Santo Spirito Fountain & Bird

Once a month, Piazza Santo Spirito hosts a large antiques market.  It’s always crowded and never disappoints because even though it’s not the largest antique market in Italy it has a little something for everyone.  This time I was not shopping…..I was just looking and taking photos and when I got home and downloaded them all I knew I had to post some of the winners.

Furniture……Indoor and Out:

Classic Cantilever Chairs…Bauhaus anyone?

Stools of Every Stripe

Marching Geese

Vigilant Flamingo

And some fun things..

And lots of Useful Things, Decorative Things, Vignette-Creating Things:

English Platters, loved by all……

Fancy Glassware

Lots of Silver….

And some throwbacks to another era of communication and art……

Remember these??

Exotic Prints (by Italian standards)

And of course a large selection of dress-up accessories:

Always a crowd-pleaser…vintage leather bags

More crowd-pleasers

And just to add color and whimsy……

A whole booth of buttons….

And another booth with clever and beautiful pins….never out of fashion….and each one carries a message

And finally…..a huge display of straw hats….something that everyone needs in order to endure a Tuscan summer…..

So…..Sunday at the Santo Spirito Mercato……an aperitivo in the square and then home for Sunday dinner.