The antique store
Today I went to the Brass Armadillo antique mall with the aim of getting a unique sort of clock for my dining room wall. I like older clocks, and I found something pretty sweet for only $60:
It’s a bit beat up on the wood and veneer, but it works beautifully. It’ll be a fun project to refinish the wood so it looks new again. There are more pictures of it, including close-ups on the damaged areas, on my Flickr page.
While walking around the Brass Armadillo, I found just the damnedest old thing: a mint-condition box that once contained a bottle of Zoagriaine, a turn-of-the-20th-century blood tonic and general curative elixer.
There’s hilarious pseudo-medical writing all over it, as well as a rather intricate design of St. George slaying a dragon (with a sword named Zoagriaine). For $18, I couldn’t afford not to get it for my bookshelf. Close-ups of the box’s sides and text are on Flickr.
