stuck at home playing with pottery...

Well, not driving today, so I'm stuck at home with nothing to do but clean up, price and pack stuff that I'll take into the flea market if I ever get a truck to haul things...

Since some of my blog friends have expressed some interest in the flea market, I decided I'd show you a few things... besides. I don't have anything else to do... of course, when I was dealing on ebay I took a whole lot more trouble with the pics to really show things off...

The first pic is Frankoma pottery, in the Lazy Bones pattern, and the Desert Gold glaze. The covered casserole book prices in the 50 dollar range, and the warming stand, which was made to use interchangably with several pieces, book prices in the 40 dollar range. I'll probably ask 45 for all three pieces. For some reason, when I saw these at the Estate Sale, I immediately thought of Ayana, at Water When Dry.... I'm finding more and more that I'll see things that I really think my blogger friends would like.

Frankoma doesn't sell too well here... Most of the local people seem to be going for a more exotic look, with Asian, Indian, and Victorian influences. In my humble opinion, it's a look that looks great in English country estates, but looks a little heavy, uncomfortable and cramped in Texas suburbs, but I'll sell it to them if they want it...

This little cactus cream jug, and the cactus salt and pepper shakers might find a home here... the shakers are probably what's referred to as souvenier-ware... bought on somebodies trip to Arizona. The memento industry uses patterns forever, so there is absolutely no way of knowing how old they are. I like them though...

The cream jug is really a puzzle. I have no idea who made it... Hull pottery put out a cactus line, but this glaze doesn't match it at all, it looks more like a McCoy glaze to me... and of course the only marking is 103... it's definitely an American pottery, and most probably a California pottery, but I can't track it down! (And these reminded me of Julie at A Succulent Life)

I took a pic of the markings... if anybody out there has a clue, I'd love to hear about it... Simply because I want the sugar bowl to match.

I've got 8 of these drinking glasses with Siamese dancers on the side. I'll try to get about $15 bucks for the set...

And this pair of Chinese ladies should get me about $10.

And that's about it for today... maybe I'll drop back by later and give an update on my truck. I'm really starting to worry about it... It's true that I am an independant contractor, but if the courier service thinks that my truck isn't dependable, and they can't count on me, I may be out of a job! The last thing I need right now is to try to be unemployed in this economy...