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Cherryfudge

I think you got o the car boot before us, @Miró, as we had guests leaving this morning. However I agree, some lovely branded clothes, though not the right size for me. I can't actually remember a car boot sale where I saw so many (good condition) Phase 8, M&S, Benetton etc.

I came away with a fascinator (£1), a darning mushroom (£1) and a vintage Denby jug (£4), while DH got an old book that he thinks might be worth something.

DigForVictory

Come on @Cherryfudge, you know that's catnip - tell more about the Denby please?! Volume over/about/under a Pint? Tankard (tapered straight) lines or more curved shape? Colour? Scroll or rectangular type base stamp? <twitch twitch this Denbyholic needs to know!>

Brie

DigForVictory said:

Come on @Cherryfudge, you know that's catnip - tell more about the Denby please?! Volume over/about/under a Pint? Tankard (tapered straight) lines or more curved shape? Colour? Scroll or rectangular type base stamp? <twitch twitch this Denbyholic needs to know!>

Don't be silly DFV.  Hardly interesting at all. 

After all, it's not like it's something reallllllly good like a scarf!!!  (drool)

DigForVictory

This is the one place where the (self appointed, new, breathing) Chairman of the Acquisition Committee cannot get at me. Given I've been desperately overpaying the mortgage & just Looking at Denby, please, be generous with the details?!

Cherryfudge

DigForVictory said:

Come on @Cherryfudge, you know that's catnip - tell more about the Denby please?! Volume over/about/under a Pint? Tankard (tapered straight) lines or more curved shape? Colour? Scroll or rectangular type base stamp? <twitch twitch this Denbyholic needs to know!>

Here you go DFV 😊. I think it’s 1950s, maybe a bit before or after. It’s a lighter brown than my Homestead items. Anything more you can tell me would be most helpful.
Brie, sorry for the lack of scarf-ness 😆

Cherryfudge

P.S. Sorry the photos are so huge. I forgot, uploading from my phone late in the evening, that this happens unless you select for a smaller resolution.

Geek info: I've compared the 'new' jug with a Denby coffee pot of the same colouring that I bought a while back but where the top edge has a much neater finish. The interior of both is a sort of stone colour - darker than that of the one Bourne piece I have - and the exteriors are both slightly lighter than the Homestead ones, which I think started in 1953 (elsewhere I've seen 1948 mentioned). My experience tells me there's a lot of minor variation amongst individual older pieces that I don't notice on modern Denby.

I think it's Bourne brown as the one in this picture is identical. 

Sorry it's still not a scarf.  

Rosa_Damascena

@Miró I love the white cotton blouse, perfect for summer!

YoungBlueEyes

Things that did not need to be invented no 1 - 

Footless glasses, I mean really?!  I bet a boy invented that. 

Cherryfudge

YoungBlueEyes said:

Footless glasses, I mean really?!  

If you turn them the other way up, you can then invert useful glasses on them for storage. Or use as ring trees. Or even keep your washing up gloves on them. See? Not so useless after all... 

That said, I won't be buying.  

Brie

YoungBlueEyes said:

Things that did not need to be invented no 1 - 

Footless glasses, I mean really?!  I bet a boy invented that. 

Yes a boy who never thought that once someone has drunk most their fizz they'll want to put the glass down, will lay it on a table and some of the fizz will form a puddle.  Of course every house comes with a servant to tidy up so that's ok.