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5 reasons why you should buy vintage and antique jewellery
By Howell 1870 Whether a lover of old or new, our fascination with pre-loved objects is something that we all share, no more so than with antique and vintage jewellery. Its strange power to instill so many emotions is a mystery, or is it? We look at five reasons why…
The Haresfur Collection - Glass from Finland 1935-1985
An Exhibition at AAFE November 2022 Leading Scandinavian design specialists, Haresfur, based near Leicester, have spent the past three years sourcing and acquiring pieces of Finnish glass, mostly from the Nordic countries, to put together a high quality exhibition of around 50 pieces of art glass. They will be offering…
Georg Jensen - a real rarity
Jacqui Murfitt from Scottish & Scandinavian Designs has unearthed a real Scandinavian treasure. "In the antique trade you often hear items referred to as rare, unique and other such superlatives, however, at Scottish and Scandinavian Designs we really think we have sourced a rare bracelet from none other than Georg…
Willa Latham a love of Bow Figures
"Whenever I see Bow figures I find them hard to resist. However, often the ones I find are so banged up or badly restored that I can't really get involved in buying them… but these two beauties passed the test. Meet Arlecchino and Columbina, two figures of the Commedia dell'Arte,…
A Special Work of Art
Rountree Tryon Galleries will be bringing this glorious painting of the Towneley family by Richard Ansdell to Art & Antiques for Everyone this Winter.
The Story of “Grandmamma”
Sylvie Collett-Holmes tells the story of one of her favourite pieces from a career in antiques.
Here we come a wassailing!
Simple though this humble cup may appear it has, in common with all of J Collins & Son's fascinating pieces, a wonderful story to tell. It is in fact a fine Charles II 17th century lignum vitae wassail bowl, having a thin rim. It has four bands of reeded lines…
A love for Lea Stein
We asked Jacqui Murfitt from Scottish & Scandinavian Design to tell us about her love of Lea Stein jewellery: When I accepted this challenge I thought – easy; I mean we've been selling Lea's works of art for c20 years but.... how wrong can you be? It's taken far longer…
Mere Antiques talk about their passion for the work of Anthony Amos
Mere Antiques talk to us about their passion for the work of Anthony Amos.
