Windsor Place Antiques and Ephemera

Weather Maps: Come Rain or Come Shine

I'm not sure what is going on with the weather these days, but it is keeping me on my toes.

Spring is a capricious and fickle season here in the mid-atlantic region. Today was warm and muggy, yesterday a deluge, tomorrow a cold front...who can predict? If you need to make sense of it all and see it beautifully depicted on your walls, I have some lovely classroom maps for you. These climate-related and atmospheric maps have an abstract and artistic appearance. Several of these maps are currently for sale in my etsy shop. If you click on the link below the photo it will take you there.

Stay warm? cool? dry? moist?

Take Note: Our storefront is now open every weekend! Rain or Shine

Saturdays 11-6 & Sundays 12-6

Click here for info on purchasing this map

Click here for info on purchasing this map

Click here for info on purchasing this map

Click here for info on purchasing this map

In a similar vein, here are some fascinating world vegetation maps.

Massive East German Map- SOLD last weekend

Feeling Crafty

This Saturday, Windsor Place Antiques will have a booth at the lovely and amazing Prospect Park Craft Fair. This annual event benefits arts programs at my kids'school- ps 154 in Windsor Terrace. Come on out and shop in the sure-to-be perfect spring weather.

Although I am not an artist or crafter myself, Marianne is, and she has made some great items to sell in our booth on Saturday.

Sewing Kits in Vintage Jars

Magnets with Images taken from Vintage Ephemera

Handmade Jewelry with Vintage Findings

& Perfect Vintage Seed Packet Cards for Mom

And my very talented daughter Noa- will be bringing some vintage-inspired brooches and embellished bobby pins to the fair.

The shop will be open as well from 12-4. If you miss me Saturday, you can find me Sunday at the Brooklyn Flea in Williamsburg.

On The Road Again

I have been traveling around in the Lehigh Valley and Berks County, Pennsylvania this week. I'm finding all kinds of great stuff. This area never ceases to amaze me- the wonderful old things just keep coming out of the old woodwork.

I have saved the best of my trip for last: a paper show tomorrow (a dealers' and collectors' mecca of paper, books, maps, advertising, ephemera....basically anything printed.) This is my idea of a really, really good time.

Needless to say, I will not be at the Brooklyn Flea in Ft. Greene tomorrow or open in the shop, but I will be at the Brooklyn Flea in Williamsburg on Sunday 4/28. Expect to see lots of interesting new merchandise.

Here are some photos of things that struck my fancy this week. Most of which I could not drag back with me. Alas, they were too big to fit in my little van. Fun to look at though.

The snazziest clothes-washer

Nice assemblage of vintage grape crates

Too big to bring back

WAY too big to bring back

To Crush Your Grapes

The oldest lunch box I have ever seen

To play those antique cylinder records I sell

Wonderful English / German Vocabulary Primer

 

Arthropoda & Insecta

Bugs- in other words. I've been thinking about them and looking at them a lot lately: The good, the bad, the ugly and the very beautiful. Working in the garden at home and going through prints and charts at work, they keep popping up in appealing and not-so appealing forms.

Last week, there was an interesting NYTimes article in the Science section on dragonflies. It inspired me to look for bugs in my vast and diverse inventory...I found many.

I am particularly fond of a series of small engraved and hand-colored plates ($10 each) from an 1843 series called The Naturalist's Library. The insects- especially the beatles- look like little jewels.

I have another group of lovely color plates- these are of lepidoptera (butterflies and moths.) Published as an installment series in 1907 by Aldabert Seitz. These large chromolithographic plates ($35 each) have beautiful art nouveau fonts and very fine details.

If you are in the market for a larger piece, I have some vintage classroom charts that would make quite an impression. The photo below was taken from House Beautiful magazine, but I currently have several charts from the very same series (seen below $95 each)

Come and have a look. Two ways to find me: My storefront will be open this coming weekend April 13 & 14th from 11 to 6 AND I will be at the Brooklyn Flea outdoors on the Williamsburg waterfront on Sunday.

 

Not So Pretty

 

✞Eggsodus✡

Happy Passover and Easter to all,

You can find me at the Brooklyn Flea at Hanson Place this weekend. It is the last indoor flea of the season and I will be bringing out some lovely lighting and delicate charts. I will miss the beautiful bank building, but I am looking forward to being outdoors and getting to spread out a bit. 

Greening Up

I DO love St.Patrick's Day. I am of Irish descent, grew up on the South Shore of Boston and now reside in the very Irish Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn. My favorite color is, has, and always will be green.

I DO NOT have too many good things to say about the month of March, except that it is almost outdoor flea market season again. Yay!

This coming weekend March 16th & 17th I am selling at the Brooklyn Flea at Hanson Place. Because I will not be home to make a boiled dinner, my mom is coming to "man" the stove. I will not be opening my shop on weekends again until early April.

Perhaps because I'm missing out on cooking this year, I would like to share a few of my favorite St. Patrick's Day recipes. Rest assured, this is not becoming a cooking or lifestyle blog. Just this once....

A long, long time ago (before Brooklyn, kids or antiques) I lived and worked on the west coast as a chef. In Seattle, I was employed at a quirky private club called The Ruins. The owner, Joe McDonald, taught me a preparation for corned beef that I have used to this day. It is more of a method than a recipe. It is a nice upgrade to the traditional boiled meat- makes it both prettier and tastier.

You gently simmer the corned beef as you normally would and remove it from the cooking liquid when it is tender, but not falling apart. Let it rest for at least an hour then pat dry. Make a glaze conatining 6 oz whole grain mustard, 6 oz Red Currant Jelly and 6 oz Irish Whiskey. Just whisk them together until smooth, pour over the corned beef and bake at 350 degrees for about an hour-uncovering for the last 20 minutes or so.

Here's something to go with it. From the popular 1980s Silver Palate ladies:

Here are some nice things, from my inventory, to set your table.

 

 

 

Spring Awakening

I spent my day inside the store today- hunkered down, watching the late, late winter snow falling. I was sorting through some beautiful botanical charts that would be perfect for some early spring decorating. The shop will be open this weekend 11-6 both Saturday & Sunday.

 

I'm certainly ready to spring forward and put some fresh flowers around the house and some fresh botanicals up on the walls.

 

Opening Party! Happening This Friday

With no snowstorms or nor'easters in the forecast, it looks like the opening celebration is a go. Join us tomorrow evening Friday March 1st from 6-8 or stop by over the weekend to check out our merchandise. The shop will be open for browsing this weekend and the next from 11-6.

Stop by for delicious snacks, wine & cocktails provided by my friends & fellow Windsor Terrace businesses: Juice Pedaler & Juice Box.

 

   

 

Travelin' Around New York State

I'm shuffling off to Buffalo tomorrow- on the trail of some exciting and rare items. I have never ventured quite so far west in New York State before, but I know that there are great things to be found in this formerly glorious rust belt city.

Following that,I'm hitting the road again and meeting up with family and friends in the beautiful Adirondacks for some winter sports in Lake Placid- another place that I have always wanted to visit. Below are some pretty New York State maps that I have in stock.

I did open at the store last weekend and it was absolutely great to see all of you who ventured out in the snow. I met lots of neighbors and it was a really fun time.

Needless to say, I will be away and will not be opening up the shop this week or weekend, but I will be available later next week.  My schedule over the next few weeks is as follows:

• Saturday & Sunday February 23rd & 24th: Brooklyn Flea at Hanson Place
• Friday March 1st: Open House/Cocktail Party!!! 6-8 pm
• Saturday & Sunday March 2nd & 3rd: Store Open 11-6
• Saturday & Sunday March 9th & 10th: Store Open 11-6

If you need me, or need a map, please call or e-mail to make an appointment to come by the store.

 

 

 

Party Postponed! Due to Nemo

 

Unfortunately, I am postponing my opening cocktail party due to the incoming nor'easter Nemo. Instead, the party will be held on Friday March 1st from 6-8 pm.

I WILL be OPEN this Saturday & Sunday from 11-6, so come on by and check out the new space.... after the storm blows over.