Yesterday I showed you my barn sale finds, so today I'll continue with my church rummage sale finds:
Last year I went to a few awesome church rummage sales and they all had some good vintage items. This weekend three out of the four church sales were filled with rubbish. Really, poor quality stuff that should have just made its way to the trash can. Old weed wackers that didn't work, half used boxes of Depends and lots of other pretty useless stuff (unless you have bladder issues).
The Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans didn't have anything worthwhile, but I did luck out at the Christian Church though.
I bought a bag of a whole lot of miscellaneous kitchen utensils for 25 cents. 99.9% of which I just turned around and donated to Goodwill, but I was interested in this thing in the bag.
It has a great chippy green handle.
Any idea what it is though? And don't ask why I bought something that I didn't know what it was. You've all been there, done that.
And then I found this vase. A little old lady working at the church sale came over to me when I picked it up and told me she hoped I would love it as much as she had. She told me her Grandmother had given it to her and she had kept it all this time but had recently decided to go ahead and donate it to the church sale.
I told her I would love it as much as she had and I told her about some of the other vases I had. She seemed very happy that I was buying it.
For 75 cents. Did I mention it is a Hull vase?
It is called a suspended vase, but I'm not sure what the decorative finish is called. Hull tended to make the same vase styles with different finishes and details on them.
Oh, and I left a little sumpin sumpin as a donation to the church when I checked out. Something about the combination of the nice old lady, being in a church and a ridiculously priced piece of pottery made me feel a little guilty.
BTW, my theory on why I find a lot of pottery pieces at thrift stores and yard sales is that a lot of pottery was made within an hour or so drive of where I live in Ohio, so I think it is just more readily available around here. Roseville, McCoy, Weller, Shawnee and Hull were all eastern Ohio pottery manufacturers. As well as Homer Laughlin in East Liverpool, Ohio.
There are benefits to living in Ohio!
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Great finds. That is a strainer with the green handle. We always had one in the house when I was growing up. It was used to strain tea (if the tea bag broke) At least that is what my mother and grandmother used it for. They would also strain their gravy if it had lumps.
Kim K.
Gorgeous colors in that vase. I'm sure that nice older lady is glad it is going to a good home.
Lisa
I remember we had a strainer like that.
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Crystal Rose Cottage
Great finds Pam! I live in Zanesville so I know what you mean about finding all the Roseville pottery, Mccoy pottery etc! I also live near Cambridge so I see a lot of Cambridge glass in places near me!~Hugs, Patti
Crystal Jeffers
Yep a strainer or sieve depending on what you need it for. 🙂 We had one with a red handle like that when I was a kid. it is perfect for a little powdered sugar on sumthin sumthin. 🙂 enjoy it it is adorable. The vase is awesome.
Gloria (The Little Red House with the White Porch)
Pam, you are so funny when you made the remark: "unless you have bladder issues" - AND I really laughed when you named all of the religions, Lutheran, Methodist, etc. and their sales! LOL! And yes, as others said, it's a strainer/sifter, and those two 'things' are supposed to sit on the side of a bowl, with the sifter/strainer inside the bowl. My mom had one too!
Best,
Gloria
Loo xx from Jumbles and Pompoms
Love the wooden handled tea strainer. I've recently started collecting old coloured wooden handled tools (yet another collection!).
La
There are benefits to living in Ohio...as long as it isn't winter.
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Church sales can be hit-or-miss, but you got a great tea strainer!!! If you get tired of any old McCoy pottery, just send it my way!!! 🙂
Katherines Corner
Love that vase. What a great find. Bug Hugs!
Marigene
Great finds...I have a chippy green handled strainer just like yours. The vase is gorgeous...I have some peonies that would look nice in it!
Michelle @Shellsshabbyshack
I've found church rummage sales to be the same, here. I agree with Sherry, hit or miss. Love the chippy green handle on the strainer and what a deal on the Hull vase. Nice of you to give back. 🙂
Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes
Nice score on the Hull vase! Those rummage sales do sound like fun! Very thoughtful to make a donation.
Tete
Pam, what great finds you have here. Love the strainer- have one in red that was my grandmother's and maybe even her mother's.
Love the Hull vase and the little old lady and her story. So glad it found a good home. Have you looked on ebay for the vase?
Being from Ohio, we did have plenty of this around. You don't appreciate it very much until it's not so common.
Tiffin Glass, Ohio Art are a few things that were everywhere and I miss it all so much here. Every now and then I will find something from home.
Hugs- Tete
Carol A.Bender
lol Pam you are sounding a little Mark Twain bashing on the religions not having much to offer. I don't get jealous but I gasped out loud when I saw the vase. I knew it had to be Hull or Roseville (we collect both) then I fell out of my chair when I saw what you paid. I'm happy for you.
michelle
Great finds Pam! I love your strainer, my grandma used to have a few as well. I think the little rabbit ear looking things were to sit on the pot while draining something?? I am not sure, I just remember she used it for many different things and I always loved playing with them. 🙂
Linda
Love the Hull vase, I haven't seen one like that before! Great find!
artteachergirl
Yep, it's a tea strainer, I have a red one that was my mama's. She used lose tea so she'd strain it through there after it boiled. Love the green handle on yours. You've really found some treasures lately. Church sales are usually the best ones. What a sweet vase and story. It's Hull...how wonderful is that?!!
Erin
Seriously, only you Pam!!! You get the best stuff, and that donation will bring more goodness to you, you're a good egg Pam:)
Paula
A Hull vase for $.75? Wow! You were very kind to make a donation since you knew the value of what you purchased. Let's just say that I've never seen anything like what you found at a church sale around here.