Monthly Archives: April 2011

Easter Monday Fleamarket Finds

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lavalotti

I think it’s almost official now: at some point every item of brown West-German pottery ends up at our house. Today’s fleamarket haul is more plentiful than Saturday’s, but it ended up being a bit of a mixed bag. First … Continue reading →

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Weekend

Posted on April 23, 2011 by lavalotti

Behold the only thing I took home today…from two fleamarkets. Everything but everything was either too ugly to consider buying (yes, even I have my limits) or chipped. Ah well, this Ruscha 313 jug (Kurt Tschörner design) is a worthy … Continue reading →

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Handpainted Russian Easter Eggs

Posted on April 20, 2011 by lavalotti

Let’s hear it for blog titles that get right to the point! I picked these up at the fleamarket on my last visit to Berlin. There is a large Russian community in Berlin, so sellers with beautiful selections of traditional, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Fleamarket Haul

Posted on April 16, 2011 by lavalotti

The weather’s so-so, but there was enough fleamarket action today for me to pick up a few goodies. “No more brown pottery!” I exclaimed on the way to the fleamarket. Well, you can see how that went. I thought the … Continue reading →

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100th post!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by lavalotti

I know, can you believe anyone’s followed my ramblings for that long already? Well, thank you! I so enjoy all of your comments and am grateful for every reader. To celebrate, I have a little eye candy for you in … Continue reading →

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Scheurich Jura

Posted on April 12, 2011 by lavalotti

Sometimes even the most widespread of ceramic decors eludes me in my collecting efforts. One such example has been Scheurich’s popular “Jura” decor from the early 70s (also called the snail pattern by collectors for obvious reasons.) Let’s be honest … Continue reading →

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Spreading the Love

Posted on April 10, 2011 by lavalotti

Perhaps alarmingly, I seem to be regressing in my fleamarket purchases and snapping up objects I remember from my childhood. The latest example of this particular craziness is one of my fleamarket finds from Saturday, a vintage West-German punchbowl set … Continue reading →

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Vintage BMF Bottle Openers

Posted on April 7, 2011 by lavalotti

As children we’re often impressed by small, seemingly inconsequential objects, and so it was with me and my grandparents’ quirky bottle openers… Both of these now reside with me and remind me of drinking Fanta while sitting at my grandmother’s … Continue reading →

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Berlin Spring Finds

Posted on April 5, 2011 by lavalotti

We spent the tail end of our recent mini vacation visiting my family in Berlin and, how could we not, hit a fleamarket together last Sunday. Fleamarketing (if this is not yet a word, it should be) is much more … Continue reading →

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Sardinia

Posted on April 4, 2011 by lavalotti

We were lucky enough to be able to take a few days of vacation to enjoy the beginning of spring in gorgeous Sardinia. Spring in Sardinia = off season; it seemed like we had the entire island to ourselves. We … Continue reading →

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