Recent half scale finds

Today’s post is a mishmash. In the past few weeks I’ve made a few great purchases and I want to show them off.

First up, we have the Sugar and Tea canisters that match Momma’s Kitchen! I’m so excited to have found these.

I got an email from Diane Siegler, who reads my blog, saying she saw them for sale in a Facebook group I’m not a member of. I requested membership but the moderator never accepted me. I managed to reach out to the seller on Facebook anyway, and the canisters were still available.

Plot twist: this happened right before Hurricane Helene and the seller was in Florida! Luckily she wasn’t directly in the path of the storm and came out unscathed (as did the canisters). She put them in the mail a day or two later. Thank you, Susan in Tampa!

After this happened, Facebook started suggesting other miniature groups to me and I joined a few of them. On one, I found a half scale lot that included a familiar washstand. The post was a year old, but I messaged the seller anyway. Lucky for me, the furniture was still available and she was willing to sell the washstand separately.

This matches the other light green Bauder-Pine furniture I’m using in the Mansard Victorian.

It’s interesting that the accent design is slightly different on each of these. I also have several pieces of dark green Bauder-Pine furniture, and the motifs on those are all the same.

These three pieces were all made by Jayne McCormick, but in different years.

Now I’m rethinking the Mansard Victorian’s third floor bedroom. I had planned to use the dark green furniture in here.

But the bedspread on the bed (which was also made by Jayne McCormick) goes better with the light green furniture.

I’ll probably stick with the light green here, and save the dark green set for another house. The lamps also look better with the dark green, so I might want to replace them in here. If I can someday find a light green dresser Bauder-Pine dresser, the room will be complete.

The last find turned out to be disappointing, but also an intriguing mystery. During one of my frequent eBay visits I came across these chairs.

I recognized them as matching my two dining chairs and rocking chair that I think were made by Don Perkins. One of the photos in the auction showed the same P maker’s mark.

They were $26 with Buy It Now, which is less than I paid for any of the other ones, and I thought it would be nice to have a set of rockers.

Fast forward a week. As I unwrapped them, before I’d even seen them next to the chairs I already had, I could tell these weren’t 1:24 scale.

Here’s one with the Bauder-Pine dining table I’m using in the Mansard Victorian (also built by Jayne McCormick!) — obviously too big.

But they’re not 1:12 scale either.

Admittedly, I hastily hit the buy button on these because I recognized them and the price was good. Maybe I’d missed something in the description? I checked, and it did say “half scale,” but the seller went on to say they weren’t very familiar with 1:24 and couldn’t be sure.

The auction included a picture with a ruler — I probably glanced at it and thought the 2″ height was reasonable. They’re only a tiny bit taller than the 1:24 chairs.

I guess these could be 1:16 or 1:18 scale, but it seems more likely that they’re 1:12 child-sized chairs.

I rarely do anything in 1:12 and have no ideas for how to use these, but I like them so I’m going to keep them. I could always turn the Garden of Delights into a 1:12 child’s playhouse, like it was originally intended…