The wedding rings were hardly on their fingers when this couple started their first collection. In every town where they stopped off during their honeymoon, they had to buy at least one vintage bottle. And it didn’t end there. Once the school counsellor and wood - and metalwork teacher got going, there was no stopping them.
These days, Thea-Rita still works in the family business, but in their free time they each follow their own passions. Werner loves anything to do with whisky, miniature cars and other motoring memorabilia. When it’s her turn, Thea-Rita opens the list on her phone - we work alphabetically through aluminium buckets, books (red), Bovril, doilies (white), embroidered linen, enamel potties, enamel with prints, handbags, ice-cream scoops, jelly moulds (glass and aluminium), milk glass, silver…
