Holiday Shopping with Victoria's Curio exclusively on Ruby Lane

Fine Antiques, Vintage Collectibles and Jewelry

Welcome! We at Victoria's Curio are collectors also and understand that there is not always room in a budget for extravagances. Yet, when we find a particularly lovely item, we are extremely pleased when it is nicely priced and in great vintage condition.

This is what we offer at Victoria's Curio. We strive to give our customers a relaxed and inviting atmosphere that is always fun and interesting.

Come visit us and take a look at our outstanding collection of antique and vintage porcelain from such companies as Rosenthal, R.S. Prussia, Hermann Ohme, Pickard, and Limoges. Our specialty (and favorite) is chocolate pots. But, you can also find tea sets, hand painted plates and bowls plus beautiful Sterling pieces. These items add elegance and sophistication to your home and are truly one of a kind.

Victoria's Curio also carries a wide range of upscale collectible and antique items such as cut glass, sterling and silver plate, vintage housewares plus wonderful jewelry pieces. Because of our selection we are a great place to find a gift on your holiday shopping list.

It is our hope that we have or will have something you are looking for. Bookmark us as one of your favorite sellers and you will automatically be updated when we list new inventory or auction items.

Please feel free to email us if you are looking for something specific. We do travel to many auctions and estate sales so there is a great opportunity to find a wide variety of unique items.

Stop by this holiday season to visit Victoria's Curio. You'll be glad you did!

Our Best to You,

Vicki Smith-Drysdale

Vintage and Antique Jewelry including Cameos

The perfect gift for any occasion or just because..

Victoria's Curio offers a unique selection of vintage and antique jewelry. Whether you are looking for a vintage watch, cameo, brooch or gold and silver, check out our selection!

Featured here is an exquisite hand-carved vintage shell cameo brooch/pendant. The cameo depicts Diana the Huntress, the Roman Moon Goddess, with classic features, a bow over her right shoulder, a quiver over her left shoulder, and a half-moon in her hair.

Click here for buying information on this stunning Cameo.

Antique Hand Painted Art Porcelain

Rosenthal Porcelain Hand Painted Dowry Tea Set

Our Ruby Lane shop has a beautiful selection of hand painted art porcelain. Pickard Studios perfected the art porcelain market. But, at the turn of the 20th Century, hand painting porcelain was a much loved hobby of ladies and gentlemen. Many dowry china sets were all hand painted. Some of these pieces have survived and are wonderful to display and appreciate as part of history.

Featured here we have a beautiful hand painted heirloom porcelain tea set with lavender accents and wonderful raspberry decor. This exquisite set includes Teapot, sugar and creamer. Look at the beautiful design and colors on these pieces. There is nice gold accents on handles and rims. This was most likely a dowry set painted for a bride to be using Rosenthal blanks. Click here for buying information on this one of a kind tea set.

Lovely American Brilliant Period Cut Glass

Glass from Yesterday for Today!

Victoria's Curio has a wonderful selection of ABP items to decorate your holiday table.

Condiment jars where usually included with a set of cut glass to match a dinnerware pattern or silver ware pattern. This little piece is not signed but is a nice find; especially with a cut glass lid and it's own glass spoon. This lovely cut glass jam, marmalade or honey pot is deeply grooved with geometric patterns and pretty half moons and notches on the rim.

The lid is also cut glass and was hand etched on the side to accommodate the spoon; which is included. It has a nice swirl pattern on the flat portion and the finial is pointed with six smooth panels. The jar stands on three legs that are hand blown to look like snails as they curl up to make a ball at the bottom.

Click here for buying information on this wonderful piece.

Wonderful World of Disney Christmas Tree

from Collectibles Today!

From Mickey Mouse to Pooh Bear, Disney's beloved characters have given us countless gifts - moments of love, laughter and a joy like no other. Now this spectacular tabletop Disney Christmas decoration brings together Donald Duck, Snow White and more to deliver lasting joy throughout the years. Standing 16" high and decorated with over 50 hand-painted Disney character figures, this animated tabletop Disney Christmas decoration celebrates The Wonderful World of Disney and is available from Hawthorne Village.

With 4 levels of rotating movement on this breathtaking Disney Christmas decoration, the Disney Express seems to "climb" ever higher up the tree, brilliantly lit by 20 LED lights. At the very top, Mickey's at the reins of a Pluto-and-reindeer drawn sleigh that rotates around Cinderella's magic castle. A medley of Christmas carols makes the festivities complete. A perfect way to complete your Christmas, strong demand is expected for this unique Christmas home decoration. Order now!

A fine collectible, not intended for children.

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Sterling Silver and Silver Plate at Victoria's Curio

Antique Silver Plated Brides Basket Brides Bowl Poole Silver Company Pink Enameled Cased Glass Bowl Ornate Silver Plate Holder

Featured here we have an outstanding example of a Victorian Bride's Basket or Bride's Bowl. These pieces were typically given as wedding gifts to the bride in the late 1880's to around 1905 when they fell out of favor.

The elaborate, extremely well made, silver plated holder is from the Poole Silver Company, Taunton. Mass. and is marked quadruple plate.

The handle has a twisted pattern with beading overlapping this. The top of the handle comes to a point in a flowery Art Nouveau pattern.

The bowl is pink cased glass with a deeply swagged and ruffled rim. There is a hand painted enameled decoration of flowers and swags on the interior of the bowl. Something you don't really see much of in these items.

This is a stunning display piece!

Click here for buying information on this Antique Bride's Basket.

Wonderful Portrait Pieces on eBay!

Decorative antique and vintage porcelain items were and still are HIGHLY collectible pieces. Most were transfer prints applied to porcelain. Some, however, are hand painted by turn of the 20th Century artists from Limoges, Pickard and the most coveted, Royal Vienna.

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Victoriana 'THE ART OF THE FAN'

Visit the Victoriana website and read about 'THE ART OF THE FAN'. A lady's fan was an instrument in communication as much as it was for fanning one's self for comfort. Of course ladies wore corsets and this would cut off air so many times a fan would help with the 'faint' feeling a Victorian lady would have.

To see some beautiful fans, including the one featured here, visit Victoria's Curio.

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Ruby Lane's Blog about Antiques & Collectibles

Visit "NOTES FROM THE LANE"

Ruby Lane is pleased to announce the launch of its new blog:

Notes From The Lane

Designed to compliment the Ruby Lane site, the blog offers articles relating to antiques & fine art, vintage collectibles and jewelry, as well as loads of tips on how to succeed as a seller in the online marketplace.

We invite visitors to contribute articles on a variety of topics such as educational information on virtually any aspect of collecting or selling online, as well as personal experiences in the field, tips for e-commerce success, and many others.

Antique and Collectible Appraisal Service

Find out what your treasure is worth

Here is a wonderful site that gives valuations, appraisals, and expert on-line courses.

Do you have a antique or collectible and want to know what it's worth? Are you looking to buy something special but are unsure if the price is "right"? What It's Worth 2 You can help you!

Your membership is free and valuations are inexpensive and quick. Experts in the antique and collectible field can give you various levels of appraisals for a small fee. All done in the comfort of your home.

Check out WIW2U today at - http://tiny.cc/WIW2U

Antiquarian and Collectible Books

We have a wonderful selection of antique books available in our shop. There are classics, how tos, children's illustrated story books, cookbooks, etc.

If you love old books, check us out at Victoria's Curio on Ruby Lane!

Featured here is a nicely illustrated antique storybook titled 'The Gingerbread Dream'. Click here for buying information on this treasured collectible.

More on Vintage and Antique Collectibles and Porcelain

Check out these great websites!

WhatsItWorthToYou.com: On Line appraisals and research services for your fine collectibles and antiques.
Rosenthal China Company: The company was founded by Philip Rosenthal Sr. in 1879 in Selb, Germany. Over the decades it emerged to one of the world's finest porcelain and crystal manufacturers in the world.
R.S. Prussia Porcelain Collector: R.S. Prussia Porcelain information website.
Society For Old Ivory and Ohme Porcelain: The Society for Old Ivory and Ohme Porcelains (SOIOP) is a society whose members study and collect the wide variety of Hermann Ohme Porcelains, including Old Ivory.
Victoria's Curio: My website featuring pictures of many of my beautiful items!
Antique China Porcelain & Collectibles: A help when trying to find porcelain marks.
Kovels Collector Guide: You'll become a smarter, more successful collector!
Internet Mosaic - Victoria's Curio: Another great site!

Find Antique Collectors Guides on Amazon

Antique Tool Collectors Guide to Value

by: Ronald S. Barlow

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 07/09/2009)

Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide (Antique Trader Book Collectors Price Guide)

by: Richard Russell

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 07/09/2009)

Antique Guns: The Collector's Guide (Shooter's Bible) (Shooter's Bible)

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Victorian Culture

A Great Place to Visit for a taste of Victorian Living

The Biltmore Castle and Inn - Ashville, North Carolina

This country retreat, built for George Washington Vanderbilt III, is located in the scenic Appalachian mountains in western North Carolina in the town of Asheville, known in the late nineteenth century as a health resort. This large estate was planned as self-supporting with gardens, a nursery, farms, and forests surrounding the estate. The name Biltmore derives from "Bildt," Vanderbilt's ancestors' place of origin in Holland, and "More," Anglo-Saxon for open, rolling land.

The large house was modeled on the French Renaissance chateau, with these characteristic features: steeply pitched roofs, towers, turrets, and extensive sculptural ornamentation. As John M. Bryan explains (alluding to the work of Mark Girouard), this style was "the Nouveau Riche style" of the third quarter of the nineteenth century in England and Victorians were attracted to the skyline silhouette of this dramatic style (41-42). Hunt and Vanderbilt had in fact visited a number of these estates in both France and England and they were especially impressed by Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire (1877-83), which was one of the principal sources for the east elevation of Biltmore Estate. Size was also important, for this residence is the largest private house in the United States. According to official publications, this country estate has 4 acres of floor space, 255 rooms, and 43 bathrooms.

More information can be found here at http://www.biltmore.com/stay/inn/

There are other locations near the Biltmore. We recommend the Comfort Suites Biltmore.

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