Tuesday Treasures - April 28, 2026

 There's a new thrift store in town!  The sign in the window reads "Clothes and Antiques."  The clothes were all outside on racks, and I wasn't too hopeful about what we'd (my son and I) find inside.  But, it was full of vintage and antique items!  More than newer items actually.  It reminded me of an antique mall booth, but an entire store.  Good prices too.  

I got dogs.  Five dogs and an antique photo.  Here are the dogs shown by size, little to large.  Light plastic to heavy chrome plated brass.

A little plastic Scottish terrier made in Japan.  This and the next were $3 for both.

A pair of playing fox terrier puppies, also marked Japan.

As a rule, I avoid buying chipped or cracked items.  However, for $1 I couldn't resist this pressed glass French bulldog, chipped in places and missing his right paw.  It's Westmoreland, from the original mold, c.1920. In the mid-20s they added their logo. 

The glass looks black, but it's actually purple, called amethyst glass, as seen in the ear chip.  Manganese dioxide was added to clear glass batches to counteract the natural green tint caused by iron impurities.  (An image search refused this photo, apparently it thought it was something else, something "inappropriate.")

Japanese made German Shepherd planter or desk caddy. $4  The store is the kind where you have to move things to see what's behind them.  This was on a shelf behind a painting.  I'd seen its ears!  That extra bit of ceramic on the muzzle is just that, an extra piece of ceramic, a factory "oops," still intact. 

I mentioned to the owner (I think he was the owner, Tony) that I liked dogs, and he gathered more up for me to see!  $20 for this may seem steep, but you might recognize it.  It's a Mack R-Series truck (70s-80s) hood ornament.  Repurposed as a counter mascot, or similar, as it's mounted on what may be (based on image searches) a hydraulic/pneumatic manifold block.  I have no idea if that's right, but if not, I'm sure one of you will correct me!   

The black paint is not original.  Under that it's chrome plated brass, and very heavy.  I'm unsure whether to remove the paint or not.  

After all those dogs, here's the photo.

Photographer C.P. Haas of Fremont, Ohio photographer.  His studio was most active between 1890 and 1910.  In 1910 he moved away from photography and went into local government, becoming a fire marshal and later a state highway inspector.  $1

3 1/2 x 4 1/2 

I'll go back, but not soon, or often, it's not that kind of thrift store.  I mean, not like Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul with a quick turnover of items.  It's also at the other end of town.