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GIFTS,
INCENSE, & MORE
Why
do we have hand thrown incense bowls and burning dishes?
Because we sell SHOYEIDO brand Japanese incense! SHOYEIDO
is a three hundred year old company that has been
manufacturing first-quality incense for emperors and
nobility alike. They use the finest and purest forms
of traditional ingredients to create a product that
is transcendant. There is no comparison to the kiosk
or head shop incense. The Japanese take their incense
seriuosly: they “listen” to it and reflect as the
classic fragrances indulge their senses and foment
the emotional associations that wickedly delicious
smells are wont to do.
Visit
their site from our LINKS
page. We can get you anything you see there-and we
won’t charge you shipping. We like to say: “Thank
You for shopping Downtown!”
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Seen
to the left are a hodge podge of our stock: a bees wax candle,
hand blown, iron ribbed glass candle holders, a miniature metal
chair and a humanoid bending metal candle holder, both made
of recycled steel. Some represent remnants of lines once carried,
and some are truly collectible items from once thriving, now
defunct manufacturers! (EMPORIUM: a retail store selling a great
variety of articles) Why, we have some “estate sale” items of
local interest on our shelves right now......
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We
bought the glass etagere seen here from a local gift shop that
went out of business in the eighties. There is a 20 year old
Xmas cactus on the top ( not shown and not for sale), but shown
here are some hand blown glass vases , steel, hand fashioned
“twig” candle holders and a piece of statuary. We recently sold
our last in stock 22inch tall OBELISK. An employee at our new,
downtown branch of Barnes and Noble made the purchase.( He also
bought a frieze of Selket and a Naxian sphinx bookend.)
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NOSTALGIC,
perhaps, but Circles on the Square has a secret passion for
manually reproduced images, and subsequently you may still shop
among the hundred or so, personally selected RUBBER STAMPERS
that we offer. While they last!
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GET
yer MAGNETS! We got BUTTONS! Come right in, folks! We’re talkin’
EMPORIUM here! Greeting cards! Post cards! BOOKS of post cards!
STICKERS! Blank cards! PHOTOgraphic die-cut CARDS! We sell Ande
Rooney brand (see LINKS)
authentic porcelain enamel on steel reproduction advertising
SIGNS and magnets! HUNDREDS in stock! No waiting! Step right
in, folks! What’s that? Oh, yes, the four foot tall Coca Cola
Bottle Sign is for sale...How much? Why, this numbered, limited
edition, licensed reproduction is yours for ONLY $275.00. Only
one available. Yes, sir? English lavender soap? Aisle three.,
You’re welcome!
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