Friday, July 30, 2010

Soldered Seashell Bottles at Pandora's Parlor

Summer's here and it's time for a trip to the beach. And if you can't get to the beach, the beach can come to you!
I have a whimsical collection of soldered seashell bottles and lovely watercolor mermaid prints at my booth right now.
The mermaid prints are by my dad, David Irvine (my favorite artist!) and the soldered bottles are some of my creations.

The perfect magical summertime look for your beach cottage.
Stop by and take a look!

Have a lovely summer :-)

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Antique Anatomy Charts and Other Strange Things

Greetings from the Parlor! Here are a few new fun things I have at my booth ...
1940s Frog Anatomy Chart

Strange vintage african genet cat.

Antique taxidermy bobcat and old gator heads.
Very early ventriloquist dolls - spooky!
Strange items in the case, including vintage plaster teeth and creepy doll heads.
Vintage taxidermy gator and antique goggles.
Old mourning photos and a suitably serious raccoon.
More vintage teeth.
Antique taxidermy doe head.
Very scary antique doll.
1920s beauty parlor chair - all original!
Early 1930s permanent wave machine - The Electrocutioner!
Has all its original parts, including all the bakelite bits.
Art Nouveau clock case - great to use as a vase.
Old laboratory bottles, antique baby head with crown and other fun things.
Please stop by and take a look!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Antique Oddities

A little visit to my living room ...
Antique taxidermy form of a fox and albino deer head.
Another antique taxidermy form.
Taxidermy goose.
Flying goose - one of my all time favorites.
Old weathered skull.
Steampunk things.
Mummified frog under glass.
Death masks.
Victorian shore birds.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Little Shop of Horrors

My dad calls my booth the Little Shop of Horrors. Here is the lastest from that spooky little place ....
Mattie, a favorite haunted doll, next to an antique photo of a graveyard.
Various spooky old dolls, including a metal-head Minerva named Ruby from haunted Atchison, Kansas.
Old copper gas pump nozzles - they have a wonderful sculptural quality to them.
Black forest towel rack with original antique velvet and old wavy glass.
Edwardian print of a mysterious lady - the eyes follow you around the room! Also a life/death mask of a lady from the 1930s - created by a forensic doctor trying to recreate the face of a lady that died tragically.
Antique beauty shop chair with wonderful original patina.
Antique yacht light, gorgeous old copper with a wonderful patina and a mirrored surface inside. Sooooo fabulous!
Vintage trouble light next to a boar's skull.
Antique clock dial with lovely age to it.
Vintage taxidermy bobcat - fierce!
Antique doll's head with old dark goggles.
Antique doll and collection of black amethyst glass.
Antique Bubbles doll head with crown "Queen of Flora."
Glow in the dark ouija board and coyote skull.
Mad scientist's beakers, potion bottles and wonderful antique projector.
Antique photo of funeral in the parlor.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Victorian Taxidermy Auction

My dad told me he saw something on the news about an auction of Victorian taxidermy. Check out this article - over 200 pieces from the Brading Collection, on the Isle of Wight were sold.
It was a museum of oddities that included amazing Victorian taxidermy, a yeti, a mermaid and a kitten with wings!
My kind of auction - wish I had been there!