Tuesday Treasures - September 23, 2025

 I took a very quick trip to the Goodwill Outlet store, aka The Bins.  I spend 75¢ and rounded it up to $1.00.  25¢ of that was for a book, the rest was breakables at 10¢ a pound.

Transfer trinket dish from W. R. Midwinter Ltd., "Rural England" pattern in brown multicolor (it was made in other colors too), made between 1932 and 1946.   Midwinter Pottery became one of England's biggest potteries in the 1930s.

A 3" x 4" brass frame doesn't seem so special.  However, if you take a look at the glass you can see it's convex.  Based on that, and the fact the back is a fuzzy material, it dates from the 1910s - 1940s.   Convex glass wasn't just to give a more 3D appearance to artwork, but provided airspace to protect it.  Also, in the Victorian era it signified opulence.

Another picture frame, this one most likely Mexican "hojalata," meaning "tinplate," or tinwork.  It's a bit over 8" square, with a 3 1/4" opening.  I don't know which of several techniques were used to color it.  Old tin can oxidize red, or it also could have been artificially aged with a chemical wash, or painted.

A few other things of little interest.