Other people’s things

This week, I go hunting for other people’s treasures and buy quinces at the market, which I roast with bay leaves and honey.

Some recent brocante finds: Some glass lamp shades which will eventually go in the pantry, copper pans, a sabot à huitres (a gizmo to steady the oysters when you open them), a blue checked tablecloth and 11 matching napkins (what happened to the twelfth?), a little basket, a soda siphon, a monogrammed sheet, a glass dome (Sean: What is this for exactly?