The random winner of the antique ribbon from the last Brocante Game is:
Paulita
I am sorry I let it slide but it is hard to pick only one winner, even if I do so randomly, it is not easy to have one winner when everyone who responded in the comment section deserved one!
With that said, there is another French brocante guessing game… I cannot help myself… I love finding old things that I think you might not guess their purpose.
Crazy hobby of mine, which leads to crazy ideas.
An oil painting in a gilded frame, with a chandelier hanging next to it.
Too easy for the French Brocante guessing game, anyone could guess that!
Maybe I should ask: "What castle out of the 40,000 that exist in France is it?"
But I won't ask, nor tell.
A gold metal crystal crown used to adorn a statue of a saint's head. Hard to find. Highly collectible. Sold in a heart beat for the tune of 450 Euros. But not part of this French Brocante Guessing Game… only here to tease you.
I did not buy it, nor the other one that was beside it.
Chairs gathered at the brocante. Do you see the one in the far left corner, next to the ladder? It is called a "Breast Feeding Chair" the back is high, and the seat is low. They also are referred to as Chimney Chairs, as they are kept by the fireplace instead of a stool. But actually they are used for a mother nursing her baby by the fireplace;
Not part of the French Brocante Guessing Game either, though if you had a baby-
Did you breastfeed your baby or not?
I did, and had a chair too… but I sold it years ago. I wish I hadn't but that is how it goes, sell something to have something else.
A cupboard door with its original hardware. Why do old things make my feet do a happy dance? Old paint, old handle, old door… yet I married a younger man.
The above video is a Show & Tell starring French Husband and an 1800s bowl.
(P.S. I do ask the vendors if I can take a photo of their stands, or objects before clicking my camera.)
Do you know what this is?
Another view: Made in ceramic.
The inside hollow, though it has bottom.
The other day at the brocante French Husband pointed out the above object, and asked me if I knew what it was. The smile on his face told me he knew what it was, and he assumed that I did not. I did not want to burst his bubble of happiness, but hey I have been at this game long enough, and am hard to stump.
Do you know what the above object is?
If you do know, add your guess to the comment section. The first person to guess correctly will win something old (I'll give you a choice of a few old collected things). If you do not know but want to respond with a creative guess, please do in the comment section. I will pick a winner from those comments as well, sending a prize to the winer.
Good Luck.
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