Stray Dog Antique owner Gina Puzzouli appreciates the sewing skills necessary to create garments like this handmade vintage dress. Puzzouli recently added vintage clothes to the secondhand items and antiques she features in her Hale Street shop.

A collection of century-old, hand-blown glass domes sit on an inlaid round table. Reproductions of domes like these are sold in home furniture and accessory stores.

Helen Poffenbargar went from devoted customer to saleswoman when she started working at Stray Dog in June. The daughter of Charleston artist Susan Poffenbargar and an artist herself, she appreciates Puzzouli's love of art, which shows in her varied inventory.

Costume jewelry sells well in the first floor display cases, as do clothes and other small items.

Beaded and embroidered evening bags join fanciful hair accessories on a bright display board.