Posted 8 years ago
billretire…
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Here's a little beauty from the Concord, Ca. Flea Market today. It's an antique souvenir mineral water sipping cup, from the **Karlovy Vary Mineral Springs, in 1911.
It's a Bohemian Porcelain Lusterware Souvenir Cup. It has a printed picture of Beim Sprudel in Karlsbad, it says below. On the right side in gold leaf, it says Karlsbad. and 1911. under it, on the left side 280., and on the inside top by the handle it has an underlined 210. Ce., and no other marks. The cup has gold leaf decorations of lines and flowers and ribbons, around the cup, and picture, and a line just down from the top, around the inside.
The cup is 4 3/4" high 3" at the mouth, and 1 1/2" on the bottom, including the handle at the widest point it is 4".
**The Karlovy Vary(Mineral Springs) were located in Western Bohemia, in 1911, when there were 71,000 visitors. At the end of WWI, in 1918, the visitors had dropped. In 1919 Bohemia was incorporated into Czechoslovakia, and is now the Czech Republic.
This was fun lady seller, she wanted to get rid of her stuff, when I asked her how much was the cup, she said $1., no .50, I laughed and gave her the buck! That's what I like about the flea market, there's dealers, sellers, and people that just want to get rid of there stuff, they have their pluses, and minuses, and it's my job to find the right price from each of them. This lady also sold me an antique pocket knife for $2. which was another great bye! :^)
Thanks for the love,
this was another item that Oxi-Clean and a little water, really brought back its beauty. I think I love Oxi-Clean! :^)
It's a great cup, better for the price and the pleasure of buying!
You're right racer4four, that's half the fun of finding a treasure, is finding it for the right price! :^)