Gathering Old Memories

06/22/2026

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🐔🌈 Which Color Hen on Nest Is Your Favorite? 🌈🐔
Look at all these beautiful colors! ❤️💚🤎💗💛💜💙🤍

These charming Imported Glass Hen on Nest Covered Dishes are the perfect addition to any collection or farmhouse décor. Each piece features a detailed hen lid and a decorative beaded-edge nest base, making them both beautiful and functional.

✨ Perfect for:
🍬 Candy
💍 Jewelry
🔑 Trinkets
💕 Keepsakes
🏡 Farmhouse & Country Décor

📏 Size: Approximately 4.5" Long

These are new imported items and not vintage, but they make wonderful display pieces and thoughtful gifts for hen collectors!

🐔 Gather them all and create your own colorful flock!

06/22/2026

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06/20/2026

$55 - Local Pickup ONLY - Elizabeth City, NC - Vintage Bleikristall Heavy Glass Basket with Handle – Elegant Amber Tint

Beautiful vintage Bleikristall crystal basket featuring an elegant applied handle, scalloped ruffled edge, and intricate fruit and leaf pattern. This substantial piece has a lovely light amber tint and sparkles beautifully in the light, making it a stunning display piece for any room.

Perfect as a centerpiece, candy dish, fruit bowl, wedding décor, or addition to a vintage glass collection.

✨ Features:
✔ Vintage Bleikristall Crystal Basket
✔ Heavy Lead Crystal Glass Construction
✔ Applied Clear Glass Handle
✔ Beautiful Fruit & Leaf Motif
✔ Scalloped Ruffled Edge
✔ Elegant Light Amber Tint
✔ Excellent Display or Centerpiece Piece

📏 Measurements:
• Approximately 8" Tall (including handle)
• Approximately 9" Wide

06/20/2026

$55 - Local Pickup ONLY - Elizabeth City, NC - Italian Basketweave Cake Stand & 6 Matching Dessert Plates – Marked Italy – 7 Piece Serving Set

Beautiful 7-piece Italian ceramic dessert serving set featuring an intricate basketweave pattern, scalloped edges, and a coordinating pedestal cake stand. Each piece is marked Italy, adding to its collectible charm and quality craftsmanship.

Perfect for displaying cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, or desserts at family gatherings, tea parties, holidays, weddings, and special occasions.

Set Includes:
1 Pedestal Cake Stand
6 Matching Dessert Plates
Features:
Marked Italy
Elegant basketweave design
Scalloped rims
Cream/Ivory ceramic finish
Coordinating pedestal base
Italian craftsmanship

Approximate Measurements:
Cake Stand
Approximately 11"–12" Diameter
Approximately 4"–5" Tall
Dessert Plates
Approximately 8" Diameter each
Condition:

Perfect For:

✔ Farmhouse Decor
✔ Cottage Style Homes
✔ Tea Parties
✔ Bridal & Baby Showers
✔ Holiday Entertaining
✔ Italian Pottery Collectors
✔ Vintage Dishware Collections

06/18/2026

Rare 1950s Kreiss Lollipop Girl Cookie Jar | Rhinestone Eyes | Japan

Adorable and hard-to-find vintage Kreiss "Lollipop Girl" Cookie Jar from the 1950s. This charming collectible features a blonde little girl dressed in a blue outfit, happily enjoying a lollipop. Her sparkling blue rhinestone eyes, jeweled lollipop, and rhinestone apron button add extra character and make this piece stand out among vintage cookie jars.
🍭 Authentic Kreiss pottery
🍭 Made in Japan
🍭 Circa 1950s
🍭 Blonde girl with blue dress
🍭 Blue rhinestone eyes
🍭 Rhinestone accent on lollipop
🍭 Rhinestone apron button
🍭 Original Kreiss ink mark on bottom
🍭 Rare and highly collectible design
Measurements:
Approximately 9" tall x 5.5" wide x 4.5" deep

Condition:
Excellent vintage condition. Rhinestone eyes, lollipop stone, and apron button present. Displays
beautifully. Please review all photos for complete condition details.
This delightful cookie jar is a wonderful addition to any vintage kitchen collection, cookie jar collection, mid-century décor display, or Kreiss pottery collection.

https://gatheringoldmemories.etsy.com/listing/4522091924

06/18/2026

Looking for Vintage, Antiques, Glassware, and Unique Collectibles?

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I regularly add vintage treasures, antique finds, glassware, Pyrex, Corning Ware, Hen on Nest dishes, fairy lamps, farmhouse décor, Coca-Cola collectibles, and so much more to my shop.

Whether you're a collector, decorator, or treasure hunter, I'd love for you to stop by and browse my available items.

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06/14/2026

This week's auction finds.

06/08/2026

https://gatheringoldmemories.etsy.com/listing/4514861448

This Collectible Glass item is sold by GatheringOldMemories. Ships from Elizabeth City, NC. Listed on Jun 1, 2026

06/07/2026

🛍️✨ Auction Wins Worth Waiting For! ✨🛍️

After a few nail-biting moments and watching the countdown clock more times than I care to admit, I was fortunate enough to win several beautiful treasures from a recent online auction hosted by Coppersmith Antiques & Auction.

Among my favorite finds were:
💙 Gorgeous cobalt blue handled baskets
💙 Hand-painted blue satin glass pieces with delicate floral details
🌸 Vintage porcelain vanity pieces with soft floral decorations
🧡 A stunning iridescent carnival glass bowl featuring an embossed rose pattern
✨ Several unique signed Fenton baskets

One of the things I love most about online auctions is the thrill of the hunt. You never know if you'll be outbid in the final seconds or hear that satisfying "sold" when the auction closes.

Now comes the fun part—researching each piece, learning its history, and deciding which treasures will stay in my collection for a while and which will be offered for sale to fellow collectors who will appreciate them as much as I do.

Which piece would you have been bidding on? I'd love to hear your favorite! ❤️

06/07/2026

🇺🇸🛍️ Treasure Hunting Around Basye, Virginia! 🛍️🇺🇸

One of my favorite things about traveling is exploring the small antique shops, thrift stores, and hidden treasure spots along the way. While I came across a wonderful mix of vintage finds, collectibles, patriotic décor, glassware, and farmhouse treasures.

Among the treasures that followed me home were:

🤍 A beautiful Indian Milk Glass Hen on Nest
✨ A frosted pagoda fairy lamp
🌸 Vintage pitchers, trinket boxes, and decorative porcelain pieces
🇺🇸 Patriotic Americana décor just in time for summer celebrations
🍷 Elegant stemware and colorful art glass pieces
👞 Delft-inspired mini shoe and creamer pieces
💙 Lovely blue and white treasures that always seem to find their way into my cart!

Some days you find one special item. Other days you discover an entire collection of treasures waiting for a new home. That's the excitement of the hunt—you never know what you'll uncover around the next corner.

I always enjoy seeing the history, craftsmanship, and stories behind these pieces. Now comes the fun part: researching, cleaning, photographing, and helping these treasures find new homes with collectors who will appreciate them.