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FISHER COROMANDEL SILVER VANITY BOX - Magnificent Coromandel Silver dressing case which comes in its original leather case with shipping label. The box is veneered in Coromandel, has brass edging, with the inside of the lid being lined wi... more >>
Date Posted - 30 Jun 2010
Date Posted - 30 Jun 2010
Nelson Events Ltd - The annual Antiques, Collectors, Art Deco & 20th Century at Gresham’s School, Holt, North Norfolk, which, for the first time in its 11 years, is a two day event, is expected to be the busiest yet.
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Date Posted - 22 Jun 2010
Date Posted - 22 Jun 2010
18th century oak carved Side Chair - This side chair has a great strength of form with a well shaped vase splat and a curved cresting rail, which, unusually is shaped on the back..
1750/60
52cms wide x 89cmsd deep x 103cms tall... more >>
Date Posted - 20 May 2010
Date Posted - 20 May 2010
Miniature Welsh Chest of Drawers - A miniature Welsh oak Chest of Drawers, with chequer strung inlaid frieze.... more >>
Date Posted - 20 May 2010
Date Posted - 20 May 2010
Change Of Date For Alexandra Palace - Change Of Date For Alexandra Palace
Following another successful Antiques, Art Deco, 20th Century & Collectors Fair at Alexandra Palace on Sunday 25th April, Peter Barrows, Chairman of Nelson Even... more >>
Date Posted - 27 Apr 2010
Date Posted - 27 Apr 2010
Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Dressing Mirror - A good Dutch marquetry inlaid dressing mirror circa 1760, the swing mirror with marquetry inlaid and crested frame upon a minature bureau with marquetry inlaid fall and drawer, the interior fitted wit... more >>
Date Posted - 25 Apr 2010
Date Posted - 25 Apr 2010
London's Biggest Antiques & Collectors Fair - London's Biggest Antiques & Collectors Fair
Sees Growing Trade & Consumer Confidence
With record dealer bookings and a growing consumer interest, the Alexandra Palace Antiques, Art Deco, 20th Cent... more >>
Date Posted - 22 Apr 2010
Date Posted - 22 Apr 2010
The Metamorphic Library Chair - Tables, chairs and stools containing Library Steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but the chair-based design did not become popular until the second decade of the nineteenth... more >>
Date Posted - 17 Apr 2010
Date Posted - 17 Apr 2010
Antiques Fair at WEC a resounding success - New Fair At WEC A Resounding Success
With the new fair at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, near Leamington Spa, at dealer capacity, the excitement was building for the innaugural event on Sunday... more >>
Date Posted - 10 Mar 2010
Date Posted - 10 Mar 2010
Mothers Day alternative ideas. - Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall in Northumberland
Friday 12 – Sunday 14 March 2010
For Mother’s Day on Sunday 14 March, beautiful bouquets and bunches of fresh flowers
will be bought o... more >>
Date Posted - 08 Mar 2010
Date Posted - 08 Mar 2010
The Ironbridge Ceramic Seminar - THE IRONBRIDGE CERAMIC SEMINAR
Most seminars, on any branch of art and antiques, follow the well trodden path of comprising a series of illustrated lectures delivered by experts in the field. This ... more >>
Date Posted - 20 Feb 2010
Date Posted - 20 Feb 2010
Unprecidented Dealer Response To New Fair In The West Midlands - Nelson Events Ltd
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Unprecidented Dealer Response To New Fair In The West Midlands
Following the launch of the new antiques, art deco, 20th... more >>
Date Posted - 11 Feb 2010
Date Posted - 11 Feb 2010
Allan Builds on his Best Ever Day - Next week a brand new area opens at GB Antiques Centre, in Lancaster.
Situated at Lancaster Leisure Park, the indoor antiques, collectables and furniture centre adding a further 4,000 square feet, ... more >>
Date Posted - 11 Feb 2010
Date Posted - 11 Feb 2010
High praise on Sufolk coast - An ever popular antiques and vintage goods store in Southwold, Suffolk has recently been praised by the BBC.
Cornucopia Antiques in Blackmill Road Southwold was been tipped as one of the top five ... more >>
Date Posted - 22 Jan 2010
Date Posted - 22 Jan 2010
Robert Gillow and Lancashire Buck - The North-South Antiques Divide - Lancashire does not always generally come to the mind as a centre for cultural and artistic excellence when compared to other areas of the UK. However, in the antiques world, Lancaster in particular h... more >>
Date Posted - 09 Dec 2009
Date Posted - 09 Dec 2009
Roger Fenton - Pioneer Photographer - Roger Fenton was born in Heywood, Lancashire on the 20th of March, 1819. His grandfather was a wealthy cotton mill owner and banker, his father a banker and a Member of Parliament. Fenton was the four... more >>
Date Posted - 04 Sep 2009
Date Posted - 04 Sep 2009
The Puckle Gun - Puckle Gun – 1718
The Puckle Gun - James Puckle (c. 1667-1724) was a British notary-public and also an author with his best-known work being "The Club", a moral dialogue between a father and his ... more >>
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
The Clockmakers' Company - The Clockmakers’ Company is a City of London Livery Company (a craft guild) and it was founded under a Royal Charter granted by Charles I in 1631. The Clockmakers’ Company was established to regul... more >>
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
Don't give up hope - Don't give up hope - Whether we are dealers, collectors or just people with a general interest in antiques we all dream of of finding the one gem, the piece everyone else missed and we found, the unse... more >>
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
Date Posted - 28 Aug 2009
Susie Cooper - Susie Cooper was born in the Stanfields area of Burslem on October 29th, 1902 and was the youngest of seven children. She attended night classes at the Burslem School of Art in the hope of becoming a ... more >>
Date Posted - 21 Aug 2009
Date Posted - 21 Aug 2009
World War 1 Death Plaques - In 1916 it was decided that some form of memorial would be established for presentation to the next of kin of those that died during the war. A government committee was established to decide the natu... more >>
Date Posted - 23 Jul 2009
Date Posted - 23 Jul 2009
