Ton of treasure found in historic midwestern house built by pioneer Frenchman

several boxes of these new old stuff amazing pair of these lights can't breath table from Illinois I have the original glass pane panels they've actually turned purple over the years but you can see where they were hidden back here when I took them out for travel they were still White beautiful Marvel or Alabaster carving of the girl detail of it got a whole collection with Kenneth L Bond His World War II stuff and some of his top secret post-world War II stuff he was shot down in the English Channel nine people survived the crash he was one of the only ones that survived or maybe one of two that survived the night and didn't freeze today the Nazis picked him up and he was a pow until he was rescued by the Russians in 1945. a whole bunch of modern paintings about 44 of those I'll point a few of them out this wonderful orientalist fire stream all handmade with wrought iron tons of work had to go into making this thing all this stuff is out of office that was built in 1846. and it's been in the possession of two people since 1846. Kenneth L Vaughn and I think that Chinooks who built it in the 40s so like this bull tortoise shell and bronze an ebony table was imported by them from France in the 1840s and put in the house and it stayed there until I got it I'm the second owner of all this stuff this is this Frame went into the house in 1846. hungover a marble fireplace until I just purchased it I got a pretty big hand this Frame makes my hand look small one of the most unbelievable frames I've ever had so provenance is spectacular on all this stuff too got this pair of 18th century French Rococo console tables I love the Pierce carving in the leg it's all carp wood got him upside down they have purple tops purple marble tops beautiful material look at this bright cast iron hall tree there's the pool table I have the marbled top for it sitting over there behind the fire screen so it goes on there I'll just have to put it on yet then unloading put some stuff in here let's sewing egg this Texas teaspoon try again I think it's funny I really love the Civil War era collapsible Lantern looks like a dagario type case when it's folded up it all comes apart and folds I think that's amazing I got I know I've added a whole lot more oh yeah at this 19th century piano baby stayed at 1880 something in pencil I don't know if that's when it was made or what [Music] got a lot of period lighting this is original to the house it's gas it was never electrified went into a house in the 1840s and stayed there this is original to the house but it's a little newer it was an electrified piece as you can see this wonderful porcelain pair of Marian Antoinette and Louis XVI sadly they were drilled for lamps but still pretty cool I don't know if they're original all this stuff is new nice big Chinese brass sensor my wife may get this contact case left and right I thought that was too cool Three Little Pig dishes I got a piece of flint glass right there Bennington teapot Cinderella's castle found that in the basement this wonderful copper Lantern cast or wrought iron I love this boot scraper I'll have the whole house provenance put with this but this is an original 1840s piece of Belleville history and it would have been in the house probably in 1847 I'm guessing and it left for the first time today another Gas Lantern wonderful French for Cocoa Style guilt set tea it's all carp wood kill it with 24 karat gold it's got a very old needlepoint fabric a bunch of silver silver plate a little ballerinas more silver plate huge collection of stir sticks got this wonderful myolica piece Italian twist without any of its uh but I couldn't couldn't resist Benjamin Patton Tantalus found that in the garage solid brass look at this I love the Lobster look at that that was with the Cinderella castle I also got this great piece of coral really love it it's got the Fisherman's Net still on it it's a pretty good update there's new stuff like these two pennants new stuff everywhere got some good mid-century jewelry there's one of my favorite of the modern art pieces got 44 of these paintings here's another one it's building anchors shutter ties or something these are off that 1846 the house in Belleville by the French guy piece of History right here who else is there I know there's more forgetting about that's a pretty good update video is the mermaid okay I think that's a good update I don't see anything else that's new sticking out

Channel: Lydia’s Cabinet of Curiosities

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Length: 10min 27sec (627 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 10 2023