OLD STUFF

The other weekend we fancied a run out and ended up at a town called Montrésor.  The weather was reasonable, the last of the decent weather before the recent cold snap.  Our last visit was probably over a year ago and there had been a few changes including the appearance of some new shops.

One of the shops was a "brocante" shop.  It sells second hand or old stuff, a cross between a junk shop and antique shop.  I can’t resist a nosey round such places and was amazed to find that the prices were very reasonable, more like street market prices than what you would expect in a tourist château town.

The little jug was 2€ and the decanter 9€.  The jug pours beautifully and is perfect for serving warm milk with my little cafetière of morning coffee.  The decanter also pours well and looks lovely filled with red wine on the dinner table.  The stopper is as usual not the original but that doesn't really matter.  

Bargains.

The tureen came from the brocante at Abilly, "fète de la confiture", earlier this year, already planted with a succulent plant, which didn't survive very long.  It was meant to be an outdoor plant but the pot had no drainage and the wet spring weather followed by repeated heatwaves made it difficult to look after.  We brought it indoors but it gave up the ghost and ended up as compost so I put one of our own indoor plants in it.

Finally, the artwork is made of old metal.  A friend of ours creates interesting pieces of sculpture  from metal and other items that he finds.  We have admired many of them but this one just makes me smile.  It's called "gold tooth" and was a recent exhibit in his own art gallery, a former garage, called Espace Onze.