Quirky Thrift

 

ABOVE: nodding salt and pepper shakers, made in Japan. Their  heads rest--and rock--on the neck wedges. A tube extending down from the head holds s + p, which shakes out through the nostrils (!).

BELOW: Note says china was given "to Henry and Lena Yackel approx 1935"

BELOW: Pine cone owls

BELOW: Handpainted squirrel on wood I put up on the housewares' work wall, and the book cover with the teddy bear, Defy the Night

Not quirky... BELOW: Pottery tea pots and canister;
Meakin Ironstone