Greek basket is especially gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely copper pieces. A great collection.
ReplyDeleteAll your pieces are really lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely pieces. Thank you for showing these! I have to ask, have you ever made an aspic? My husband keeps going on and on about them since we saw Julie and Julia AND he gave me Julia Child's iconic cookbook. Hope you'll share!
ReplyDeleteMy mom had a wall full in the kitchen. And she was a big aspic fan.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Beautiful copper!
ReplyDeleteOh gorgeous copper! I love old jello moulds- especially fond of your lobster one!
ReplyDeleteThe are exqusite pieces. The presention is lovely. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteAnn
Tin and sparkle
Your antique copper molds are beautiful. And your Greek basket is lovely, I also have some of those pretty alabaster eggs!
ReplyDeleteKat :)
The copper molds, as well as the Easter eggs, are so beautiful! Enjoy your blog!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very beautiful collection of copper, I love the serving tray and basket....is it work to keep it up? Have a great VTT!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful collection. I like the basket with the colorful eggs, so perfect for spring.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your lovely comments on my copper! I'm glad you enjoyed it! As far as cleaning it, I use Simichrome polish (comes in a red can or tube either online or at some hardware/home centers/ antique stores). I swear by it, although there are other brands, this is the best one in my opinion. Soft cloths, apply to a small area at a time, buff and buff and buff some more with old soft terry towels.
ReplyDeleteI'll show some additional pieces again for Vintage Thingies.....I love this party and hope to see you all again!
Candy
Candy, these are wonderful pieces of copper. My husband has collected copper for many years. I'll forward this link on to him. I know he will enjoy seeing these pieces. The little basket is an unusual shape. Thank you for sharing each of these. ~ Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah! Come winter maybe I can get some of the other pieces polished and out for display!
ReplyDeleteCandy