Treasure Hunting in Mobile and What I Bought

Yesterday I shared some of the sights from our trip to Mobile, AL and some of the treasures we spotted at the Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery.  Today I’ve got a few more photos to show

This scale was beyond amazing and unfortunately so was the price.

Lots of antique quilts.

Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery had some really beautiful clocks.  The one with the big brass pendulum was my favorite.

There was lots of really great furniture.

If I didn’t already own two bar carts I would have bought this one.  I love the shelf on the side and the brass details.

Here’s the color of the year, Marsala on a beautiful settee.

After we finished our shopping at Olde Mobile Antiques we checked out a few other antique stores in Mobile including Antiques At The Loop. This store is huge and was filled with just about every kind of antique and vintage piece you could imagine.

They had a great collection of vintage dough bowls which were priced about the same as what I see here in Atlanta, at Scott’s.

There was lots of chippy furniture and these vintage pizza boards were awesome.  I think they’d look great hung on a wall in a kitchen.

Large demi-johns jars are really popular now and they had a nice selection of clear and colored glass.

Their grain sacks were a nice quality and were priced well.

Just one of many Ironstone serveware groupings.

And check out this gorgeous bamboo magazine rack (which I bought).

And these vintage apothecary jars which also came home with me.

So let’s take a look at a few of the things I purchased from the Mobile Antiques Gallery warehouse sale.  I did buy a couple of things for myself but most of what I purchased was for my Etsy shop.

I found several of these glove forms for under $15 so I purchased a few.

 I wrote about my love for brass trays last week and found this one for $5.00

There was lots of ironstone dishware and all of the small pieces were less than $4.00.

One of my favorite purchases was this vintage brass tape dispenser with double cutting blades.

I bought several sets of these acrylic steak knives and will be keeping some for myself.

This brass perpetual calendar was just $1.00!

Another great find was this really old ceramic bento box.  What made it really stand out was the brass lock and handle.

And you know I can’t pass up a chic ice bucket.  This octagon shape burl wood bucket was less than $10.

We had a great trip and can now check another new adventure off the list!

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If you want to take a road trip to do some antique shopping in and near Mobile, here are a few shops to check out:

Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery, 1616 West I-65 Service Road South, Mobile

Cotton City Antique Mall, 309 Williams St., Mobile

Antiques At The Loop, 2103 Airport Blvd, Mobile

Daphne Antique Galleria ,1699 US Highway 28, Daphne, AL (15 mins from Mobile)