Oh the chamber pot wins hands down. It's historical, multifunctional & WTF! 🤨 factor. & as a BONUS if you're desperate you can always utilise it for its original purpose. 🚽🤣🤣
Muahahahahaha! Okay, I admit I’d store stuff in the chamber pot as well. Ooooooh. Fabric scissors. Think about it. They’ll be less likely to steal the Sacred Fabric Scissors from a chamber pot. It’s the ewww factor.
my grandmothers were born in 1900 and 1910. since i've been watching yours and other history fashion channels, my mind started to wander, imagining what they may have worn in their teen and young adult lives. then my mom brought me back to reallity. both of them were dirt poor and lived in rural east texas. they were wearing shapeless handmedowns and repaired repeatedly. pretty sure, if any underwear at all, they wore union suits. oh well. i can dream.
I had a similar experience when talking to my grandmother about how beautiful homes and clothing were back then and then she comes at me "yeah if you were wealthy" 🥲...and from south texas 😅
My grandmother grew up poor in the 30s, a glass bottle for a doll that she pushed around with a spade 'pram' But she told me she had a somewhat wealthy relative who arranged for her some tap dance lessons and bought her cosmetics once. Things she obviously had strong memories of. The poor also would have seen catalogues and magazines, and what they dreamt of wearing or the lives they might have fantasised about are also interesting to think about.
My grandmother was born in Washington state in 1915, the youngest living daughter of two pioneers. They were so poor that even in her old age, she had hundreds of pounds of cabbage in her garage, some of it saved from the 30s. Her kids sold all her things and put her in a nursing home in 2003 to save her money for themselves. To spite them, she's still alive and the money is long spent, so now they have to pay out of pocket. Hah!
@@sophiesong8937 my grandmother enjoyed telling me about tieing a string to a grasshopper leg and leading it around on its lead. it was her horse. my maternal grandmother had the most incredible imagination and would come up with the coolest things for us to create when i was growing up in the 70s and 80s. she hoarded tea as an adult and her MR/brain damaged daughter (my aunt) hoarded maxipads i guess you make sure you have what's important to you when you have very little to spend.
The hair combs are so pretty! I love the end with the dogs. It's exactly what happens with my cats. "Yes, hello, honey! You're so handsome and I love you so much, but you can't stand on my laptop, baby. Yes, you're the bestest boy ever, but I need you to go away." But, they're cats, so they never go away and I just submit because...cats.
My daughter sent me a picture of her cat helping her study. He was sleeping on her opened text book! Or the time she scared me by texting that she needed to talk to HR about harassment. I was trying to figure out if I could get to her when she sent the pictures. She was working from home and one of her cats was stealing her pens! She works at a small place so she did report it to HR cause she could.
That little ivory thing you had with a cutout in it that looked like a peg with a little know on top looks like a bobbin lace bobbin. They would make them as gifts for bobbin lace makers and such. Many lace makers had all kinds of bobbins, some plain, some very ornate.
Yes! I was just about to comment the same. I've seen modern photos of bobbin lacemakers and they always have a million bobbins the same shape as the one in the video, all being used at the same time. It's so impressive!
@@mirandaa1464 I had a friend who made bobbin lace. Many of her bobbins were presents or she found them in second hand shops. It's really pretty to watch the bobb I ns when some glisten with rhinestones, some are wood and some are ivory or celluloid. Her lace was beautiful. Shd made it for sale and for museum orders.
@@rebeccahart1190 My grandma makes bobbin lace, as well as tatting lace. It can be really quite expensive to get started because you need so many bobbins to make anything substantial. But they are beautiful some of them, with lovely beads on the end. She has them sectioned off using old fashioned metal nappy pins to keep them all in order.
Yes I scrolled down to see if anyone commented this! I'm not an expert but I am looking to buy my first bobbins and what Abby shows in the video really looks like a bobbin!
At 10:56 it's a thread bobbin for lace making. You would wrap your thread around it and have dozens to hundreds depending on the complex design of your lace your making. You would have so main that alot have been customized by materials, design, and beads and so you can which was one was what. But basically you use the bobbins to weave and knot of the lace design and use pins to help set the design and help with tension and normal it would be set a round pillow that you can trun your work for continue work.
Came here to comment this. My stepmother made lace for awhile and I can still hear that sound in my head. Also I believe the smaller container is a kohl pot. I have a similar one from Morocco.
Actually it's a dip pen. My mother has one almost identical - the hollow part at the top comes off and there's supposed to be a metal nib holder seated on the ivory - it looks like it's missing here. The bobbin shape at the top has a crosshatch pattern in it that I believe is supposed to be for sealing wax. A lace bobbin would have been much shorter, even with spangles (embellishments) and the bobbin part where the thread was wrapped would have been much longer & skinnier (Mom has an ivory lace bobbin as well, and I've played with the technique myself - though not with antique bobbins!)
I have a entire vintage “bathroom” set chamber pot watering bowl and pitcher in a stand with mirror and candles stick holders it was my moms and when I was little I would play around with it very carefully and do my play makeup in the mirror. When I was older I found my baby teeth hidden in the water pitcher. My mom said it was the only good hiding spot cuz I could never see inside it as a kid I was too small lol 😂 I love that set up so much. She had it since before I was born. So over 33 years
LOVE chamber pots!! I found one with it's lid! Only one chip! My kids are completely grossed out by it, but I love it. It was a basic item that everyone had, no matter their socioeconomic status. There in good times and bad, tucked quietly under the bed; Old Reliable.
I had zero recollection of telling the camera that so let me tell you when I saw this play back i was like "damn girl you're vicious while pants-less at 5am...i respect this version of me." 😂
Late 1800’s or early 1900’s my great grandmother would have the ladies from church over for a ladies prayer circle. Her husband (my great grandfather) would bring in a chamber pot full of hard candies and offer it to the church ladies. Makes me smile just thinking about it.
@@michellebyrom6551 they didn’t have indoor plumbing until my great aunt had it put in in the late 1960’s. I guess her dad really enjoyed watching the “Ladies” come unglued by his act of kindness (LOL). He was married twice (when Mary died, he married her sister Nancy) and I’m not sure which wife was around for the beautiful gesture but I’m pretty sure that which ever one it was didn’t appreciate it either.
Abby: buys a celluloid hair collector to store her shed hair in Me: *looks sideways at the old brown Kleenex box full of my shed hair* ...I think I need an upgrade
Ah coincidence! The house across the street from me had an estate sale, and the lady who lived there collected antique furniture. She had a lot of cool stuff and I scored an old trunk (not as fancy as yours, but he BIG). Old stuff is so cool, great finds! My favorites had to be those gorgeous prints.
The suit is just too cute, the pattern is adorable, but I think my favorite is the magazines. They’re like a real snapshot into life for those years! It looks like you and your mom had a great time together. Thank you for sharing your treasure hunt!
Free arachnid with any purchase! Antiquing is awesome fun. Much appreciation to the vintage antique vendors, who sell in flea markets and antique shops. I like the bone items, very fascinating.
Dearest Abby, when I see you with your mom, it reminds me of my mother and I because we haven’t been antiquing but we’ve gone tea set shopping and the energy was the same lol
Gorgeous, Gorgeous Girls go antiquing while looking gorgeous and have gorgeous views from their hotel rooms. It’s giving me ‘Murder, She Wrote’ but with antiques.
I appreciated this video so much! My grandfather is a 2nd generation antique dealer. I grew up antiquing and being around all things of value based on its age. The fashion magazines still are a big part of his business. Love seeing the combs. All beautiful finds.
As someone who tries very hard not to accumulate too much stuff, it is highly enjoyable to live vicariously through others. It's always amazing just what you can find at places like these!
Yesss! The Ladies Home Journals were a surprised cause I honestly just grabbed them without looking twice when I saw that they were LHJ and complete - didn't even realize one was a pristine fashion issue! 😂
That bone piece you held up around the 10 min 50second mark looks to be a carved bone dip pen. If it is a pen then you should be able to unscrew the lower portion for the place for a nib. They were often souvenirs from places and sometimes had a ‘stanhope’ on them which was a little glass bead with a picture from the location underneath that could be seen when held up to the light. Love all your finds!
Yep - that's exactly what it is - although I suspect it might be missing the metal piece the nib fits into, or it'd likely have been easier to ID. My mother collects antique pens and has one very similar.
I screamed internally at the chain stitch machine, right near the start. 05.40am Abby is Priceless and must be protected! The settee and the ceramics are my fav. The suit is pretty awesome too.
When you held up the sewing instructions and said "this is not how you sew!" all I could think was that you should do a video following vintage sewing tutorials. Including that one! It could be great.
Really loved the suit and the trunk. I’ve been hoping to go antiquing for some stuff like this but, have to travel north cause a lot of the flea markets I’m familiar with are basically counterfeit everything with questionable quality. I have this dream of getting like a nineteenteens steamer trunk like vaudeville performers lived out of as well as a drafting desk. I don’t know that I’m savvy enough or have the eyesight to know eras but, seems like a fun venture. Though I can excitedly say I discovered my great grandfather gave my mom some 1950s rodeo promo bandannas to play cowboys with that still look brand new today. I had no idea of the history till researching 1890s bandannas and neckerchiefs and came across the exact one I’d tie on my dog some days and mine still looked brand new comparatively. I was so giddy at the history that was under my nose the entire time!
This brings back memories of shopping for antiques with my mom when I was a college student. It’s always a treasure hunt and fun to imagine the world where the items were new.
Abby I was so excited when you showed the celluloid hair collector because I am also that shedding weirdo who collects my hair to make my own rats for historic styles! It's hard to match auburn hair lol
This was such a fun video! I love antiquing but most of the shops in my area have closed because of the pandemic. I'm about to take a trip out to Omaha to visit my sister and cousins, and some of my cousins are such collectors that they have had to start selling at antiques fairs just to be able to afford to keep collecting. Last time when I visited them we spent almost the whole time visiting antique and thrift stores, and I got some nice things, so I'm looking forward to this next trip even more now that I've seen your video!
Your mother! That's what my mother would have said, pointing out the chip in the ceramic. AWESOME SWM vid, antique style--so YES, do more! I'm looking FR to the Abby Cox magazine, SHADE, SALT, & SPICE.
I have a covered chamber pot, it’s one of my favorite pieces. It’s great that people keep confusing it with a soup tureen when they see it and ask why it’s not in the kitchen 🤣
I read a story where the lady said her neighbor criticized her for bathing her baby in the kitchen sink. But the neighbor lady used an antique chamber pot to serve soup in. 😳🙄🤣
I love antiquing! I'm a tea cup and tea pot collector so I adored that tea pot you got. I also collector decanters. That red glass decanter is gorgeous. Please show when you go again. 😊
Yes please, love an antique haul! Currently don't have the funds or energy to do them myself, so I love to live vicariously through others with good taste!
That suit was amazing! Really excited to see your 1910s wardrobe for the crossing. I'm hoping to get an early 1920s suit made up in time for that trip. Good luck with all the sewing!
That was fun. I like antiquing but where I live currently there just aren't any good places for it anymore. It's either a flea market where people basically sell junk they picked off piles that were put out for pick up by the city or it's very high end retail stores in down town selling estate art & jewelry. There aren't even any good junk yards to go scavenge lumber, old doors, windows, finials & other original architectural/decorative details of old historic buildings/homes for inspo. I like to repurpose things & find new ways to use old things, especially for storage. We don't even really have good vintage/thrift type stores if you're looking for furniture pieces to repurpose.
Mom daughter antiquing trip is so wholesomeeeeee! Love me some rococo-y plastic swirly flower stuff! Im eyeing those lil Singer 20 sewing machines in the background at several booths.
The gold plastic swag reminds me of my grandparents! They had a LOT of stuff that looked like that, the bulk of it from the 1970's. I love the antique look of them.
If you are still looking for more pretties, you might take a drive up to Franklin, Indiana. It is just about an hour drive from Bloomington and we have a few nice antique stores along Jefferson Street. One that may really interest you is called Madison Street Salvage and is run by Franklin Heritage. They have preserved and moved many of the older homes here in downtown Franklin that were slated for demolition, but they strip down the ones that do have to be demolished so they end up with a lot of mirrors, doors, light fixtures, and such. It is just a neat place to poke around in and, best of all, they are right next door to a candy/ice cream shop and right across the street from Salvage Sisters which is another awesome place to find things you didn't know that you needed. 😆
I just want to take a few minutes to thank you for your wellspoken and well thought out video on the Marilyn Monroe dress. So many issues . You listed them all. As a sewing enthusiast I have always been baffled by the ignorance surrounding textiles etc. Just WOW!!!!!!
I probably would have bought every issue of American Girl Magazine at that antique store, because I was wild about that shit when I was a kid. Instant nostalgia, omg.
As a young child, i stayed overnight as the home of a great-aunt. She didn't have running water/indoor plumbing other than a pump in her kitchen. So, there was a chamber pot under out bed. My cousin and I did NOT use it but ran next door early the next morning to use her modern 'facilities,'
That 1871 print you got is one I found on Google as reference for a possible living history costume! The purple dress on the far right is absolutely lovely.
I love my antique magazines. None are display worthy in and of themselves but the articles and pictures! Mine range from several Home Journals (Ladies, American, The People’s), The Delineator, and a random Collier’s cover (1908-The Fires of Frost) the dates range from 1911-1923. I plan to frame my favorites from the loose pages and fashion plates. Those, the settee, and the suit were my favorites 😊
I finally remembered to watch on a Sunday so that you might read this! I wanted to say how much I love your Chanel! If you ever want to swing by Cedar Falls, Iowa we have a Victorian House Museum down town. It’s pretty darn cool! Oh and ideas for content, how they actually laundered garments. And wardrobes and dressers. How garments were kept in the home. I have a dresser with a 1893 date from a storage company! It’s beautiful with a granite top. Much love to you and yours!❤️
Girl! I just discovered 1916 fashion and am obsessed. You totally answered my question about the petticoat situation with those beautiful dresses. So excited to do more research about these petticoats/ hoops!
I wish we had flea markets and shops like that to enjoy here. My mom used to be the "Yard Sale" queen when we went out she found deals all the time. Most of my kitchen appliances my mom found at a yard sale, lol. She cant walk anymore so no more yard sales.
The details of the suit! The trims... Buttons... So much yumminess!!! The other "oooOOOooo" items are the hair combs and the magazines. Love checking out the images and articles. So fun!
15:50 Oh. My. Goodness. My mom (married 1951) had a bobbinette hoop like that for her dress! I actually tried to wear it a few times under my not-very-accurate-but-it-wasn't-for-lack-of-trying Madrigal dress in HS. Your antique suit is gorgeous, Abby!
The bench and the Arts & Crafts mirror are my favourites, I think, though loved, loved the suit and its trims, too. Would love to see more like this, even if it does remind me of the cons of living in a country with such a tiny population so far from everywhere (Australia, 26 million) - but it also inspires lots of I-can-make-that thoughts 😁😁😁🇦🇺🇦🇺
Abby: Excitedly digs through new-found treasures Me: Hmm...celluloid hair combs, where did I put those? Did I toss that ancient tin box of buttons? I wonder whatever happened to that green water-satin-covered box of sewing notions? It's crazy to think I grew up around things like this. I swear I'm not that old!
Loved it! I am at the time of life that I need to be UNcollecting, so have been avoiding flea markets and antiques malls- it was fun to ride along and enjoy your treasures vicariously!🥰
Omg white teapots with little pink flowers? You’re basically related to me (fifth cousin twice removed) because I love that style. (Emotional Support Tea Sets are a thing)
I am a teapot collector I love that maybe we need an emotional support tea set group. I only buy stuff I love and most of my stuff I use which is really cool
I haven't been down to that area since my mother died over 10 years ago. But the best flea markets for antiques used to be Janet's Flea Market in Veedersburg (IN) and the one at Gordyville USA (IL). Just a little info for further adventures!
I LOVED THIS!!! Please take us along next time. Also where I live any place that sells antiques charges A LOT for EVERYTHING, so can you do a video on some of your favorite places to go Antique shopping to find the really good deals. Because that opened pattern you bought for a dollar, here they would have charged like $20. No matter the condition. The places where I live are like, "Oh it is old so we must charge a fortune!" Even for stuff from the 1980's! Trust I will travel for good deals on Antiques!
That suit! Can we get an examination of its construction? I’m turning into this sewing perv, checking out peoples clothes on their backs for how their clothes are built, would love details by on that suit…
I love the china/pottery pieces! The chamber pot, vase, tea pots, etc. The bright colors are so cheery. Fun to see your mom, she's got the same "good deals or bust" energy as you!
Hi Abby. My mom had that exact gold ornate candleholder. It is vintage from the late 70’s or early 80’s I think. It was somewhat expensive at the time but she loved it so much she had to have it. It made me smile to see yours.
This was so great ! This makes me want (more than I already do) to go to a flea market to find fashion plates. not sure I want to start a collection (cause, you know, storage space) but i'd love to own some
I liked this style. It would also be cool if you could show what you look for, how to tell if something is fairly priced or in good condition, how to tell eras, etc
I love antiquing! I wish we had better options here, most southern antiques are just not my cup of tea. Looking forward to hearing what juicy gossip those magazines have to say!
at 11.08 that thing you didnt know what was, i think thats for knitting. I saw something similar in a museum in the knitting section, i think late 1800s early 1900s. i thiiiink it held yarn but im not sure cause i dont really remember but def something you can look into
I love the lace and the combs!!! At about 11:00, I think that has a hidden picture in it. Abby, look inside the holes to see if there is a tiny picture. They were often made as souvenir pieces for places or events back in Victorian and Edwardian times. I cannot remember what they are called.
My great grandmother was born in 1916! She was still alive for pretty much all my childhood but she was so modern and didn't really like talking about the past. Still miss her
Girl, I love show and tell-I was raised by an antique collector so, have the obsession for pretty old stuff especially girly stuff. Also, I collect antique and vintage clothing. We would have a blast together! I too am thrilled especially by the interior of the clothing. Thank you
Now I'm having Rococo Barbie vibes From the tiny curling iron Probably more the size for American Girl, tbh. PS It's fun to watch "scavaging &/or haul" videos The accent pieces with the roses look lovely. I am kinda jealous about the notions. And, congratulations on the hoop & suit. Probably most spectacularly useful for you!
I love that bench! That is wonderful. But a plastic wall sconce? Plastic, Abby?! Seriously?! Nice chamber pot, too. That's fun! And your Aesthetic mirror is just incredible!
What was your favorite find? (I'm honestly torn between the suit and the "now holds a bunch of sewing stuff on a shelf" chamber pot) 😂😂
Oh the chamber pot wins hands down. It's historical, multifunctional & WTF! 🤨 factor. & as a BONUS if you're desperate you can always utilise it for its original purpose. 🚽🤣🤣
Muahahahahaha! Okay, I admit I’d store stuff in the chamber pot as well. Ooooooh. Fabric scissors. Think about it. They’ll be less likely to steal the Sacred Fabric Scissors from a chamber pot. It’s the ewww factor.
The suit is lovely, and I dig the big mirror! So pretty!
It's so cool to see 30 inch waist antique clothes!
My favourite finds had to be the wooden mirror and the settee just stunning xxx please take us along the next time you go shopping xx
my grandmothers were born in 1900 and 1910. since i've been watching yours and other history fashion channels, my mind started to wander, imagining what they may have worn in their teen and young adult lives. then my mom brought me back to reallity. both of them were dirt poor and lived in rural east texas. they were wearing shapeless handmedowns and repaired repeatedly. pretty sure, if any underwear at all, they wore union suits. oh well. i can dream.
I had a similar experience when talking to my grandmother about how beautiful homes and clothing were back then and then she comes at me "yeah if you were wealthy" 🥲...and from south texas 😅
My grandmother grew up poor in the 30s, a glass bottle for a doll that she pushed around with a spade 'pram'
But she told me she had a somewhat wealthy relative who arranged for her some tap dance lessons and bought her cosmetics once. Things she obviously had strong memories of. The poor also would have seen catalogues and magazines, and what they dreamt of wearing or the lives they might have fantasised about are also interesting to think about.
My grandmother was born in Washington state in 1915, the youngest living daughter of two pioneers. They were so poor that even in her old age, she had hundreds of pounds of cabbage in her garage, some of it saved from the 30s. Her kids sold all her things and put her in a nursing home in 2003 to save her money for themselves. To spite them, she's still alive and the money is long spent, so now they have to pay out of pocket. Hah!
@@sophiesong8937 my grandmother enjoyed telling me about tieing a string to a grasshopper leg and leading it around on its lead. it was her horse. my maternal grandmother had the most incredible imagination and would come up with the coolest things for us to create when i was growing up in the 70s and 80s. she hoarded tea as an adult and her MR/brain damaged daughter (my aunt) hoarded maxipads i guess you make sure you have what's important to you when you have very little to spend.
@@bluelagoon1980 i wish your grandmother a continued long life
The hair combs are so pretty!
I love the end with the dogs. It's exactly what happens with my cats. "Yes, hello, honey! You're so handsome and I love you so much, but you can't stand on my laptop, baby. Yes, you're the bestest boy ever, but I need you to go away." But, they're cats, so they never go away and I just submit because...cats.
My daughter sent me a picture of her cat helping her study. He was sleeping on her opened text book! Or the time she scared me by texting that she needed to talk to HR about harassment. I was trying to figure out if I could get to her when she sent the pictures. She was working from home and one of her cats was stealing her pens! She works at a small place so she did report it to HR cause she could.
@@robintheparttimesewer6798 This resembles my life. So glad it's not just me!
It is often a trial to be owned by cats, but we do what we must because we are theirs and they are... theirs as well.
That little ivory thing you had with a cutout in it that looked like a peg with a little know on top looks like a bobbin lace bobbin. They would make them as gifts for bobbin lace makers and such. Many lace makers had all kinds of bobbins, some plain, some very ornate.
Yes! I was just about to comment the same. I've seen modern photos of bobbin lacemakers and they always have a million bobbins the same shape as the one in the video, all being used at the same time. It's so impressive!
@@mirandaa1464 I had a friend who made bobbin lace. Many of her bobbins were presents or she found them in second hand shops. It's really pretty to watch the bobb I ns when some glisten with rhinestones, some are wood and some are ivory or celluloid. Her lace was beautiful. Shd made it for sale and for museum orders.
@@rebeccahart1190 My grandma makes bobbin lace, as well as tatting lace. It can be really quite expensive to get started because you need so many bobbins to make anything substantial. But they are beautiful some of them, with lovely beads on the end. She has them sectioned off using old fashioned metal nappy pins to keep them all in order.
Yes I scrolled down to see if anyone commented this! I'm not an expert but I am looking to buy my first bobbins and what Abby shows in the video really looks like a bobbin!
Yes, I thought that too! Just needed to scroll down the comments to see if anyone else noticed.😄
At 10:56 it's a thread bobbin for lace making. You would wrap your thread around it and have dozens to hundreds depending on the complex design of your lace your making. You would have so main that alot have been customized by materials, design, and beads and so you can which was one was what. But basically you use the bobbins to weave and knot of the lace design and use pins to help set the design and help with tension and normal it would be set a round pillow that you can trun your work for continue work.
Came here to comment this. My stepmother made lace for awhile and I can still hear that sound in my head.
Also I believe the smaller container is a kohl pot. I have a similar one from Morocco.
I knew there would be someone who could identify the bobbin. It's a very pretty one!
I thought it was a bobbin, but was hesitant to comment. Thank you for the confirmation!
Actually it's a dip pen. My mother has one almost identical - the hollow part at the top comes off and there's supposed to be a metal nib holder seated on the ivory - it looks like it's missing here. The bobbin shape at the top has a crosshatch pattern in it that I believe is supposed to be for sealing wax.
A lace bobbin would have been much shorter, even with spangles (embellishments) and the bobbin part where the thread was wrapped would have been much longer & skinnier (Mom has an ivory lace bobbin as well, and I've played with the technique myself - though not with antique bobbins!)
I have a entire vintage “bathroom” set chamber pot watering bowl and pitcher in a stand with mirror and candles stick holders it was my moms and when I was little I would play around with it very carefully and do my play makeup in the mirror. When I was older I found my baby teeth hidden in the water pitcher. My mom said it was the only good hiding spot cuz I could never see inside it as a kid I was too small lol 😂 I love that set up so much. She had it since before I was born. So over 33 years
LOVE chamber pots!! I found one with it's lid! Only one chip! My kids are completely grossed out by it, but I love it. It was a basic item that everyone had, no matter their socioeconomic status. There in good times and bad, tucked quietly under the bed; Old Reliable.
Abby saying that they will cut someone is ✨truly antiquing icon energy✨
I had zero recollection of telling the camera that so let me tell you when I saw this play back i was like "damn girl you're vicious while pants-less at 5am...i respect this version of me." 😂
@@AbbyCox HAHAHA We love honest Abby 😂
@@AbbyCox who isn't vicious while pantless regardless of the time...
Late 1800’s or early 1900’s my great grandmother would have the ladies from church over for a ladies prayer circle. Her husband (my great grandfather) would bring in a chamber pot full of hard candies and offer it to the church ladies. Makes me smile just thinking about it.
still being used as a potty in that era, nooo, I just couldn't have accepted one of those sweets if my life depended on it. lol
@@michellebyrom6551 they didn’t have indoor plumbing until my great aunt had it put in in the late 1960’s. I guess her dad really enjoyed watching the “Ladies” come unglued by his act of kindness (LOL). He was married twice (when Mary died, he married her sister Nancy) and I’m not sure which wife was around for the beautiful gesture but I’m pretty sure that which ever one it was didn’t appreciate it either.
Abby: buys a celluloid hair collector to store her shed hair in
Me: *looks sideways at the old brown Kleenex box full of my shed hair* ...I think I need an upgrade
Mine's in a small old paper bag. 🤭🤭🤭
Mine's in an old tissue box, too! I haven't seen any hair receivers at antique stores yet, but when I do, I will buy one.
I sorted mine in a cup and then in a zip lock bag so....
I keep my in retired hosiery. This way I can bundle them and toss it right in the wash like a heathen.
Ah coincidence! The house across the street from me had an estate sale, and the lady who lived there collected antique furniture. She had a lot of cool stuff and I scored an old trunk (not as fancy as yours, but he BIG). Old stuff is so cool, great finds! My favorites had to be those gorgeous prints.
Abby’s Sunglasses play a supporting role in the video.
The suit is just too cute, the pattern is adorable, but I think my favorite is the magazines. They’re like a real snapshot into life for those years! It looks like you and your mom had a great time together. Thank you for sharing your treasure hunt!
Free arachnid with any purchase! Antiquing is awesome fun. Much appreciation to the vintage antique vendors, who sell in flea markets and antique shops. I like the bone items, very fascinating.
I have my great grandmothers vanity set, and have been at a loss of what the heck that container with a hole is!! Thank you Abby!!
Dearest Abby, when I see you with your mom, it reminds me of my mother and I because we haven’t been antiquing but we’ve gone tea set shopping and the energy was the same lol
Gorgeous, Gorgeous Girls go antiquing while looking gorgeous and have gorgeous views from their hotel rooms. It’s giving me ‘Murder, She Wrote’ but with antiques.
I appreciated this video so much! My grandfather is a 2nd generation antique dealer. I grew up antiquing and being around all things of value based on its age. The fashion magazines still are a big part of his business. Love seeing the combs. All beautiful finds.
Love that you found a 1916 silhouette/hoops in a 1940s wedding dress.
As someone who tries very hard not to accumulate too much stuff, it is highly enjoyable to live vicariously through others. It's always amazing just what you can find at places like these!
So many treasures! I loved the magazines and the Victorian bench.
Yesss! The Ladies Home Journals were a surprised cause I honestly just grabbed them without looking twice when I saw that they were LHJ and complete - didn't even realize one was a pristine fashion issue! 😂
I *LOVE* your enthusiasm for oddities like the chamber pot & hair collector. I find that the quirkier items, are always the most interesting item's.
I have a hair collector that was my Great Grandmothers. When my mom inherited it it still had hair in it.
@@terriellenhenninger7938 Cool & Eww! at the same time.
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 I know, right!
@@terriellenhenninger7938 Very. Just out of curiosity did she have any other cool odd items in her home?
That is indeed a lovely chamber pot. And the fill the bag for $5 was sewing notions? Score!
That bone piece you held up around the 10 min 50second mark looks to be a carved bone dip pen. If it is a pen then you should be able to unscrew the lower portion for the place for a nib. They were often souvenirs from places and sometimes had a ‘stanhope’ on them which was a little glass bead with a picture from the location underneath that could be seen when held up to the light. Love all your finds!
Yep - that's exactly what it is - although I suspect it might be missing the metal piece the nib fits into, or it'd likely have been easier to ID. My mother collects antique pens and has one very similar.
I appreciate a pretty "thunder mug" especially when you can tell it was used.
ACDC literally started playing in my head and now I will never be able to look at my chamber pot or listen to thunderstruck the same way again...🤣
@@AbbyCox ROTFLMAO! 🤣 OMG! Abby you owe me a new keyboard. I just sprayed my tea out across it laughing at this comment! 🤣🫖☕💀⌨
@@AbbyCox Thank you Abby. I now have the same problem 🤣🤣🤣
I screamed internally at the chain stitch machine, right near the start.
05.40am Abby is Priceless and must be protected!
The settee and the ceramics are my fav. The suit is pretty awesome too.
When you held up the sewing instructions and said "this is not how you sew!" all I could think was that you should do a video following vintage sewing tutorials. Including that one! It could be great.
YAS, Antiquing with Mom! Truly the greatest way to spend a day with Mama!
Really loved the suit and the trunk. I’ve been hoping to go antiquing for some stuff like this but, have to travel north cause a lot of the flea markets I’m familiar with are basically counterfeit everything with questionable quality. I have this dream of getting like a nineteenteens steamer trunk like vaudeville performers lived out of as well as a drafting desk. I don’t know that I’m savvy enough or have the eyesight to know eras but, seems like a fun venture. Though I can excitedly say I discovered my great grandfather gave my mom some 1950s rodeo promo bandannas to play cowboys with that still look brand new today. I had no idea of the history till researching 1890s bandannas and neckerchiefs and came across the exact one I’d tie on my dog some days and mine still looked brand new comparatively. I was so giddy at the history that was under my nose the entire time!
This brings back memories of shopping for antiques with my mom when I was a college student. It’s always a treasure hunt and fun to imagine the world where the items were new.
Abby I was so excited when you showed the celluloid hair collector because I am also that shedding weirdo who collects my hair to make my own rats for historic styles! It's hard to match auburn hair lol
This was such a fun video! I love antiquing but most of the shops in my area have closed because of the pandemic. I'm about to take a trip out to Omaha to visit my sister and cousins, and some of my cousins are such collectors that they have had to start selling at antiques fairs just to be able to afford to keep collecting. Last time when I visited them we spent almost the whole time visiting antique and thrift stores, and I got some nice things, so I'm looking forward to this next trip even more now that I've seen your video!
Your mother! That's what my mother would have said, pointing out the chip in the ceramic. AWESOME SWM vid, antique style--so YES, do more! I'm looking FR to the Abby Cox magazine, SHADE, SALT, & SPICE.
When you showed the American Girl magazines I was knocked back into being a tween again the nostalgia of waiting for the next issue hit me so hard
Yes! I loved American Girl magazine!
I have a covered chamber pot, it’s one of my favorite pieces. It’s great that people keep confusing it with a soup tureen when they see it and ask why it’s not in the kitchen 🤣
I read a story where the lady said her neighbor criticized her for bathing her baby in the kitchen sink. But the neighbor lady used an antique chamber pot to serve soup in. 😳🙄🤣
@@marybuchanan6076 in all fairness, if it didn’t have the handle…it could pass for a tureen. Funny ole world we live in 😂
I love antiquing! I'm a tea cup and tea pot collector so I adored that tea pot you got. I also collector decanters. That red glass decanter is gorgeous. Please show when you go again. 😊
Yes please, love an antique haul! Currently don't have the funds or energy to do them myself, so I love to live vicariously through others with good taste!
Oh hell yes bring us along for more. I can't wait to see what you do with this collection.
That suit was amazing! Really excited to see your 1910s wardrobe for the crossing. I'm hoping to get an early 1920s suit made up in time for that trip. Good luck with all the sewing!
Haven't been able to go antiquing in awhile. I'm glad I get to live vicariously through you today!
Gotta love a good antique haul. ❤
Antiquing and Flea Markets feat. Chamberpots? You have my attention and also admiration.
P.S. LIVING for the Mickey Mouse Glasses.
That was fun. I like antiquing but where I live currently there just aren't any good places for it anymore. It's either a flea market where people basically sell junk they picked off piles that were put out for pick up by the city or it's very high end retail stores in down town selling estate art & jewelry. There aren't even any good junk yards to go scavenge lumber, old doors, windows, finials & other original architectural/decorative details of old historic buildings/homes for inspo. I like to repurpose things & find new ways to use old things, especially for storage. We don't even really have good vintage/thrift type stores if you're looking for furniture pieces to repurpose.
Mom daughter antiquing trip is so wholesomeeeeee!
Love me some rococo-y plastic swirly flower stuff! Im eyeing those lil Singer 20 sewing machines in the background at several booths.
Aaaah I love these videos of people driving across States for days to go to all these places!! Not really a thing here in tiny Netherlands...
The gold plastic swag reminds me of my grandparents! They had a LOT of stuff that looked like that, the bulk of it from the 1970's. I love the antique look of them.
If you are still looking for more pretties, you might take a drive up to Franklin, Indiana. It is just about an hour drive from Bloomington and we have a few nice antique stores along Jefferson Street. One that may really interest you is called Madison Street Salvage and is run by Franklin Heritage. They have preserved and moved many of the older homes here in downtown Franklin that were slated for demolition, but they strip down the ones that do have to be demolished so they end up with a lot of mirrors, doors, light fixtures, and such. It is just a neat place to poke around in and, best of all, they are right next door to a candy/ice cream shop and right across the street from Salvage Sisters which is another awesome place to find things you didn't know that you needed. 😆
I just want to take a few minutes to thank you for your wellspoken and well thought out video on the Marilyn Monroe dress. So many issues . You listed them all. As a sewing enthusiast I have always been baffled by the ignorance surrounding textiles etc. Just WOW!!!!!!
I probably would have bought every issue of American Girl Magazine at that antique store, because I was wild about that shit when I was a kid. Instant nostalgia, omg.
As a young child, i stayed overnight as the home of a great-aunt. She didn't have running water/indoor plumbing other than a pump in her kitchen. So, there was a chamber pot under out bed. My cousin and I did NOT use it but ran next door early the next morning to use her modern 'facilities,'
20:00 well, it's hard to ignore that kind of call to action. I SMASHED THAT LIKE BUTTON.
That 1871 print you got is one I found on Google as reference for a possible living history costume! The purple dress on the far right is absolutely lovely.
I love my antique magazines. None are display worthy in and of themselves but the articles and pictures! Mine range from several Home Journals (Ladies, American, The People’s), The Delineator, and a random Collier’s cover (1908-The Fires of Frost) the dates range from 1911-1923. I plan to frame my favorites from the loose pages and fashion plates. Those, the settee, and the suit were my favorites 😊
I finally remembered to watch on a Sunday so that you might read this! I wanted to say how much I love your Chanel! If you ever want to swing by Cedar Falls, Iowa we have a Victorian House Museum down town. It’s pretty darn cool! Oh and ideas for content, how they actually laundered garments. And wardrobes and dressers. How garments were kept in the home. I have a dresser with a 1893 date from a storage company! It’s beautiful with a granite top. Much love to you and yours!❤️
Girl! I just discovered 1916 fashion and am obsessed. You totally answered my question about the petticoat situation with those beautiful dresses. So excited to do more research about these petticoats/ hoops!
I wish we had flea markets and shops like that to enjoy here. My mom used to be the "Yard Sale" queen when we went out she found deals all the time. Most of my kitchen appliances my mom found at a yard sale, lol. She cant walk anymore so no more yard sales.
The details of the suit! The trims... Buttons... So much yumminess!!! The other "oooOOOooo" items are the hair combs and the magazines. Love checking out the images and articles. So fun!
15:50 Oh. My. Goodness. My mom (married 1951) had a bobbinette hoop like that for her dress! I actually tried to wear it a few times under my not-very-accurate-but-it-wasn't-for-lack-of-trying Madrigal dress in HS. Your antique suit is gorgeous, Abby!
Midwestern summer energy is so fun.
The bench and the Arts & Crafts mirror are my favourites, I think, though loved, loved the suit and its trims, too. Would love to see more like this, even if it does remind me of the cons of living in a country with such a tiny population so far from everywhere (Australia, 26 million) - but it also inspires lots of I-can-make-that thoughts 😁😁😁🇦🇺🇦🇺
Abby: Excitedly digs through new-found treasures
Me: Hmm...celluloid hair combs, where did I put those? Did I toss that ancient tin box of buttons? I wonder whatever happened to that green water-satin-covered box of sewing notions? It's crazy to think I grew up around things like this. I swear I'm not that old!
Loved it! I am at the time of life that I need to be UNcollecting, so have been avoiding flea markets and antiques malls- it was fun to ride along and enjoy your treasures vicariously!🥰
Omg white teapots with little pink flowers? You’re basically related to me (fifth cousin twice removed) because I love that style.
(Emotional Support Tea Sets are a thing)
I am a teapot collector I love that maybe we need an emotional support tea set group. I only buy stuff I love and most of my stuff I use which is really cool
I loved everything!!! And every time I saw an antique sewing machine I started to drool!! ❤️❤️❤️
I always love an antiquing haul!!
I haven't been down to that area since my mother died over 10 years ago. But the best flea markets for antiques used to be Janet's Flea Market in Veedersburg (IN) and the one at Gordyville USA (IL). Just a little info for further adventures!
I LOVED THIS!!! Please take us along next time. Also where I live any place that sells antiques charges A LOT for EVERYTHING, so can you do a video on some of your favorite places to go Antique shopping to find the really good deals. Because that opened pattern you bought for a dollar, here they would have charged like $20. No matter the condition. The places where I live are like, "Oh it is old so we must charge a fortune!" Even for stuff from the 1980's! Trust I will travel for good deals on Antiques!
That suit! Can we get an examination of its construction? I’m turning into this sewing perv, checking out peoples clothes on their backs for how their clothes are built, would love details by on that suit…
I really enjoy mid 19teen fashion. I found my 1950s rope petticoat gives a great shape for puff needed in some of the styles.
I love the china/pottery pieces! The chamber pot, vase, tea pots, etc. The bright colors are so cheery. Fun to see your mom, she's got the same "good deals or bust" energy as you!
Hi Abby. My mom had that exact gold ornate candleholder. It is vintage from the late 70’s or early 80’s I think. It was somewhat expensive at the time but she loved it so much she had to have it. It made me smile to see yours.
This was so great ! This makes me want (more than I already do) to go to a flea market to find fashion plates. not sure I want to start a collection (cause, you know, storage space) but i'd love to own some
I liked this style. It would also be cool if you could show what you look for, how to tell if something is fairly priced or in good condition, how to tell eras, etc
That 1916 suit!! chef's kiss!
I want all the antique and thirft trip video and hauls. These are the hauls i live to see.
I miss flea markets so much! I work most sundays and it always ends up being on the day of a flea market, it's maddening haha.
my step mum and i live for flea markets and thrifting!! can always find some good bits and bobs ahaha
So great you can share those experiences with your mom :) enjoy these times together
Who knew Edwardian Swimsuit Photography was cool? Thank you for showing it to us!
Love the greenery in your backyard!! 🍃🌿🌱🌲🌳🪴🍀
Always happy to tag along on another adventure! Look forward to seeing the new pieces in the new studio!
I've watched this video three times. Every time I end up stopping the video to shop for vintage dresses. It's an addiction 🙈🙉🙊
There’s a similar mirror to the first one on the second floor landing of the Mark Twain House!
Chamber pots great catch ALLLLLLL even just for potted plant..
All the antiquing, all the time! I'm always trying to find antique women's magazines.
I love antiquing! I wish we had better options here, most southern antiques are just not my cup of tea. Looking forward to hearing what juicy gossip those magazines have to say!
I want to see more field trips like this.
at 11.08 that thing you didnt know what was, i think thats for knitting. I saw something similar in a museum in the knitting section, i think late 1800s early 1900s. i thiiiink it held yarn but im not sure cause i dont really remember but def something you can look into
That mirror looks like Lakeside style ❤️
I love the lace and the combs!!!
At about 11:00, I think that has a hidden picture in it. Abby, look inside the holes to see if there is a tiny picture. They were often made as souvenir pieces for places or events back in Victorian and Edwardian times. I cannot remember what they are called.
I loooove antique hauls and vlogs. Please keep them coming! Haha
aww those Mickey cups at the beginning took me back! My grandma has at least one sitting on a shelf in her kitchen.
My great grandmother was born in 1916! She was still alive for pretty much all my childhood but she was so modern and didn't really like talking about the past. Still miss her
Girl, I love show and tell-I was raised by an antique collector so, have the obsession for pretty old stuff especially girly stuff. Also, I collect antique and vintage clothing. We would have a blast together! I too am thrilled especially by the interior of the clothing. Thank you
Omg I want those American Girl magazines so bad!!
Now I'm having Rococo Barbie vibes
From the tiny curling iron
Probably more the size for American Girl, tbh.
PS
It's fun to watch "scavaging &/or haul" videos
The accent pieces with the roses look lovely. I am kinda jealous about the notions. And, congratulations on the hoop & suit. Probably most spectacularly useful for you!
Yes! Please add more like this into rotation. So fun.
I love that bench! That is wonderful. But a plastic wall sconce? Plastic, Abby?! Seriously?! Nice chamber pot, too. That's fun! And your Aesthetic mirror is just incredible!
I would love to watch you sew the 1916 stuff. I learn a lot from watching that stuff.
I loooove Antiquing videos! I can't find enough of them! Please please please, more more more!