tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post297092529486007149..comments2024-03-26T11:17:17.193-05:00Comments on ask grandma j: VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAYAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-91817951508985315962008-08-21T22:34:00.000-05:002008-08-21T22:34:00.000-05:00Amazing how fancy ashtrays used tobe and everybody...Amazing how fancy ashtrays used to<BR/>be and everybody had them. Now a<BR/>totally different attitude, but the<BR/>ashtrays are still wonderful and<BR/>pretty!JEWELGIRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229475913954848185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-8911000700355293702008-08-21T22:33:00.000-05:002008-08-21T22:33:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh I bet you about had a heart attack when...Oh my gosh I bet you about had a heart attack when you found out you'd been using a genuine antique for an everyday ashtray!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896397905655488182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-64990206331098332122008-08-21T22:12:00.000-05:002008-08-21T22:12:00.000-05:00Those ashtrays are sooooooooo beautiful, my dear, ...Those ashtrays are sooooooooo beautiful, my dear, but not has beautiful as you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-29515986665617772942008-08-21T19:03:00.000-05:002008-08-21T19:03:00.000-05:00Nana J can I have the hermes ashtray for christmas...Nana J can I have the hermes ashtray for christmas!!! i love itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-77951380731442689472008-08-21T18:54:00.000-05:002008-08-21T18:54:00.000-05:00I used to have beautiful blue and white things - I...I used to have beautiful blue and white things - I collected them. Then after college, someone broke into my new apartment in Houston while I was in San Antonio and stole just about everything. All my new grad gifts, electronics, and you guessed it...my whole entire huge tub of blue and white stuff. I never had the heart to collect it again. =( Yours is beautiful though! MegCGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053005267695192262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-90308122444883373192008-08-21T14:06:00.000-05:002008-08-21T14:06:00.000-05:00Love, love, love that Delft ashtray! I'd use it fo...Love, love, love that Delft ashtray! I'd use it for a candy dish!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582583925813368098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-87150112071117535132008-08-21T13:40:00.000-05:002008-08-21T13:40:00.000-05:00ohhh Grandma..Ilove me those old ashtrays!!!!!very...ohhh Grandma..Ilove me those old ashtrays!!!!!<BR/><BR/>very nice!<BR/><BR/>#2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-80697781195245157492008-08-21T13:16:00.000-05:002008-08-21T13:16:00.000-05:00Don't you just love it when someone who "hates" ol...Don't you just love it when someone who "hates" old things gives you something that is so great!! I like both of them, the ponies are exceptional. Great post.Coloradoladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312809532968928183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-9884180044049520822008-08-21T12:17:00.000-05:002008-08-21T12:17:00.000-05:00Great story about the ashtray. I love old ashtrays...Great story about the ashtray. <BR/>I love old ashtrays and the two you shared today are great. <BR/>Sometimes nosey neighbors aren't so bad after all, are they?Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455292759609265227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-83366044730386904092008-08-21T11:43:00.000-05:002008-08-21T11:43:00.000-05:00I adore blue and white china, especially Delft, so...I adore blue and white china, especially Delft, so I love the ex-ashtray!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-19873838137439917632008-08-21T10:53:00.000-05:002008-08-21T10:53:00.000-05:00Just beautiful! Thank goodness for nosey neighbor...Just beautiful! Thank goodness for nosey neighbors!! <BR/><BR/>I had some wonderful antique pieces that I proudly displayed. Once I discovered their value, I put them away :( It sort of ruined it for me. Of course, I have nothing as impressive as your Delft!Big Hair Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601542247789997344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-43829297790992699582008-08-21T10:26:00.000-05:002008-08-21T10:26:00.000-05:00Hey HSH, I found another Hermes ashtray by the sam...Hey HSH, I found another Hermes ashtray by the same artist with horses for Little One on Ebay. <BR/><BR/>Check it out and maybe get it for her for Christmas. She can use it to hold her hair clips and barretts.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and if she doesn't like it, I will take it off your hands.<BR/><BR/>http://cgi.ebay.com/HERMES-CIGAR-ASHTRAY-1964-Avenue-des-Acacias-LEDOUX_W0QQitemZ170241123800QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-23582097034540802592008-08-21T10:05:00.000-05:002008-08-21T10:05:00.000-05:00Whoa! what a discovery. Those are beautiful ashtra...Whoa! what a discovery. Those are beautiful ashtrays. I'm glad you got that great information on the delft one..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-92199472809152060192008-08-21T09:43:00.000-05:002008-08-21T09:43:00.000-05:00I avoid collecting things at all costs. My mom alw...I avoid collecting things at all costs. My mom always tries to buy me Easter and Halloween and Christmas decorations and I'm like NO!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-23774540647456329902008-08-21T09:20:00.000-05:002008-08-21T09:20:00.000-05:00I need to start collecting something. Your vintage...I need to start collecting something. Your vintage things are very beautiful! I am glad your ex neighbor didn't like her mother in law : ). You lucked out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-91840719031640731892008-08-21T09:14:00.000-05:002008-08-21T09:14:00.000-05:00ooooo! I don't collect ashtrays, but I do collect ...ooooo! I don't collect ashtrays, but I do collect Delft. That is a wonderful piece!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272090843872445967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-6299241532004417052008-08-21T07:28:00.000-05:002008-08-21T07:28:00.000-05:00Those are beautiful. Things like that get broken a...Those are beautiful. <BR/>Things like that get broken around here. This is why we have plastic or the ground works too until I have to rake it.Pleasing Procrasinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660336513081435336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-99228873417086152008-08-21T07:18:00.000-05:002008-08-21T07:18:00.000-05:00Made between the 16th and 18th centuries? That ma...Made between the 16th and 18th centuries? That may be the only thing older than the mold in my refrigerator.<BR/><BR/>It looks like you and I will be going to dinner over at Foolery's on Tuesday night. See you then.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-20262945101054819642008-08-21T07:14:00.000-05:002008-08-21T07:14:00.000-05:00I love old ashtrays.....I go to goodwill ....lots ...I love old ashtrays.....I go to goodwill ....lots of good old stuff thereKeeper Of All Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008124733600155796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-62544776915501583902008-08-21T07:01:00.000-05:002008-08-21T07:01:00.000-05:00testtestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-24375233777219388512008-08-21T05:46:00.000-05:002008-08-21T05:46:00.000-05:00I love those. So pretty. I remember all the ashtra...I love those. So pretty. I remember all the ashtrays around my house growing up...<BR/>glad to NOT have them anymore and glad to hear that you kicked that habit too.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089274167242094237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185095019490248004.post-36761162166952501152008-08-21T01:11:00.000-05:002008-08-21T01:11:00.000-05:00Little One busts with delight when she sees horses...Little One busts with delight when she sees horses, squeeling, "PONEEEEES!! PONEEEEEES!!"<BR/><BR/>Ill have to show her those ash trays. BTW, the painter, may in fact be related to our Out Law Relative, right?heartshapedhedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081767672670551851noreply@blogger.com