MY OLDEST ANTIQUE!

This post is long overdue (because I lost the item the evening I purchased it...thankfully, I found it in my grandmother's room after eight long months)! Here is a coin I purchased from the Canadian National Exhibition last August for a mere $60. I did all my research before purchasing it -- the seller and the coin itself are all legitimate! Thank God for smart phones. They're perfect for avid antique shoppers.

Anyhow, here are pictures of the front and back of the coin. It's lovely! I really like how it's imperfectly pressed. It adds to the uniqueness of it!

The coin was minted in 276 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelias Probus (pictured on the front of the coin) who reigned between the years 276 A.D. and 282 A.D. The back side depicts Jupiter giving the Emperor a globe.

Come visit my Etsy shop! :)

Hello, ladies and gents! Yesterday, I opened up my shop on Etsy, which has a bunch of different prints for sale, of things I have photographed.

Here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Whimsicalography

Please give it a look! :)

This is Quite Upsetting.

I haven't blogged in so long... it makes me so sad! I've been so busy with school and such, I've had no time to go antique shopping. To be honest, I haven't had the money to satisfy my antique addiction either. That's what happens when you're a broke university student, I guess.

Hopefully, I'll be posting more soon.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :)

Wedgwood Article Dating

If you have a Wedgwood piece and are uncertain as to what year it was made, here's a link to help you out (it's how I found out my necklace -- pictured below -- was made in the year 1900).

My mum bought me this necklace in Fenelon Falls, Ontario as a grad present. It's a cameo and I think that it's a fairy in the center.

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/w/wedgwood-date.html

Letter From the Department of Veterans Affairs to Mr. Albert Braine

I bought this letter addressed to Mr. Albert H. Braine of Stanford, Ontario, Canada. It's from the Department of Veterans Affairs and was written on October 17th, 1945. As for the rest of the letter, go on and read it for yourself. :)

It's baby Joe's mother!!

Recall cute baby Joe with his hair parted down the middle, who I had posted about on January 19th? Well, this is his mother! My cousin bought this photograph and upon looking at the back, it says Joe's mother written on it in the exact same handwriting as Joe's name on my photograph of him. Interesting, isn't it? Perhaps the family gave these pictures away and they somehow ended up in the same town.

Anyways, I don't know her name, but I'm pretty sure that this was taken at the same time as Joe's photo. I can now date both pictures to about the late 1800s because of this woman's clothing. Case solved! Well, kind of. I wonder what her name is and where their family lived...

S. J. Dixon Photography, 249 Yonge Street, Toronto

Again, this is a photography my cousin bought. S. J. Dixon Photography at 249 Yonge Street in Toronto and was founded in 1872 by S. J. Dixon. the year 1893, Dixon's wife Sarah took over for unspecified reasons (perhaps Dixon died?). By clicking that hyperlink above, you can see a newspaper advertisement put out by this photograph company stating what they do in their shop. Along the side, you can see their insignia as well as multiple other ads.

Just an extra bit of information for you: here are their listings in the Toronto directory...

• 1901
• 1903

There is no note of who the two people in this photograph are, although I believe the picture was taken in the very late 1800s or very early 1900s due to their attire.