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We thought you might like to go on a little trip with us. Let’s see what interesting things have come from all over this big old world. So pack your walking shoes, here we go.

First we are off to Mexico.

stonework 

These are 2 old stone pots and an old stone mantel brought here from deep in Mexico. These are not concrete.

large wine bottle 

We are leaving this continent and crossing the “great pond” to the wine country of France. Note the cool label and imprint on the crate.

old iron cross

Let’s head across the channel to England. A friend of ours who used to take shopping trips to England on a regular basis told us she used to buy these old crosses for clients quite regularly. She said now she wishes she had saved one for herself as the price has risen dramatically.

now where are those roman soldiers?

Now we are entering the vast Roman Empire! Well, this might be a bit of a stretch. After our trip to Warrenton, my husband was passing through the living room one day and asked me if we were arming the Roman army! Actually they are ceremonial spears used in lodges such as the Masonic Temple. Strange part about this is these were sitting in my living room for a week before my DH even noticed they were there!! Hmmm!

african carving

Now we are crossing the Mediterranean, and heading into Africa. This is a mask carved probably in the 1950’s. Very interesting!

lots of old jars

Heading north east we cross the Aegean Sea. All these wonderful old jars came from the coastal region of Turkey. We love that they are all different sizes and shapes. We plan on using some of them for a wedding reception we are doing in early May….filled with blue hydrangea!

marble sink, anyone?

Still in Turkey, this marble sink came from a Turkish bath. I would love to put this in my powder room with a great iron base, but, alas, we will probably use it to serve out of for some function we are doing! It does have an interesting little story behind our purchasing of it, though. The gentleman we bought it from told us it was quite heavy. He said he’d knock 30% off the price if we could pick it up!! Well, you don’t lay out a challenge to a couple of “old” grandmas that are used to hauling around concrete urns and statues!! I looked at Mayron and bent down and picked it up. He was a bit surprised, but we got the 30% off!

japanese prints

Off we go across most of Asia to the country of Japan. These prints were purchased in Japan in 1923 by my husband’s grandparents on a trip over there. His grandma signed and dated the back of them. Since these are a family heirloom, I guess they are not for sale, but they are very nice old pieces.

Well, here we are back in the good old USA! Hope you enjoyed our little tour and it doesn’t cause you to suffer too much jet lag.