Lead Mounted Calvary Soldiers - Sold Individually parasite frog This lovely little vintage Murano

This lovely little vintage Murano vase has a striped swirl pattern of thin bands of white alternating with threads of aquamarine blue color

I found a near exact match of this sweet old tin kangaroo that had been sold by an antique toy specialist online for $75

with fancy ash splint "porcupine" curls all around the sides of the basket and lid

I love how simple

for auld lang syne

Lead Mounted Calvary Soldiers - Sold Individually parasite frog This lovely little vintage MuranoWhen I am out at an antique store, say, hunting for things, I like to look at EVERYTHING, and one of the joys of doing that is discovering things I've previously paid no attention to. Like these old lead soldiers! I really know nothing about toy soldiers, but these just happened to catch my eye, and upon giving them a close look I realized they are quite beautiful things and rather fell in love with them! I think part of it is that they are unpainted,