Aftershave lotion. Officina Profumo Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
Bishop & Stonier, transferware soap dish, Edward pattern. Hanley, England (ca. 1891 - 1933), 13,5cm x 9,5cm.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Robert Steven Wilkoff designed vintage look 1950s teapot. Manufactured in Japan for the National Silver Company NYC
Mariage frères tea box, Earl Grey French Blue, Paris.
Espejo Cusqueno - Gilt mirror, Cuzco, Peru.
Melitta porcelain coffee set, made in Germany -1960s.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Verre Lyonnais, France.
Paolo Olbi. Photo Album. Hard paper cover and leather binding. Venice, Italy.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Hand-painted English porcelain tea cup and saucer set that probably dates back from the 186os, unmarked. Found in one of Jordan's antiques shops, Niagara Valley (Ontario, Canada).
Mint-flavoured "pastiglie dal Leone", Torino, Italy, since 1857.
An André Putmanblack-and-white metallic tray, exclusively edited for Carto Form.
Set of dusty rose creamer and sugar bowl, ceramic, pre 1950. Unmarked.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Bauer pottery, Los Angeles, USA. Scalloped-ribbed yellow bowl, 1950s. 26,5cm
The impressions of a French woman in Toronto on Art, Design, Lifestyle, Fashion and other Diary Curiosities.
Christine studied Garden design at George Brown College x Botanical Garden of Toronto; Drama, English Literature, Civilisations and linguistics at Lyon University (France) and at Reading University (UK).
She lived in Toronto from 2007 to 2017 and now lives in Lyon, France.