To celebrate the new shop and terrible weather I went out thrifting in Palm Springs. My fun find this weekend was a Jaru gold ram head from the 1970’s. Looks like the ghost of KWID is infiltrating ye’ old brick house…
What the hell is Jaru? I didn’t know but a quick Google informed me that Jaru was a Californian pottery company started in 1950 by Jack and Ruth Hirsch that made some unquestionably ugly ceramic pieces.
My haul from this weekend. The thrifting was truly superb after such a long dry spell.
What did I get? Well…
-More vintage ceramics
-Dansk bisected wood bowl
-Chunk o’ burl wood
-White glass bottles with teak stoppers
-John Keal for Brown Saltman hexagon coffee table
-Black Styson Art Prod. salad bowl
-Mid century ceramic girl head planter
I received these little Jens Quistgaard tiny taper brass Dansk candle holders in the mail a few weeks back. A surprise gift from the east coast – thank you Wes!
Let me divert your attention to the elephant in the room behind the Dansk cuteness…
I picked up this ceramic elephant at a little antique store for a few dollars and I swear I’ve seen him around the interweb before. My memory is failing me and I can’t seem to recall where he comes from…
I have this nagging feeling that he is Italian. My feelings tend to be wrong…
He is rad nonetheless.
So if anyone recognizes him, pretty please help jog my memory.
