Antique Hunting

First one is collected from Udaipur. It was kept back side in the shelf, as they do in all metal craft showrooms. They normally keep good pieces at back. I has to insist them to remove and show it to me. Shop keeper said, its some goddess from South. I guessed it might be Meenakshi. I am not sure. If you know the name, please correct me. The lady is standing on double 'Peetha', holding a Parrot, dressed in shoulder ornament ( guess, its  kucha bandha) symbolizing royal lady, has Mukuta and one sided combed hair with fine crafted ear wares and back parts. I loved this bronze piece. Its for our personal collection, not for sale.

Following brass one is collected from Pandharapur for my e shop. This is not an antique. They are made with antique look alike with very fine finishing. With Chakra, Shankha and Gadha, suggest he is none other than Vishnu. My hubby wants to keep with us as its always difficult to get a fine crafted piece. But I had bought this only for the e shop. So going with my choice. For SALE!

 Do you like this? You can buy this HERE.

I wish one day to become trained and certify antique dealer.  I lovv to spend hours in these craft shops.

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Sandstone Wonder

This sand stone craft is recently added to my collection. This one is bought from Ellora by my hubby. Normally he does not shop for me. This is the one of those rare cases!  He by himself bought a gift for me!!  I was so happy to see this.

I really love to get gifts like this or small things like stones, dry leaves, fallen flowers, feather, .. How about you?

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Summer Flowers

Today, while coming back from the office collected these flowers from our society garden. I never like to pick flowers from plants. These are fallen flowers. I believe, flowers always look good with their mother plants n leaves.

The lefts side brass plate is an ancestral hand crafted, right nut cutter is my valentine gift to him and shoe shaped ashtray is from my own collection.

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Colorful Couple

This traditional couple paper mache doll are gifted to me by my dear friend Deepti. She bought these from her home town Rajasthan. So sweet of her. Now these dolls happily sits on my 'showcase squares'. I'll show you my 'showcase squares' some other day.

For now, this is my photo shot arrangement to showcase these little beauties.

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White metal Facination

This is again from my favorite shop 'Crafts of India', Thane. I simply loved this.This one sits quietly with my silver camel n white flower pot.

And this week I want to post per day, hope so. I have so many pending collections to show! See you tomorrow.

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Peppermints

Bought these from Tresorie, Oberoi mall Goregaon - whole day gripped by these tiny beauties. So lovely peppermints which taste like plane glass!!. And also added this white metal camel to my collection.

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She sells seashells on the seashore...

These are my Sirsi Jatre(fair) findings. I love these small ones(cowrie shells) called as "Kavade" in Kannada. These are used in playing Choukabar and Pagade ata(game).

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