Today we took several antique items which were from stock and would not travel well to our new home. Difficult shapes and/or easily broken. Some dealer friends of ours bought several pieces off us and so now we don't have to travel with a large rigged wooden ship on someone's knee, or a wooden "cradle" for a Victorian scythe, or a French coopered toddler's feed/play chair on wheels. See below - the rake item in the middle is the Scythe Cradle and to its right is the little child's coopered chair. It's designed so that they can't get out (!) and can have a meal on that tray or toys on it. A sweet thing.
The Dairy Bowl and the Bushel (in the front) have been sold with the house (on a separate listing)so will add charm to a corner.
After selling those items, we drove back across country - and boy, the weather was FOUL, constant drizzle and low cloud surrounded us, with light levels which put a very early end to the day. Last week we had seen (and Tam and I had fallen for) a hanging copper Arts & Crafts lamp (with glass panels). It was just what we wanted to go in the kitchen or hallway at our new home - so we bought it as a little indulgence. I'm hoping we haven't tempted fate by buying it.
It was almost dark before 4 p.m. when I was outside picking up windfall apples to cook up. This is a "sofa job" whilst watching Antiques Roadtrip. I put all the (10 or so) big apples in the wok, and have a pan of cold water by my feet, and peel and chop the apples whilst relaxing and watching one of our favourite programmes.
Tomorrow I want to sort all the lamps and shades that are going (I even know where they are!) and put them in the big oak coffer down in the Dairy flat for safe keeping on the removal journey. There are some we bought years ago in boxes labelled "Lamp for new house".
I am feeling far more tired than I should be, so I think it will be an early night tonight.
