A crystal ball from the late 1800's
A pair of celluloid witch salt and pepper shakers from the 1950's.
A pottery witch bell
Another pottery witch
This is a witch pie bird. Pie birds became popular during Victorian times. In England they are known as pie funnels. Pie birds have always been very collectible and people such as Nancy Reagan, Princess Diana and George and Barbara Bush have pie birds collections. They basically are stem vents. When making a pie you put the bottom crust in the pie plate and then place the pie bird in the center. You add the filling around the bird and then place the top crust over it cutting a hole to allow the pie birds head to stick out the top. Then you seal the crust around the bird. As the pie bakes the steam is vented through the birds mouth. This stops the pie from boiling over and spilling into the oven.
This witch is from Italy...La Strega.
A pottery shopping witch
A Tommy Toy lead witch
A crystal ball from the late 1800's
A pair of celluloid witch salt and pepper shakers from the 1950's.
A pottery witch bell
Another pottery witch
This is a witch pie bird. Pie birds became popular during Victorian times. In England they are known as pie funnels. Pie birds have always been very collectible and people such as Nancy Reagan, Princess Diana and George and Barbara Bush have pie birds collections. They basically are stem vents. When making a pie you put the bottom crust in the pie plate and then place the pie bird in the center. You add the filling around the bird and then place the top crust over it cutting a hole to allow the pie birds head to stick out the top. Then you seal the crust around the bird. As the pie bakes the steam is vented through the birds mouth. This stops the pie from boiling over and spilling into the oven.
This witch is from Italy...La Strega.
A pottery shopping witch
A Tommy Toy lead witch
Comments
~ Carolee
Christer.
I had never heard of pie birds too. Love the idea : practicle and beautiful.
And as always, your flowers are gorgeous!
Thank you for sharing!
Brenda