Goodwill Hunting ~ The Pewter Collection

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About this time last year

we were spending our Spring

Break in Williamsburg, Virginia.

For those that are not familiar

with Williamsburg, it is a

living history museum in a

very historic part of the US.

And one of my favorite places.

So I decided on this trip I was

going to buy myself a pewter

wall sconce for a particular

place in my dining room.

I have some pewter and was

looking to expand my collection.

I went to the Pewter Shop and

looked around and decided to

wait until my friend Melissa

arrived to go back and pick one

out.  Honestly, we just never

got around to it. 

There happens to be a few really

great thrift stores in the area

and while looking through one

I found the sconce above.

I was thrilled, just along the

lines of what I wanted.

I was very happy with my

"find".  As we were heading

out of town on the last day

we were passing a thrift

store and had to have one

last look.  I hit the

pewter motherload...

I couldn't carry it all myself.

I found some that are

not very old, but I

still took them.

Some that are funky.

Some that are not real

old but old enough to

interest me.

And this one, that I

think is old but even

if it's not, I don't care.

I love it!

I think there are two camps

when it comes to antiques.

One camp wants to go to

a chi-chi store and buy their

stuff there.  And then there

are people like me, who love

to pick through a pile of junk

to find the gem.  The hunt is

as much fun as finding the

treasure.