Weekly WhatIsIt: Ada Schwetz Lehman Doll Bust

The answer to our last somewhat weekly whatisit is that the doll bust in the picture is cast from a mold made by artist Ada Schwetz Lehman of Germany.  The bust was made in the 1930's in a popular ceramic manufacturing plant.  This is a relatively rare piece (though others are available).  Before and during World War II, Nazi soldiers took over the ceramics factory.  Many busts were destroyed during this time.  Production continued at the factory, however, the nazi regime dictated that all casts be stamped with a swastika.  The doll bust that we have does not have a swastika.  A link to more pictures of the doll bust can be found here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bumblepuppysales/sets/72157633421446352/


There is not a lot more information that I can find on Ada and her work other than that she was married to an Austrian artist.  If anyone else has additional information to share, we would love to hear it!

Another WEEKLY WHATISIT...

This weekend at our Neenah estate sale, we found this unique treasure.  Initially we did some pricing research on this piece and while it was priced appropriately, we did not truly understand the significance of what we had.  Now we know thanks to the keen knowledge of our estate sale regular shopper Darrell.  We'll share what we learned from Darrell and some additional research next week, but we'd love to hear from you...  What is this and what is its significance???

A WEEKLY (sometimes) WHATISIT.... Post by BumblePuppySales

We encounter a variety of oddball and one of a kind items in our estate sale adventures.  We've created a weekly (someties) WHATISIT blog post to explore some of our interesting or reminiscent treasures!

We held our last flea market for the year this weekend and had over 40 vendor booths filled with unique items.  One vendor, a 25 year flea market veteran, Ron Liszewski, had a treasure from the 1920's.  We've posted some pictures of this item below.  We'd love to hear your theories about this unique antique.  What could it be???

We'll post "the answer" later this week!