Lucky find

[SummerSkye]

About twelve months ago I happened upon a pretty cut glass candlestick in a secondhand shop in our town; it was without its partner but so pretty that I bought it regardless. Recently in another town a good 2 hours drive away I found an identical one to make up my pair. I often wonder how the pair was separated and the chances of me finding both. Have you experienced something similar to this? :)

[eleanor2]

no.but i see that as a brill lucky find.my sad story is i had two glass amber candlesticks and broke one.

[Katelb]

Years ago when I lived in London, I bought a china mug with honeysuckle all around it,it was so pretty but they only had one left.Some time later I came up North where we now live and in the market on the china stall was an array of china mugs just like the one I had previously bought.I now have the pair. I particularly like them because it is said that honeysuckle means 'love's tie'.

[jazzactivist]

Yes, it is so exciting when this hapens isn't it? I posted on another thread that I once was so thrilled to buy a beautiful silk 1930s evening dress in a charity shop, and then went into another charity shop in town and found the matching shoes made in the same silk with low heels and buttons up the sides. I couldn't believe how astounding this was, and just when I was very short of money and desperate to find an outfit for a wedding. I can only imagine that the person who donated the items thought that they would spread the benefit around amongst the charity shops.

[sunflower]

Well, I'm still looking to find the other half!!! 6 months ago for 90pence I bought a pink glass 1930's lady leaning back on a fish. I looked it up in the net and the shop had this as their logo!!! anyway, she is part of a 'floating bowl' which I think were popular in Australia. The glass statue stands in the middle of the bowl.....now, can anyone tell me please, what is a floating bowl used for? I'd love to know and keeping my eyes open for her bowl!!

[franbee]

What is it about candlesticks? My brother spent several years searching to replace a broken M&S glass candlestick, finally spied one in the window of an Oxfam shop, price £1. Fran.

[sheddie]

I have collected the big jug and bowl sets for years, first I perhaps get the jug then maybe find the bowl and if I'm lucky two po's. I now have about 10 incomplete sets high up on a shelf in my bedroom, they are so pretty and all different colours, also if you can find the set including toothbrush holders they are worth quite a bit. Did you know they had two po's one for the man and one for the lady of the house?

[franbee]

They must have been posh folk, Sheddie, we just had 1 under each bed.

[sheddie]

A proper set would have had two franbee and even possibly candlesticks.But we only had one under our bed.

[SummerSkye]

Hi Sunflower, as far as I know, floating bowls were popular here a few years back. Small candles and flowers were floated on top of the water at dinner parties.

[JerseyLily]

Roman women used floating bowls filled with perfumed petals, no doubt before their time it was a source of deodoriser for confined spaces also, and it was quite popular during the Georgian and Edwardian era' as elegant table decoration. That is, according to a book on historical etiqette and the art of entertaining.