Thrifting diary: April

At a local auction I was lucky to have the winning bid for a collection of Mdina art glass from Malta. Don't the colours just conjure up the blues and greens of the Mediterranean. Best seen with the sunlight behind them to reveal their true beauty, the glass items are from the Mdina glass studio factory set up by Michael Harris, an English glass designer who worked there from 1968 to 1972. He then moved to the Isle of Wight where he established the Isle of Wight glass factory. The Mdina glass studio continues to this day.

Two vases and a pair of seahorse paperweights (already listed at https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/188032182/pair-mdina-glass-seahorse-paperweights?)

A pair of similar size carafes or vases and a taller one in the middle

Probably in the same lot because of the colour, a piece of Liverpool art pottery


Found during a thrifting expedition to various charity shops this pair of treasures

salt and pepper set in teak and a Songbirds vase (isn't it amazing!)