Three Antique Planters

This seems to be the summer for planters! Take a look...

This McCoy yellow turtle planter is my absolute favorite! My sister brought it from SC a couple of weeks ago for my birthday. Isn't it unique?

I orginally spotted the turtle sprinkler this past spring in an antique store in Greenville when I visited my sister. I knew I loved it then...but didn't bring it home with me. After getting back to VA, I told my sister to please go back and check and see if it was still there. But, no, it wasn't. Oh, well.

Little did I know that vendors had been switched around in the store, and yes, the yellow turtle was there after all...just in a different spot. I didn't find out that part of the story until I opened the gift. I love it!

Switching from yellow to green...here's a McCoy green planter I found at Frank's Country Store in Mount Crawford a couple of weeks ago when my sister came to visit:

This one certainly isn't much to look at compared to the turtle, but I've been looking for a rectangular planter especially for my kitchen sink window. It's now planted with a spaghetti cactus.

Here's the McCoy signature on the bottom:

When I was growing up, my mom had a planter just like this one, and we think she sold it at a yard sale many years ago for fifty cents! So this purchase was specifically because it reminded me of my childhood...and because I like plants on the kitchen windowsill.

Our next stop was Shenandoah Heritage Farmer's Market, and here's the planter we found there:

This one is a Shawnee Two Button Boot and Dog blue planter marked with USA on the bottom.

I bought this planter for a gift...but the longer that dog sat on my desk looking at me, the harder it was to think about giving it away. I almost didn't. But the family told me I didn't need another one!...and to give it away like I originally planned. Okay.

So now this blue planter has a new home with my friend, Jean. I planted a purple shamrock plant inside the boot which I hope will live...and thrive.

(If you're interested, another friend--MsGreen Thumb Jean--has a yellow boot planter listed in her Etsy shop.)

Do you like to search out unique antiques in little out-of-the-way places? What's your favorite find?

~Deb

Comments

[victoria]

Cute planters. I love how unique each one is. For me, I like to collect old tea cups and saucers. We have several antique stores, thrift shops and a big antique mall nearby that I visit to see what's "new."

Victoria

[Lisa Spivey]

Hi Deb!
Your planters are delightful. Thank you for sharing them with us and telling us a little about them. Your green McCoy planter is quite beautiful in a simple way and I bet it looks lovely on your windowsill. Isn't it funny how some thing can 'trigger' a childhood memory?! Have a good day!

[Karen]

Hi Deb!
I had come over for a "visit" yesterday and as always, you had so many interesting posts! :) I like your planters!! I too enjoy having a plant on the kitchen windowsill. At the moment, I have an Aloe Vera plant. I haven't had an opportunity to look for antiques, but my Mother-in-law, gave us some beautiful things when she broke up her home. We were quite blessed. One of the special pieces was a clock. It gets wound with a key and has a lovely chime. When we were looking at photos from my husband's Great-Grandmother, that lovely clock was on her mantle! Due to it's age, it is needing repair, but it holds a special place in our thoughts.

[Laura]

Deb,
Thanks for sharing this post was like a mini stroll in an antique store. I cannot remember the first time I went antique shopping, I grew up going. Now my girls and I go antiquing. My grandmother and mother both have many pieces of McCoy. And my mother collects Shawnee, Chinese figures. How exciting to have these new planters, I hope you enjoy them.

Laura

[Kathryn Duke]

Hey, I too really like McCOy...my favorite piece is a cute little green pot that has a chipped area around the top but that does not keep me from using it. I have a small red ornamental pepper in it right now...

[carol fun]

I love McCoy and Shawnee pottery and have a little collection of my own. I try to limit myself to yellow pieces and that turtle would be one I'd love to have too -- great present! Thanks for sharing -

[Corner Garden Sue]

I came here last night, but something prevented me from leaving a comment here. Maybe I left one on a different post of yours. I think I am the queen of scatterbrains.

I like your pottery. I have a number of pieces, but not much McCoy. I have a flower frog collection, and some of those are pottery. I have a couple Roseville pieces. The only way I was able to afford them was because they had chips or cracks.

You asked me about joe pye weed. Mine is 'Gateway'. It doesn't get quite as tall as the wild kind. It's a perennial. I don't know if one can collect seeds to plant. They don't seem to self sow. I sure am enjoying having the plant in the front where I can see it when I look out the door. The insects sure like it, too.

[Stephanie in MI]

I really like that McCoy planter. It's a beaut!