A History of Culver Glassware

Antique Millennial August 26, 2020 1 Comment
A staple of any Mid-Century themed bar collection, Culver glass was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1939. The original vintage 22 karat gold patterns of Culver are extensive - from gilded mushrooms, owls, cats, Egyptian and Asian inspired design themes, scrolling leaf patterns, holiday designs, sports motifs and many others. The gilded Moroccan-style trellis and raised emerald green diamonds of...

A New Years Celebration

Antique Millennial January 1, 2020 0 Comments
As we are in the middle of the hot southern summer, and also in the middle of the pandemic I have been thinking of much happier times lately to get me through the days. I realized I never made a post of our New Years Eve 2019 dinner celebration. What a fun evening of charcuterie, champagne, and braised short rib! I might have been even a bit excessive and printed menus on linen paper to adorn...

Beautiful Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine “Capture of an Infant Triton”

Antique Millennial September 28, 2019 1 Comment
While processing some inventory yesterday, I came across this beautiful Meissen piece from the 20th century. Some research showed that it is titled 'Capture of an Infant Triton' and ours has the model number C35. This is just another quality example of the beautiful work Meissen produces. It's quite large coming in at around 12" tall, which makes it really stand out! I have been a huge fan of...

The Ovington Brothers: Importing Treasures

Antique Millennial September 26, 2019 43 Comments
I ran into some dinnerware pieces recently that had the original manufacture mark stamped on the underside, but also included an unfamiliar-to-me mark: "Ovington Bros NY". This led me to do some online research and although I couldn't find much information I decided to compile what I did find out here. In the mid-1800s the Ovington brothers had trade in sculpture, ceramics, pottery, and table...

Brunching At Home

Antique Millennial September 26, 2019 0 Comments
A few Sundays ago I woke up and was really hungry for brunch, but was in no mood to leave the house. Normally in this predicament I would concede and eventually make reservations at one of our fun local brunch spots. This particular morning I was feeling a little more adventurous, and we did have the perfect ingredients for a nice brunch already at home so brunch at home was on! I mixed up a...

Meissen Blue Onion Pattern Sweet Meat Dishes

Antique Millennial September 24, 2019 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I came across these beautiful Meissen double sweetmeat dishes, and wanted to write a post about them. These beautiful pieces are estimated to be from the mid to late 1800s and they feature a man with a soup bowl on one of them and a woman holding a duck on the other. Both of these beautiful pieces are hand decorated with the historic 'Blue Onion' pattern that originated in the...