My very first purchase while traveling Europe on $5 a Day

It has been repaired many times. Recently, I spotted the same candelabra in an open air market while driving to Tarquinia, Latium, by the Tyrrhenian Sea. It just didn't feel right to replace my first purchase from Italy.
It has been many years, yet I still remember the sunny, sunday morning at the Florence Flea Market.
Do you remember your first purchase from an Italian Flea Market?
Gina