4th Meridian

Art • Vintage • Books
online decorative arts auctions

Unique Fine Art & vintage Prints • Handmade Pottery & Ceramics • Curated Culinary & Food Books
Vintage Curiosities & Mid-Century Scandinavian Glass

Fun fact!

2024 has seen the end of greeting cards.

We are sad for the Granny who always sent her grandchild a 5 dollar bill in a sweet card with a reminder that Jesus Loves you. And for that child that opened the card and let the bill sail to the ground -- That’s it? — Well, this is the year of the Xmas etransfer!

For the wee creators and small makers of original cards, this is the death of one kind of paper product design. But keep doodling, we’ll find another thing!

Half price!

All cards!

Stock up now, with the fading memory of mail delivery but yet also with the optimistic vision that we will have an affordable method for sending cards again!

From now until the end of December (and maybe beyond) all of our greeting cards, seasonal or otherwise,
are 50% off.

Upcoming Shop Hours!

OPEN in Naramata Saturday December 14th and Saturday December 21st, 12 - 4

OPEN in Penticton in the Cannery Trade Centre, Wednesday - Friday 12 - 4 and Saturday 11 - 3. We will be OPEN December 27th and 28th.

Totes and Tea Towels! We have custom designed Naramata totes, plus oversized floursack towels, and printed them by hand using vintage woodblocks from an old printing press. Each is unique!

Bonus! In our Naramata shop: Purchase $50 or more and get a tote for FREE!

Our November online auction has ended. We’ll be taking an auction break through the holiday season. But we aren’t sitting still, we’re already gathering some lovely and unique pieces to offer in the New Year.

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Available! An exceptional carved argillite rattle, signed Freddie Wilson. See more about this beautiful work of art here.

Rare 1918 poster, New Hampshire Food Administration, Be a “Potatriot”
Paper size 29” x 20 7/8””

NEW in our online collection and available for immediate purchase, a rate and unique propaganda broadside poster.

Produced by the New Hampshire Food Administration and printed by Evans Printing Company in Concord, NH, dated 1918. This antique broadside measures 29” x 20 7/8”

The broadside was printed to encourage citizens to attend New Hampshire's "potato drive" from April 15 to May 15, 1918. Farmers needed to conserve wheat, and that effort was supported by people buying and eating potatoes.

The four wee poster reproductions in each corner were created by the Division of Pictorial Publicity in Washington, DC. Many such posters were made throughout the war years to increase public support for food conservation efforts.

Learn more about this very unique historical piece here.

4th Meridian’s second seasonal location is in the heart of Naramata Village, #4 126 Robinson.

4th Meridian Naramata is open for just one more Saturday from 12 to 4

Find unique paper items like cards, vintage and vintage-inspired prints & ephemera, posters and one of a kind Naramata stickers. Beautiful, functional giftable local and vintage pottery and glass, plus collectible and curious vintage and antique objects.

Gift Certificates are available, and 4th Meridian ships worldwide!

Cannery Trade Centre, our original home base.

We are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 12 - 4 and on Saturday we are open 11 - 3.

The Cannery Trade Centre is hopping with new businesses featuring coffee at One14 Coffee Co, baked goods in the same location made by Handful Of, amazing beer at The Tin Whistle Brewery, plus many events and artists at Donut House Studios, and even more shopping!

Visit us for: pottery, glassware, greeting cards, framed vintage art prints, original fine art, hand-poured candles, and BOOKS about food, food memoirs and food travel. Plus many vintage curiosities and useful items to accent your interior spaces.

Gift certificates! Any denomination, and we’ll mail it anywhere on your behalf. Valid at both of our locations, Cannery Trade Centre year-round, and Naramata March through to October.

CLICK the photos to see even more pics of the shop. But things change all the time, so best to visit!