The Braithwaite House

Ever wondered how some people come up with the names for their businesses? The Braithwaite House comes from our family ancestors. After some extensive research (years of research and several notebooks later), we have found that our family line comes from England and parts of Germany. They migrated to Virginia. I am pleased to say that I am a decendant of the Braithwaite and Pennington families.Our Braithwaite House business is comprised of family members. Take a tour through our fragrance list and you'll find some of the names of our ancestors as well as the names of their homesteads, businesses and nicknames. It was our decision to use these names as a tribute to ancestors and the heritage they have left us. We're still developing and creating our website. But we'd still love to have you stop in -www.thebraithwaitehouse.com - questions? proprietor@thebraithwaitehouse.com

Vintage Beaded Evening Bag

Ah yes, yet another classic evening bag. This was purchased at an estate auction earlier this summer along with some alligator hand bags.

My ecrater store has two of these lovely bags available. These would be just perfect for those holiday parties. To see this and my other selections stop in at http://chisumtrailmercantile.ecrater.com

Auctions Finds......

Sigh..... well not all auctions can be "gems". This past weekends auction was a bit of a let down. The day began with the wind blowing and there was a fall chill in the air - and many of my "regular" auction friends were in attendance (guess they thought they might miss something also!).

This auction didn't have a lot of items that attracted me. I did purchase a vintage wool blanket for the den. They had some nice hand work, but I have plenty of those. I should have bought that branding iron tho - . Well there will be other auctions down the road. Stop in at http://chisumtrailmercantile.ecrater.com/ to view my vintage handwork.

Auction Events

Well last weekend was an action packed "auction estate" day. There were two estate auctions on the same day and in two different parts of town. You'd think that maybe the locations could have some how been consolidated to be closer to each other - like next door to each other! I didn't attend either auction but heard that there were some wonderful items.

Now, tomorrow there are THREE estate auctions - I ask you what is a person to do? I would need three of me, not to mention three checking accounts with some serious cash!

In the mean time - take a gander at some of my other auction purchases http://chisumtrailmercantile.ecrater.com/

Dawn

Estate Auction Results

Well the long awaited estate auction has come and gone. The turn out was not to bad, usually when you have a low turn out, you can save a bit of cash. They had a wonderful selection of items.

I did purchase a wool floor rug, and I got a pretty good deal. There were tons of post cards, love letters and such. But with the black and white french post cards I currently have listed at www.chisumtrailmercantile.ecracter.com I didn't feel the need to purchase any more.

I noticed in our local newspaper that there is another estate auction this coming Saturday and they will be featuring Francoma Pottery and Carnival Glass. I just might need some of those!

In a previous post I had made mention of some vintage sewing patterns. As time has gone on, I've been able to organize the box of sewing patterns that I purchased.

The styles have changed so much from the 1930's and 1940's until now. But fashion is like history, it repeats itself. The a-line skirts will return, so will the padded shoulders that I am so found of. This pattern is an Anne Adams, the simple lines and the bell sleeve is typical of this time period. Anne Adams sewing patterns were obtained through mail orders.

Stop by http://chisumtrailmercantile.ecrater.com to view my other vintage pattern listings.

It's Here - the official Estate Auction Notice

Oh boy - I've been waiting sooooo patiently. The first Estate Auction for the fall season is October 13, I'm counting down the days. Some of the items they will be selling are: Full Size Antique Iron Bed, Eastlake Parlor Furniture, Carved marble Coffee and Entry Tables, Original Peter Hurd Painting dates 1957, Turquoise and Costume Jewelry.

I've already looked at the photos they have on-line and the Turquoise jewelry is Native American. Being in the Southwest we have a lot of Native American Jewelry. I did notice that one piece in particular is corral and that is getting hard to come by these days. We also get a lot of Peter Hurd paintings down here, his son, Michael, lives on the family homestead and has his own following for his paintings.

Hmmmm - time to get my shopping list in order! I'm leaning towards the jewelry. The sweater clasp that is pictured above was one of my wonderful purchases this past summer. An absolutely wonderful piece of vintage jewelry, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Stop in and see my collection of jewelry at http://www.chisumtrailmercantile.ecrater.com