I'm been away... visiting my daughter and sister and taking the best ASCP furniture painting class (more on that in an upcoming post)! Going away is fun and refreshing and freeing... but I LOVE coming home! I'm sorta like Dorothy when it comes to home!
On this trip I fell into an antique shopping opportunity quite by accident!
And look what came home with me...
...this old galvanized, chippy watering can! I filled it with and armful of Annabelle and PeeGee hydrangeas and put it temporarily on the kitchen table... just to have it in view.
I knew it was mine the second I saw it... does that ever happen to you? You know if you don't take some thing home you will feel like you abandoned it? Like it already belongs to you?
How could I resist it's chippy paint and unique handle...
I have never seen one make like this... I wonder if it was something else at one time and repurposed into a watering can?
Even it's spout is interesting...
The top of the watering can is the most unique of all. It almost looks as though it had a lid!
It is marked with a number near it's rim...
Could my new find have been an oil can or a milk can at one time... or has it always just had great character...
What do you think? Have you ever seen a watering can like the one that came home with me...
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When I was in middle school I lived with my parents on my grandfather's dairy farm a few yrs. It does indeed look like a small milk can than some ingenious, artistic person, welded parts onto to form the watering can. Great Find!
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I think the spout is like a European watering can. Great find!
ReplyDeleteI have a watering can collection myself...can't resist them! Love your chippy find! Can't wait to hear about your class with Chalk Paint™!!
ReplyDeleteYvonne,
ReplyDeleteUnique find, indeed, dear friend! I believe your watering can had a FIRST life as a milk or cream can! Creative detailing!!! Oh, yes...I know what you mean by not being able to leave something behind. The connecting attachment is a powerful one! However, I do get the "rolled eyes" look from "Mr. Ed" when I say," It lept into my cart!" Great buy...and Welcome Home!!!
Fondly,
Pat
No matter it's origin, your watering can is gorgeous and made more so with those beautiful flowers. It would be interesting to know the history of your great find. Thanks for featuring my puppy popsicles. They have been a hit with dogs as well as their owners.------------------
ReplyDeleteShannon
Love the old can:) I just redid and old milk can:) reminded me of this:)
ReplyDeleteThat is a truly unique find - love it - and looks SO GOOD with your green hydrangeas on that awesome table.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend!
Never has an antique watering can looked so pretty and elegant!
ReplyDeleteLove the watering can! It reminds me of the one I brought back from Provence! And I totally agree with you and Dorothy! There is nothing better than home!
ReplyDeleteI am a collector of old watering cans...I believe I have 9 of them and I absolutely love them and will always collect them as well as use them! Beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine the story behind that beautiful watering can? You could write a short story or poem about your thoughts and put them to press. How wonderful! We certainly can't pass of "great finds"!
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely and the hydrangeas are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love your chippy watering can. It looks perfect filled with hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Yvonne....can't wait to see what you have in store for us about ASCP!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this watering can. No matter if it had another life as something different it is beautiful. Your hydrangeas are very pretty too. Love the colors. Hope you enjoyed your visit with your daughter and sister. Have a great week-end. Sheila
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find Yvonne! It looks so pretty filled with those beautiful flowers!
ReplyDeleteIt is a perfectly imperfect watering can.
ReplyDeleteOf course it had to go home with you! Don't you just adore these aged pieces with years of patina? Looks great on your kitchen table.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love the chippy goodness in that water can. Your hydrangeas look beautiful in it.
ReplyDeleteYvonne I love your very special find! It is very unique! The hydrangeas are perfect in it!
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Karena
Art by Karena
Love this watering can, and your hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteoh i am so envious. I love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat watering can and hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteHi Yvonne, I need to go shopping with you! To answer your question, yes I do experience the feeling of first sight and you know it is going home with you. You found a beauty in the galvanized watering can. It really is different, I've not seen one like it. I really think it is perfect to hold your hydrangeas and just icing on the cake for your trip.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Sunday.
~Emily
The French Hutch
So so beautiful! Love watering cans and hydrangeas... this inspires me a little painting :)
ReplyDeleteIt was so kind of you to leave such lovely comment, thank you!
Monica
I absolutely adore your new find! I love how unique it is! And, oh my goodness... that chippy paint!! It is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love your pictures :)
ReplyDeleteNever met a vintage watering can I didn't love. It is perfect on your table. Just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw it it looked like a milk can to me. I bet that is what it once was. GREAT find. See ya Tuesday!!! XO, Pinky
ReplyDeleteLove the milk/watering can and with Annabelle blossoms, it couldn't be more beautiful. Happy Sunday and happy week.
ReplyDeleteYvonne,
ReplyDeleteIt has an old been around forever look to it and that's appealing in home decor.
It looks nice with those gorgeous flowers in it too.
Great find and yes I have felt like I need to take something home to save it from going to someone else!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful watering can with those fabulous flowers! I just love the shape of that can!
ReplyDeleteI have a thing for spri Klerk cans and use them frequently as flower containers. Yours is perfect with the hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteNothing does hydrangeas proud better than some galvanized tin.
ReplyDelete~Bliss~
How unique that one is! I've never seen one like it. It looks beautiful on your table, Thanks for joining my party!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Isn't it amazing how lovely a watering can, can look! You just showed us how!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! However it began life, it has a grand finale now.
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