Three Objects, x 2

 I've been doing some time in housewares. It's so fun to spot an occasional cool object among the sticky plastic junk.

I love the vintage vase, but it isn't super special. We get a lot of mid-century pottery. It's  stamped U.S.A.--looks like Haeger or Red Wing. Priced at 13.

The enameled teardrop is Reed & Barton silver-plate, designed by metal smith John Prip,  late '40s--early '50s. (Priced at 18)

I was specially pleased to have spotted the tea kettle.  It was dirty, and I thought about putting it in metal recycling. But design stands out. 
I looked it up.
It's made in England by Simplex, "famous for fine tea kettles since 1903".
New, they go for $350 from Williams Sonoma.
I priced it at 39.

Here are three things being bought by a customer who always ferrets out the coolest stuff.
The blue vase is a Haeger. I think it was 5.
An enamel pot made in Poland, and a classic Thermos bottle.

P.S. I woke up at 1040ish p.m. to my phone claxon announcing a curfew.  They mayor called out the State National Guard to quell riots when a shooter's suicide as the police approached him was mistaken for another police killing.

If only the police were trustworthy and such a thing were unthinkable rather than a darn good assumption.

Seems quiet today...