Tuesday Treasures - February 6, 2024

 On the way past St. Vincent de Paul there was a parking place near the front, so I stopped in for a few minutes.

I am pleased with this one steel engraving, The Chelsea Pensioner. The engraver was J. Jenkins, after M. W. Sharp, and the publisher/printer was Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, a company active between 1821 and 1845 (some sources state 1848).  So, the date of this etching can be no later than 1845, and there is some evidence pre-1840, or even 1826.  At any rate, it's my oldest print now. 

This particular engraving has some hand-painted details.  Others are uncolored, or are entirely painted.  The colors are still bright after nearly 200 years.

I like the detail steel engravings can give a print.  Very crisp.

 A "Chelsea Pensioner" is a resident at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a home for ex-British Army members, an old soldiers' retirement home.

The other two things I bought for $1 each, as I know they are worth many times that. 

Vintage Mexican folk art, mixed metal wall hangings with crushed turquoise details, of Aztec figures.  

Some days St. Vincent de Paul doesn't disappoint!