raise your hand if you love glove molds
Shortly after I fell ridiculously in love with my now-husband, a moldmaker and casting technician by trade, I bought him an antique glove mold (around $48) from San Francisco’s Gypsy Honeymoon. Later we picked up quite a few more at antique markets. It appears a mini-trend has occurred — a friend is purchasing many as she can find to use as centerpieces at her wedding (she’s going to tie a ribbon around the ring finger of each). And Fish’s Eddy has added reproduction glove molds to their offerings. I love how glossy they are, and I can’t deny that the colorful versions you can apparently buy in their NYC store are fab, but even starting at $99 they’re twice as expensive as the very first mold I purchased, and nearly triple what I’ve paid for subsequent finds. My advice? Get a vintage version on eBay while you still can. – Mary T.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:57 am
they´ve carried these glove molds for years.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:16 am
We stand corrected!
September 12th, 2007 at 7:27 am
they creep me out.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Fun, I’d use them as door handles on a big armoire. Or, scattered throughout a garden.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:25 am
I’d use them for jewelry storage — all those fingers could help keep my necklaces from tangling!
September 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I fell in love with these when we were in New York in January…
September 12th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
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September 13th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Creeptacular!
May 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I just found a 1950’s glove mold at my grandmothers house while we were having an estate sale and fell in love with it thanks for the advise I think I will keep it