Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Some photos from the Antiques Fair at the Botanic Gardens


We are still recovering from a long (3 day) weekend.  All the setting up at an Antiques Fair takes a goodly while and it takes just as long to pack it all away again!  Here is a view of the rather splendid Welsh Folk Art chair, made entirely of thread bobbins, and dating from about 1880 - 1900.  It had been stored in a barn for a while, judging by the dust on it, so guess who got to clean and polish every bobbin?  


Some of the dust collectors offered for sale . . .

And yet more dust collectors.  I especially love the 1960s Royal Copenhagen blue bowl at the front.  Not to mention the Sami knife to its right, which has wonderful scraffiti reindeer engraved on it.

A selection of chairs and masks, and some more humble household stuff in the basket.

Bits and bobs - both the Beatrix Potter plates sold.




More ethnic stuff - lots from Africa, a splendid Omani dagger . . . and a really unusual Chinese bronze bed warmer . . .

My "Military Advisor's" end!!

 Dashing off out now.  Hope you enjoyed this glimpse of our "other life".


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  1. Sue in Suffolk25 April 2017 at 04:30

    My choices from your stall would have been the blue and white Cornish ware(?) jug and that diddy little wooden chair ( but NOT the mask laying on it!) Hope you made a fortune!!

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  2. Bovey Belle25 April 2017 at 06:00

    Pretty little chair, now in the Unit, and so is the Cornish Ware jug (T.G. Green, proper job). The other child's (potty) chair sold . . .

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  3. The Weaver of Grass25 April 2017 at 08:55

    Such fascinating stuff BB. I always wonder about the history of such things.

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  4. Bovey Belle25 April 2017 at 12:35

    I always say I wish some of these things could talk - WHAT a story they would tell. Folk always say what an interesting stand we have.

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  5. Dawn25 April 2017 at 13:20

    I love the bobbin chair I am wondering if I have a corner for it :-)

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  6. Bovey Belle25 April 2017 at 13:45

    Isn't it gorgeous? You'll have to come and have a trial sit on it!

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  7. thelma25 April 2017 at 22:50

    Loved the Beatrix Potter plates, and the little chair, one time I wanted to collect chairs but they do need space. A lovely collection of wares Jennie.

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  8. Bovey Belle25 April 2017 at 23:52

    Thanks Thelma. We try and have a good selection off things to appeal to as many buyers as possible. I always look for the unusual, and the beautiful.

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