Vintage art & furnishings · Wayne, Pennsylvania
The Address
No. 3 — October MMXXVI
- The Room: the study, where the trophies end up
- Off the Pike: Leacock, and a painter nobody can find
- One Object: Pat McCarthy paints strawberries
- Everything on these pages is one of one
The Address · No. 3
Contents
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04From the House
The Room, as promised -
06Off the Pike · Leacock
Route 340, and a painter nobody can find -
12The Room · The Study
Where the trophies end up -
18One Object
Pat McCarthy paints strawberries -
22The Table
The first dinner that wants candles -
28Under Fifty
A bell, two dogs and a Toby mug -
34Found a Home
Twelve of them, since the last issue
On the cover
Cheltenham, 1951, Lindor Edwards, hung in the study. The Room, page 12.
$98Take it home
From the House
The Room,
as promised
Last month we said The Room was waiting on better light. October brought it, low and early, the kind that comes in sideways across a desk. So this issue opens a door we've been walking past: the study, where the trophies and the racing prints and the good glasses end up.
Also here: a stretch of Route 340 we hadn't written about, one painting by a woman we buy from directly, and the first table of the year that wants candles at dinner.
Nothing here is being recommended. It is being shown.
Off the Pike · No. 3 · Leacock
Route 340,
and a painter
nobody can find
The Old Philadelphia Pike, past Intercourse. Slower road, stranger finds.
Route 340 runs east out of Lancaster through Leacock Township and never seems in a hurry to get anywhere. The booths out here sell what the houses out here used: spongeware, needlework somebody did over a winter.
And one painting. A bowl of roses, signed L. Schull and dated around 1932. We looked for the painter and found no gallery, no record, no second canvas. Whoever it was painted these roses well. The painting is the only proof.
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One bowl of roses,
one name, and
nothing else.
Off the Pike · Leacock · four pieces
- 1Bowl of Rose Color Flowers, L. Schull, c. 1932. Signed and dated by somebody we can find nothing else about. The roses do the talking.$225Take it homeFound a home
- 2Needlepoint, Ladies with Pumpkins. Somebody spent a winter on this. It shows, in the good way.$42Take it homeFound a home
- 3Blue Spongeware Pitcher, with stripe. Big enough for a whole armful of hydrangea.$50Take it homeFound a home
- 4Blue Spongeware Platter. Dabbed on by hand, which is why no two match.$36Take it homeFound a home
The Room
The study, where
the trophies
end up
Every house has one room that collects what the rest of the house doesn’t know what to do with.
A goblet engraved for somebody’s men’s doubles win. A lithograph of Cheltenham in 1951, the paddock before a race. A Heywood Hardy of the hunt coming in. None of it was bought for this room. It all ended up here anyway.
Then the working parts: pilsner glasses with game birds on them, a gallery tray to carry them, a silver box for the desk, a leather case for the weekend. A cast-iron Boston terrier from Hubley, which made them in Lancaster, holding the door.
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The Room · The Study · fifteen pieces
- 1Cheltenham, 1951, Lindor Edwards. The paddock before the race, everyone pretending to be calm.$98Take it homeFound a home
- 2Sportsman Pilsner Glasses, six. Game birds on every glass. Beer tastes the same, reads better.$67.50Take it homeFound a home
- 3Men’s Doubles Trophy Goblet, engraved. Somebody won this. Now it holds pencils.$65Take it homeFound a home
- 4The Finish, Heywood Hardy, A.R.W.S. Hardy, 1842–1933, painted horses for most of those years.$125Take it homeFound a home
- 5Safari Highball Glasses, six. Mid-century, the whole menagerie.$65Take it homeFound a home
- 6Silver Eagle Desk Box. Stamps, cufflinks, the spare key. The eagle guards all of it.$199Take it homeFound a home
- 7Crocodile-Embossed Suitcase. Last issue’s One Object, still here, now at the foot of the desk.$225Take it homeFound a home
- 8Hunt Scene Mug, riding-crop handle. The handle is the joke. It still works.$38Take it homeFound a home
- 9Sigma “Hunt Scenes” Ashtray. Nobody smokes in here anymore. It holds the keys.$68Take it homeFound a home
- 10Delta Tau Delta Mug, Penn State. Somebody’s college, on somebody else’s shelf.$25Take it homeFound a home
- 11Svenskt Tenn Brass Coaster. Stockholm brass, under one glass at a time.$60Take it homeFound a home
- 12Gallery Bar Tray, pierced rail, mahogany. The rail keeps the glasses on board. That is the whole design.$50Take it homeFound a home
- 13Phillies Needlepoint, framed. A pitcher mid-windup, stitch by stitch.$75Take it homeFound a home
- 14Cast-Iron Horse Head, hitching ring. Made for a barn door. Hangs over a bookcase just as well.$145Take it homeFound a home
- 15Hubley Boston Terrier, doorstop bank. Cast iron, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Holds the door and the change.$150Take it homeFound a home
One Object
Pat McCarthy
paints strawberries
We know Pat McCarthy for animals: rabbits in porcelain bowls, dogs on gilt Florentine boards, a setter with a pheasant. We buy from her directly, and have for about two years. This one is fruit, in oil on canvas, strawberries heaped in blue and white. No animal anywhere, and it doesn't miss one. It hangs in a kitchen, or over a sideboard, or anywhere a room needs something red to look at in November.
$475
Take it homeThe Table
The first dinner
that wants
candles
October, when dinner moves back inside and it’s dark by the time it’s served.
Thanksgiving gets its own table next month. This one is plainer: a weeknight in October with the windows already black. Two onyx candelabras, a hand-painted platter with a pheasant on it, a pumpkin that will never need carving, and a Gump’s bowl in the same rust the trees are turning.
Silver trays, to carry it all in and back out. A chalice nobody polished, for cider.
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Dark by the time
it’s served.
The Table · nine pieces
- 1Buffalo-Check Ceramic Pumpkin. Doesn’t rot, doesn’t get carved. Back out every October.$85Take it homeFound a home
- 2Game-Bird Platter, scalloped green border. Hand-painted. The pheasant gets the middle of the table.$120Take it homeFound a home
- 3Onyx Candelabras, pair. The first month dinner wants candles again.$125Take it homeFound a home
- 4Black Lacquer Tray, winter sleigh. Early, but only by a couple of months.$55Take it homeFound a home
- 5Gump’s Porcelain Bowl, rust florals. Rust and gilt, already the colors of the month.$40Take it homeFound a home
- 6Silver-Plate Formica Tray, 14″. Wood grain and a silver rim. An odd pair that works.$45Take it homeFound a home
- 7Gorham Silverplate Chalice. Patina left alone on purpose. Cider, or bittersweet.$38Take it homeFound a home
- 8Hawker Salt & Pepper, skyscraper. Two little towers, Deco, passed hand to hand.$36Take it homeFound a home
- 9Delft-Style Pitcher, blue & cream. Gravy on Sunday, flowers on Monday.$24Take it homeFound a home
Under Fifty
A bell, two dogs
and a Toby mug
Most of the shop still costs less than dinner out, and most of what goes out the door in November and December comes from this shelf. A brass bell shaped like an apple. A spaniel for seven dollars and fifty cents. A silver box for the rings that come off at night.
All of it ships free, wrapped in paper and ribbon.
Under Fifty · eight pieces
- 1Brass Apple Bell. Rings for dinner. Nobody comes faster.$18Take it homeFound a home
- 2Toby Mug, Japan. A face that has seen a lot of breakfasts.$15Take it homeFound a home
- 3Japanese Spaniel, small glazed. The cheapest dog in the house, and the most loyal.$7.50Take it homeFound a home
- 4Black Schnauzer, Japan. Red collar, stern face, very small.$25Take it homeFound a home
- 5Stamped Silver Box, glass insert. For the rings that come off at night.$48Take it homeFound a home
- 6Hammered Brass Bowl. Every dent put there with a hammer.$32Take it homeFound a home
- 7Aberdeen Terriers, print. Two terriers, one expression.$45Take it homeFound a home
- 8Needlepoint Dog Pillow, green fringe. For the chair the dog isn’t allowed on.$45Take it homeFound a home
Found a Home
Twelve of them,
since the
last issue
Six of these are McCarthys, and eight of her rabbits went the same month, which tells you something. None of these are coming back, and no version of them is coming back either. We print them anyway, because a shop that shows only what is still available is telling you half of what it is.
Lidded porcelain
Brass corners
P. McCarthy
P. McCarthy
P. McCarthy
P. McCarthy
P. McCarthy
P. McCarthy
Oval frame
Blue lattice
Rust-red on white
Rustic gilt frame
The
Address
Published monthly by Tallmadge Ave, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Vintage art and furnishings, found along the Lancaster and Chester County pikes.
Every piece in this issue is one of one.
No. 3 · October 2026. Objects found on Route 272 (Adamstown), Route 30 (Gap, Coatesville, Downingtown, Exton), and Route 340 (Intercourse, and this issue, Leacock).
Next issue, November 1: the Thanksgiving table.
