Clearing our Grandmother's vintage/antique hoard!

Not sure what this is, but it's silver plate and very pretty. Looks like it's meant to be attached to something at each end?
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PhoenixSisters said:
Lots of interesting finds today! A few of my favs below. Another 50 odd silk scarves, mostly unlabelled but a few interesting ones, these two by Richard Allen are my favourite. Tomorrow I'll give them all a clean and double check for damage. Other brands in the mix Alain Figaret, Liberty, Ostivelli, some Laura Ashley and Jean Louis Scherrer, I've included a pic of all the undamaged silk hanging out together too
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be careful, some silk scarf colors will run. unfortunately, i found out the hard way. :(
 
Yeah I'll be washing with extreme care! By hand, one at a time in cold with silk products. Sadly the most valuable scarf we've found so far (Oliver Messel's Silver Jubilee scar
Retro Ruth said:
front of a belt maybe?
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Yes could be, the ends could clip or thread on to a belt strap. Good thought.

As for it being a treasure trove, it is, but sometimes feels like an impossible task. Yesterday was good though. I finally got the living room into categorised space so we can store things together and "shop" for things we need or pick a section to research. This week I'm researching powder compacts, lighters and gloves!

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The Vintage Merchant said:
be careful, some silk scarf colors will run. unfortunately, i found out the hard way. :(
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As it happens, I just had my first runner! Frustrating as I'm super careful but inevitable, and I have to remind myself I'm only attempting to clean things because I wouldn't be comfortable selling or giving them away as they are, so if we lose a few on the journey, that's ok! Still better than the skip!

Typical that it was one of the fancier ones though :D
 
PhoenixSisters said:
Not sure what this is, but it's silver plate and very pretty. Looks like it's meant to be attached to something at each end?
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Is the marking EPNS? This looks like part of a nurse's belt from the Edwardian era. I've seen them come as whole belts or in sections, meant to be able to attach things, similar to the older Chatelaine belts.
 
The one thing that stops my heart, with fun posts such as this one, is when I read with great anticipation that the poster's items belonged to his/her grandmother. I gleefully rub my hands in anticipation of seeing a lovely old Victorian something and when I scroll down to the photo and see something such as *I* might have worn in the 1960s, I am cruelly slapped with the reality that I could obviously be the poster's grandmother! :hysterical:
 
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lkranieri said:
The one thing that stops my heart, with fun posts such as this one, is when I read with great anticipation that the poster's items belonged to his/her grandmother. I gleefully rub my hands in anticipation of seeing a lovely old Victorian something and when I scroll down to the photo and see something such as *I* might have worn in the 1960s, I am cruelly slapped with the reality that I could obviously be the poster's grandmother! :hysterical:
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Oh noo! Sadly I don't think we have much clothing older than the 1920s, my grandma who will be 90 this year seemed to buy mostly things she wanted to wear, and then not wear them and buy more! In contrast, my other grandmother who is 15 years younger and the size of a small bird was a very selective shopper and wore her small collection of 60s Mary Quant and 70s Diane Von Furstenberg extensively.
My small sadness is that if I ever have granddaughters, I sincerely doubt they'll want to inherit my teen hoodies and skinny jeans
 
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