We hope you are having a wonderful beginning of 2013! We wish you a very happy and healthy time and remember – the best is yet to come! This New Year’s first giveaway is (drum roll please) a lovely rustic antique kitchen scale we found in the French countryside. This set of balance scales is typical of those found in kitchens across Europe during the 19th century, and was the method by which many ingredients were measured for recipes ~ by weight. The shallow pan held the certified weights, with the produce, grain or flour to be weighed going into the deep pan. Cast iron below provided a sturdy, level base, in this case painted with the original white paint. Today such scales are very popular as decorative culinary accessories to create the charm and look of a European kitchen. I have one centered on my island usually filled with fresh seasonal fruit or vegetables.
We are so exited about all the New Year’s shipments that we would love to share our joy and celebrate with the first of the year’s giveaway, a charming rustic French antique kitchen scale.
The rules of our giveaway are always quite simple:
1. Go on our website to the New Antique Arrivals section (or just click HERE)
2. Comment on this blog below to tell us what are your favorite items and why.
3. For an additional chance to win, click HERE to go to like our Facebook page AND leave another comment. At this time, the contest is only open to the continental United States.
We appreciate all your wonderful reflections, remarks and look forward to reading them. One lucky winner will be announced at the end of next week. If you are new to our blog, please sign up to receive our frequent blogs, sale and shipment announcements and also have fun participating in many fun giveaways!
