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The Journal

Field notes from the hunt

Short essays on the pieces we find, the eras they come from, and the quiet history of objects.

Field Notes

How to read a maker's mark

A single stamped line on the back of a pot, a ring, or a clock often holds a city, a decade, and a guild. Here's how we decode ours.

Coming soon

Provenance

On mourning jewelry

The Victorians wore their grief in jet and pearl. A short history — and why mourning pieces still move us, 140 years later.

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The Hunt

What I look for at an estate sale

A practical field guide — the corners people skip, the labels that matter, and the questions I always ask the family.

Coming soon

Full journal entries launching with our first collection.

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