New Treasures

My sweet friend, 

Eric, 

(aka my personal shopper)

came through for me again!

He found 

this lovely silver 

equestrian match box 

for me this week.

Love it.

Thanks Eric!

And here are a couple

other things that I found

while antiquing recently.

Vintage leather covered box with brass detailing
and framed picture inset.

Then I got this old

tortoiseshell hand mirror. 

It came from the owner

of the antique mall 

where our booth is located.

She decided to part with 

a couple pieces

of her antique tortoiseshell collection.

I was lucky ... got there just moments 

after she put it out to sell.

It is not perfect.

I has a hairline crack through it,

but I am okay with that.

It's for me, not for resale.

In 1972 it was declared illegal internationally

to manufacture real tortoiseshell

which was harvested from

Hawksbill sea turtle shells.

Since that time, 

synthetic versions were developed

to create a similar look.

I have also been

collecting little tortoiseshell

make-up compacts.

What finds have 

you 

come across lately?

Eric also found this metal horse head tassel for me last year. :)