Shoegazer Haul: antique & flea market finds

As promised, here is a post of some of the items I picked up last Saturday in Lewes. I want to have shelf or two to display iconic British items, so I was glad to find a couple of new bits to add to that collection. Elsewhere, I found a really lovely china tea set and a vintage Liberty print scarf!

Above: Swallow tea set. £6.

Above: Queen Elizabeth II coronation dish from 1953 - £2.50
"Long Live The Queen" coronation pencils - £2 each

(other items pictured are from previous hauls)

Above: Enormous Liberty scarf - £5! Bargain!

Shoegazer Visits: Lewes

Last Saturday morning I popped to the Old Curiosity Shops of Lewes and as ever, found some amazing, intriguing, weird and wonderful things in the higgledy-piggledy hideaways. Excuse the poor quality of these images, I was snapping away on my iPhone so as not to annoy everyone with a flash. 

Above: The attic of the flea market. Strange mannequin heads... bunting... fairy lights... what's not to love?

 

Above: Birdseye views of the antique shop situated in an old church.

Above: The poor things were draped over the biggest bird cage I've seen.

Above: Vintage Snow White silk (£90 for a metre!)

Above: Perm wig, garish jumper, floppy yellow gloves - I don't know who dressed this mannequin... but they toatlly deserve a job as a stylist, riiight?

Above: Vintage clothes, bags and ... lamps.

Above: One seller clearly loved the Bauhaus movement.

Above: The face of a massive, beautiful old grandfather clock.

Above: A dresser full of china.

Above: Beautifully embellished, hand stitched oriental fabric.

Above: I had to take this photo on the move as the bear is in a private office... but isn't he jaunty?! I like to pretend he owns the flea market and bumbles round at night and who knows, maybe even dances with the taxidermy bore? I hope so anyway.

 Coming next is a haul post showing some of the bits I bought :)

Where are your favourite places to go for vintage finds?

The Old Curiosity Shop

Today I went to Lewes - the picturesque county town of East Sussex well known for it's range of antique shops. I'm not a big antique fan by any stretch, but many of the "antique" shops in Lewes are much more like "curiosity shops". They seem to go on forever, in all the nooks and crannies of these winding old shops that go up and up and up again and then deep down in the cellar where every surface is drowning in peculiar little things. Needless to say, I spent hours in these places!
I'm not sure is photography was allowed, but I tried to get some sneaky snaps for this blog . . .

Above: Part of Lewes Highstreet - You can just see the Lewes Antique Centre on the left.Above: Camp Pink Panther lamp anyone? Above: Is that a boar in a fez?Above: Yes. Yes, it's a boar in a fez. I'll have one to go please. Above: I absolutely loved this bashed up old bird cage!Above: The brilliant flea market! Next post: Today's haul!