Report on Road Trip

Lewis met up with his antiquing buddy, Chris.  They hit the road to Florida stopping as often as possible to sample antiquing, first on the west coast of Florida and then cutting over to the east coast.  They delivered the dinning table without a hitch to Miami Area.  I turned green with envy over the details of eating seafood at a raw bar and drinking cold beers by the water.  While we got 1" of snow and were freezing. 

Pickings were slow to nil in Tampa area, not the right kind of things for us.  It seems that every retiree was hitting the consignment and thrift stores to find things to go on ebay to supplement their income or just to have something to do.They found a few things in the  Naples and Sarasota Area.  We had heard that Florida was a gold mine, we are still searching for the Treasures.  Lewis did pick up an item here and there.  Most of his finds came out of the Miami area.  He did a favor for Comer & Co by picking up an item for them and found a treasure trove for himself.  I got the call, "Hey, Mom, how much more can I spend?"  He made it to Raleigh NC last night and, of course, is currently antiquing his way home.  I can not wait to see him unpack the van.  One item he purchased was a Grandfather clock.  "A What!"  I said.  This is a cool grandfather's clock standing taller than Lewis  done in faux bamboo and chinoiserie.  He sent a picture but not good enough to publish on the blog.  He also purchased a large Murano sculpture of ducks taking flight.

Up dating Saturday Morning....A great Bronze Altar table engraved by hand with  the creation of  man by Phillip and Kelvin LaVerne.  I had visions of  an all glass  Murano  sculpture of ducks, but what Lewis brought back was a combination of  Murano Glass and bronze  (gold plated 24kt.)  The Ducks are taking off among cat tails.  This is much nicer than my imagination, and much larger.  The grandfather's clock is a tall case clock not like any I've seen before.  It is from the 50's or early 60's almost Hollywood Regency....Cool not kitchy. He found several Murano pieces a really nice lamp with an awesome shape, tones of rose with gold flecks.  A great bowl by Barbini in scavo large in size.  Another Murano bowl by Vistosi in clear glass similar to one we already have.  He found a pair of medal base tables with heavy green glass tops.  As soon as we post these on 1stdibs I'll post these photos on our Blog