My latest find..

Just a quick post of show off my latest find, a Jadeite green vintage kitchen scale.


I spent a couple of hours last weekend happily poking around around yard sales on a lovely sunny weekend.

One of my favorite ways to pass a couple of hours, but, this time, utterly fruitless. My last stop was an uninspiring former warehouse space that an estate liquidator was apparently using to store the contents of several estates.

It was a dark, damp, musty building with stacks of banana boxes full of stuff. I was tired and pretty much ready to be done, and not quite inspired enough to go through every box. But I did browse long enough to find this vintage scale.

The jade green paint is a little battered, the face a little yellowed, I wouldn't hold my breathe on it's accuracy (although it's intact and seems functional) but it's got charming character.

I like my vintage aesthetically pleasing, but also practical & utilitarian. Delicate porcelain display pieces meant to be protected in glass-fronted cabinets have their place, but I'm much more interested in pieces that worked for a living, and show the wear of if. And for now, this sturdy little scale has a place of honor on one of my shelves.