tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239428627835679008.post-31079070797828238472007-06-23T16:18:00.000-07:002007-06-23T16:45:54.790-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/LouisNicholeVictorianlady1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/LouisNicholeVictorianlady1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I have always admired the graceful feminine fashions of the Victorian era so I have been naturally drawn to any figurines I encountered dressed like the men and women of that period. I began by collecting Victorian figurines by <a href="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/HomeDesignparasolgirl.jpg" title="Home Design Lady with Parasol">Home Design</a>. The Home Design figurines are really nicely detailed and I have found them for $20 or less. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">On Ebay, I also found some exquisite <a href="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/LouisNicholeVictorianlady1.jpg">Victorian lady Christmas ornaments</a> from Louis Nicole in the $20 range, too. At my local flea market, I happened upon a wonderful set of snow white Victorian children figurines. They were priced at only $25 but I walked on by then returned the next day and they were mark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/Lenoxlady.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/Lenoxlady.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>ed down half price. Even though my display space was at a premium, I couldn't pass them up. I later saw them at a Department 56 store for a lot more than the $12.50 I paid for them! I had similar luck with a <a href="http://www.epud.net/%7Emharrsch/Lenoxlady.jpg">beautiful Lenox china figurine</a>. I had previously admired several at an antique store on the coast with price tags of $125 each. Then I saw one in mint condition at the flea market for $50 and talked the vendor down to $35!</p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7emharrsch/AttheCafe-Concert1906.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7emharrsch/AttheCafe-Concert1906.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Franklin Mint has produced some <a href="http://uoregon.edu/%7emharrsch/Victorianminiatures.html">wonderful Victorian miniatures</a>. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">These beautifully detailed miniatures were produced by the mint in 1984.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Each vignette stands about 2 3/4" high and</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> depicts a scene from the upperclass social life from 1898 to 1908 - garden parties, ice skating, attending the opera, the theater, the races, etc. The figurine at the left is entitled "</span><i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">At the Cafe-Concert 1906". </i><span style="color:teal;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I had to bid on them individually on Ebay but managed to acquire them for between $7.95 and $10.95 each.</span> </span></p>mharrschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812961655356354800noreply@blogger.com