The last day the Chris and I were on the road of our “freakin’, tiquen’ summer, 2015” trip we stopped at Mohawk Antiques Mall, in Mohawk, New York. While there, Chris picked up this perfume bottle. The tag said “Czech glass?”, it has the attributes of Art Deco Czech / Bohemian glass that we have seen, especially glass items created by Karl Palda in the 1930’s.
The best on-line resource for Karl Palda that I have come across is Karl Palda Inspirations. Here are some pages from a 1938 catalog that is on that site.
1938 Karl Palda Catalog 1
1938 Karl Palda catalog 2
1938 Karl Palda Catalog 3
While the perfume bottle has a similar look to the items in the catalog, we are just not sure if it actually is a Karl Palda design. So we are asking our readers if you have any ideas or if you can point us to any leads to ascertain just who or what company made this bottle.
Announcing a new section of Driving for Deco, the Reference Library. This is a page dedicated to vintage articles about modern design. In addition to the article, some advertisements from the same magazine will appear with it.
New Metal Furniture For Modern Schemes, from the April, 1930 issue of House & Garden is now available in PDF form in the library.
We hope you enjoy the new section and find it useful in your hunt for Art Deco.
Spending the night near Albany, New York the first stop the next morning was the Gristmill Antique Center in Troy. Although we did not get anything at the Gristmill, it is a place that I would go back to if I found myself in the area. From there is was about a half hour ride to Eagle Bridge which is near the New York / Vermont border. I did not have high hopes for the Eagle Bridge Antique Center, but how wrong I was. It is quite large and is full of stuff, including paper goods, radios and furniture. We picked up a pair of Chase “uneven” candlesticks from 1933 at a great price, a Consolidated Glass Catalonian vase, some 1937-1938 Saturday Evening Posts and four Bakelite napkin rings. The video below does not do justice to the size of the place.
Consolidated Glass Co. Catalonian Vase, circa 1927, designed by Reuben Haley.
Uneven Taurex Candlestick, Chase Specialty Line, circa 1933. Designed by Walter von Nessen.
Another short hop and we were in Cambridge, New York. Cambridge is a quaint town and has a few antique stores, we did not pick up anything on this stop.
Cambridge Art and Antiques in Cambridge, New York
We arrived in Little Falls, New York around 4:30 and had a half hour to go through the Little Falls Antique Center. All we managed to find there was one gray Harlequin (a sister line to Fiestaware, sold from 1936-1964, exclusively through Woolworth) creamer, being sold for way less than book value.
Gray Harlequin Creamer 1951-1959 by the Homer Laughlin Company.
Because there were two more antique stores in Little Falls, our last night on the road was spent in the town, at the Canal Side Inn, a boutique lodge. It was very quaint and has an excellent restaurant, too. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a weekend getaway. We did not get anything from the other two stores the next morning. But the Erie Canal did provide a great photo op the evening before and the in the morning.
The Canal Side Inn and Restaurant.
Evening looking west toward Lock 17.
Looking towards the town of Little Falls, New York.
The final day on the road we stopped at Vernon Varieties in Vernon, N.Y. where we picked up a Russel Wright Iroquois sugar and creamer.
The last stop before home was at the Westmoreland Antique Mall, near Rome, New York. All we got there was a Chase chrome sugar and creamer set. And to top off “Freakin’ Tiquen’ Summer 2015” Chris and I took the plunge and rented a booth at the All That Jazz Antique Mall in Rochester to begin our antique business. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
The Freakin’ Tiquen Guys first display case at the All That Jazz Antique Mall, Rochester, New York.
Heading south from Maine we first stopped at Rhode Island Antiques in Pawtucket. Rhode Island Antiques is a medium sized antique mall that has many art deco items that Chris and I would have liked to purchase if we had the room for them and the money. Most items were fairly priced, but there were no bargains. Chris did pick up a great late 1920’s, Art Deco hat stand that was mostly likely from a shop or department store.
We asked the staff at Rhode Island Antiques if there were any other equally good antique malls nearby and they suggested a few places in New Bedford, Massachusetts. N.B. Antiques was a large mall with two floors worth of dealers. On the lower level there was a working General Electric monitor top refrigerator that I would have loved to have gotten but is just not practical for my life at this moment. We did pick up a Crown Ducal plate from the 1930’s that was one of a set of six featuring different cocktails, for a very, very good price. The one we found was the “old fashion”.
Crown Ducal Old Fashion cocktail plate
Here’s a quick video of N.B. Antiques –
It was only a ten minute drive to New Bedford Antiques by the Cove. First let me say, don’t judge a book by its cover – scary on the outside, pretty great and huge on the inside.
I picked up a few more House and Garden and House Beautiful magazines here and Chris found some unusual serving pieces to add to his collection of his grandmother’s silver plate service, including sugar tongs and a lemon fork. By the time we left here is was around 4:30 and we started to head back to New York and home. But there was still one more day of antiquing before we were done “freakin’ tiquen'”.
Chris & Anthony (The Freakin’ Tiquen’ Guys)
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