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FROM UNCLE VINNY was my mother’s creation. Since I was a child, she would give extra presents to family on holidays, things that she found at thrift stores and garage sales. These gifts were handpicked for the recipient, and we always enjoyed opening them. She would sign the tag from “Uncle Vinny”, after St. Vincent de Paul’s endearing nickname, St. Vinny’s. Uncle Vinny performed his gift-giving duties under my mother’s tutelage for 50 years. Some relatives have known his presence all their lives: one cousin grew up without ever learning the truth behind our second Santa Claus, and she reached adulthood believing that we had some strange, distant uncle who sent us used presents! Today, my family still occasionally takes up Uncle Vinny’s mantle, bestowing thrifted gifts to each other in his name. I carry on the tradition in my own way, reselling vintage treasures I find at the same places mom and I used to shop together. Uncle Vinny lives on. I hope Uncle Vinny has the perfect gift here for you!
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John Tiller Pottery Crystalline Candle Holder, Brown Ceramic & Green Glass Candlestick, Made in WI USA 2014
• John Tiller pottery crystalline candle holder • Brown ceramic & green glass • 2014 • No issues found: free of chips, cracks & crazing • 2 1/2" dia. x 2 1/2" H • Signed & dated on bottom • Handmade in Wisconsin, USA • Candle not included Small, ceramic candle holder glazed in a mushroom-brown with a green glass crystalline rim, handmade by master potter John Tiller! John grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and found his love for pottery at an early age when he took a ceramics class in high school. He's been with Rowe Pottery Works in Cambridge, Wisconsin on and off over the past 25 years and has also created at Rockdale Union Stoneware and Door Pottery. He not only loves to throw “old-time” pottery such as crocks and jugs on the potter's wheel but enjoys the historical reference that comes with each piece. John is the lead designer of Rowe Pottery's annual Santa. He resides in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region with his wife, Robyn, where he keeps honey bees, chickens and grows a big garden that specializes in shiitake mushrooms.
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