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Country Prevails At Historic East Berlin Antiques Show

"We had a very well-attended preview, and the best Friday attendance we have ever had," Gretchen Davis, show manager, said. She added that Saturday the gate was down a bit, "as people took advantage of a long-awaited sunny day and found other things to do."

All of the dealers, including the 12 new ones to the show, indicated an interest in returning next year. "We think we have a good mix of dealers, as we try to vary inventory, and also seek exhibitors from a wider geographical area," Gretchen said.

The show is spread out throughout the East Berlin Area Community Center, with booths arranged in the library, multipurpose room, stage and classrooms. In total, 31 booths are home to 33 exhibitors, coming from Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, with the bulk of them Pennsylvania dealers.

For the most part, the show lives up to its country billing, with very little brown or polished furniture in the offering. Scrubbed tops and all-natural surfaces dominate, with accessories matching. Quilts are not overlooked, nor are cast iron implements for the kitchen and hundreds of smalls — really smalls — displayed in table cases.

Always a presence at the show are local dealers, including Lion and the Lamb with a New Hampshire lady's desk on base in black paint, circa 1800, and a New England cupboard, probably Connecticut, in pumpkin paint and dating circa 1790–1810. It had two short drawers over two paneled doors.

A large balance scale in old blue paint, circa 1880, was on a table at the front of the booth of RSG Antiques, Hanover Township, Penn., while in a neighboring booth, Kathy Bonnes of Mentor, Ohio, offered a six-board sea chest with a painting of a tall sailing ship on the inside lid. The chest was the showplace for three dolls, two cloth dolls with the original clothes and a wooden head doll.

Don and Pat Clegg, also local dealers, showed a number of carved and painted decoys, one of their specialties, along with a Pennsylvania boldly paint decorated blanket chest, circa 1840, on high bulbous turned feet. A Pennsylvania dough trough on stand, circa 1830, was of pine and poplar, original red painted base, on splayed bulbous turned legs.

Pierced Tin | Piercing A

People told me that after you take it out after a few months..or years, there is a tiny tiny hole there that is barely noticeable. or maybe it’ll even close. so im not really worried about if being there in the future anymore. thats true right?

well i stuck tin foil on my nose to see how it looked lol, so heres a picture:

http://i34.tinypic.com/211ktom.jpg

^sorry that picture is horrible. i was sick. maybe you could picture it better or something, idk. here it is:

http://i33.tinypic.com/vg3a0p.jpg

thanks, ill choose a best answer (:

I have my nose pierced, and I think it looks good on most faces, it’s small, so it’s not overpowering your face, just adds a little sparkle. Some people don’t even notice it. Plus you can always take it out, and if you decide to, it’s hardly noticeable. Especially when people didn’t even know you had it pierced in the first place! Just do it:) It’s obviously something you’ve been wanting and thinking about getting for sometime. Add a touch of primitive country decor with this antique style punched tin lantern! This Paul Revere style lantern is a fully functional punched tin lantern. Opened the hinged door and add a candle to the lantern to marvel at the punched tin crafstmanship! Made from tin, this reproduction antique Paul Revere style lantern measures 13 1/2″ Tall overall by about 5″ wide across the face of the lanter… Pie safes with pierced tin door panels were used as a means of protecting pies and meats from insects during the nineteenth century. Today, these cabinets are desirable decorator items and useful storage cabinets. The pie safe shown here has the traditional pierced tin door panels covering a lower storage compartment with shelves.

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