Category: Brocante
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What to Expect to Find at the French Brocante
What to Expect to Find at the French Brocante Brocante markets are known for their antique items, including furniture, home decor, ceramics, glassware, clocks, and more. These items are usually older than a hundred years old and have historical…
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Some Useful Artful Ordinary Pieces of French Antiques
Classic French antique Provencal lard pots in green. "French Provencal antique lard pottery pots, also known as "pots à graisse" or "pots à lard," are traditional pottery containers used in Provence for preserving and storing lard or rendered pork…
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Not Cinderella’s Slipper
Balancing delicately on a chair in a clothing shop window, Encased in an antique souvenir glass box, A new shoe that had yet to start its journey. I did a double-take, drawn by the juxtaposition of modernity and antiquity. Perfection…
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Plenty to Know About the French Brocante
As you prepare to venture into the fascinating world of a French brocante, let me share a handful of insights that will undoubtedly enrich your experience. Timing, they say, is a secret whispered amongst the savvy. To uncover the one-of-a-kind…
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The Violin Player
My grandfather asked his children, "Who would like to learn to play a musical instrument?" As an immigrant farmer, he wanted to give his children an opportunity he did not have. My mother, the youngest of seven, asked to…
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Big Hunk
Photos of antique candy boxes by Corey Amaro. A French nineteen-century fabric-covered candy box. A blue-grey paper candy box with gold lettering. Chocolate-covered chestnuts from Ardeche, an antique candy box without any chocolates. I prefer that way when it comes…