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I know, I know that I said this was family time, but I’ve had a little time to spare and two brocante opportunities just jumped up at me, plus I had to find a gift so here are a few shots of finding brocante in Nice. Not quite as much fun as Normandy but still enjoyable.
If you are in Nice this summer, my recommendations for finding brocante are each afternoon in the Puces de Nice, a sort of tiny flea market on the Port, and every Monday morning on the Cours Saleya – worth while getting there early!
Luckily Ghetto was around, helping me choose ….
And what did I choose as the gift? …. these beautiful barbotine plates, 100 years old, made by Sarreguemines.
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Thank you for reading me, tomorrow I’ll be home and back in the swing of things!
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Nice find! I remember the flea market at Cours Saleya and finding some great stuff there too!
I dream of attending a brocante in Nice someday!
What a charm you share!
~Lynne
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I have a very nice breakfast cup and saucer from the flea market in Nice, Old Town. It's a great souvenir.
Those plates are gorgeous!
And I also really like your boots! : – )
Safe journey home.
Ghetto is so cute!
I'm sure the recipient of those plates will be thrilled!
Wonderful gift! A great pleasure to receive!
I am about to go crazy to antique!!! I'm living through YOU!
Ghetto is adorable!!! and those plates … swooning… xo HHL
I'm usually an all white girl but the bird plates could make me turn to the other side :)!
I LOVE those plates – are you going to be selling them in your Brocante shop? Love the boots too!
Bonjour Sharon. How i remember my daily visits to the market on Cours Saleya last summer. I can't wait to return in late spring. It sounds as if you had a successful visit. How could you not, in Nissa la Bella? Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
Beautiful!! The plates are perfect for
my european farmhouse!!
I'm taking vicarious shopping trips for brocante too! Those plates!
Love the plates – but I think I would have been tempted to try to take adorable Ghetto home with me! Thanks for taking us to the market with you.
Nice + brocante = wonderful!
Fabulous gift. All beautiful pictures, but I do admire the vintage type writer. Thank you for sharing 🙂
I'm so jealous! Have fun!!
Welcome home! It looks like your trip to Nice was wonderful and the barbotine plates are beautiful. Cheers, Cynthia
Thanks for sharing the trip. It means a lot to me–in Omaha for a few days. Although for one strange Midwest reason, we hane Cote d'Azur weather today.
Blast ths iPad spell check. I wrote "some" not "one" and "have" not "hane."
What a lucky person receiving those gifts.
The plates are lovely, but oh my, that chandelier in the the first pic had me drooling! I've only been to France once, but am so anxious to visit again and check-out some of your treasure hunting grounds!
OOooo one of my very favourite places Cour Saleya Market! Ah to be in Nice!
Lavinia
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I see baskets, tables and so many treasures I could buy.Love the fabulous chandelier! Thanks for sharing~Kim
The plates were the perfect choice. They are tres jolie.
The plates! The dog! The butterflies!
Love the plates Sharon! I so would have bought them! I bought two majolica plates a few years ago at the same brocante in Nice!
But I was taken with your dog. He is so cute. I'm having cute dog withdrawal since putting mine down last Friday….
🙁 ~Delores
What FUN!…..smiles
some very nice picks..but my fav has got to be the plates!!
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I've many fond memories of shopping the market in Nice and also Antibe and other towns in the area. Oh I wish I were going to France this spring, but since I'm here in TX I appreciate that you take us along on your adventures.
Thanks! ~ Sarah
I would like to hunt plates, picture with flowers and with butterflies. I' m looking for all these things, but closer to my area 🙂 Well, sunbed would welcome too!
marta from ohmyhome.pl
Beautiful photos. Love the varied personalities of the markets from region to region.
thanks, Susan
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I hope you have had a wonderful holiday…btw…LOVE the plates!!!
Ghetto is so darn cute! I saw about 5 things I would have wanted to buy if I had been shopping with you. How fun.
Karen
I used to go to nice when I lived in France and I miss it. It was long before I was cognizant of flea markets though. It looks wonderful. And your dog's name is ghetto? I love it!
have a good one
MC
Nice is one of my favorite place to go brocante hunting.I always find the most exquisite pieces.I love their cote d'azur style antiques, you only find them there.
What I love the most about Nice , is that after my brocante hunting I go food hunting …