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Wales Antiques Guide 2010; and it’s smokin’….

Paul Williams — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:03:26 +0000

It’s that time of year again; as it is with the crocus and the primrose, the West Wales Antiques Guide reminds us it is spring…

And this year I InDesign-ed it myself; well done me!

Wales Antiques Guide 2010

The WALES ANTIQUES GUIDE is published annually each spring and distributed across Mid and West Wales and beyond. We have been publishing the Guide since 1987 – twenty-three sucessful years! If you are interested in finding out more about the Wales Antiques Guide contact Paul Williams on 01239 615866 or 07790438157 or by email at paul_williams@btinternet.com. Prepared and designed by Paul Williams with the help of Norman Williams and John Higginbottom.

Welsh Antique Quilts Blankets and Textiles; Jen, Jane and Athene

Paul Williams — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:22:42 +0000

I’m going to start the year’s blogging with a low key post but one which might help if you’re feeling cold at night.

I’ve added to my links a new category; Welsh Quilts and Blankets.

Included are Jen Jones, Jane Beck and Athene English, Wales’ foremost dealers in Welsh Textiles.

Athene English
Jen Jones
Jane Beck

All are listed at www.walesantiques.co.uk.

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Tim Bowen Antiques Newsletter: Books for Christmas

Paul Williams — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:29:42 +0000

I’ve just received my first newsletter from Tim Bowen Antiques. If you are a fan of all things Welsh and Antique this is a must visit showroom…

Welcome to our first newsletter.
We aim to keep you informed of new stock, forthcoming exhibitions and also some things you might find useful or interesting.

New Stock

Winter Exhibition 2009

Catalogue on line

New publications

New Welsh Quilting Centre

Winter Exhibtion 2009
Our Winter Selling Exhibition starts on Saturday 14 November and is open every day 10am – 5pm until Saturday 21 November. The catalogue will be in the post…Royal Mail permitting! by the end of October.Just in case, it will also be available as a pdf document on our website home page from 2 November.
Also this year, by popular request we will include the price list and prices will also be available on the website. Items will be available to buy from 2nd November.
www.timbowenantiques.co.uk
The Jen Jones Quilt Centre opened its doors this summmer at the Old Town Hall in Lampeter. There is an excellent permanent exhbition of Welsh Quilts and a changing exhibition of contemporary Welsh design and art. Well worth a visit, especially if you are visiting us and staying a few days. Also stop at the Welsh Woolen Museum near Newcastle Emlyn.
www.jen-jones.com
Books
Welsh Samplers by Chris S Stephens and Eleri Davies Gomer Press £3.99 good small but informative book on a subject near to our hearts.
A Christmas Collection from Wales also by Chris S Stephens at £7.99 – both plus packaging and good as stocking fillers.
Early British Chairs and Seats by Tobias Jellinek published by Antique Collectors Club. A wonderful book well written in a style to amuse and entertain as well as enlighten. www.antiquecollectorsclub.com
Tim Bowen Antiques, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire
info@timbowenantiques.co.uk

The Auction Surplus Shop Crosshands: John Dawson and Rosa De Bartolomeo

Paul Williams — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:59:19 +0000

A reminder to any antiques, antiques related, book, or auction business in Wales COULD be listed here and at Wales Antiques; all you need to do is ask!

And here’s someone who did just that…

The Auction Surplus Shop
Crosshands (End M4)
Llanelli
Carmarthenshire
Carms SA14 6LR
tel: 01269 844505
email: auctionsurplus@gmail.com
Open: Mon-Sat 11-3; not Wed
Est: 1988; Environment Agency licensed
Owners: John Dawson, Rosa De Bartolomeo
“furniture which is pleasing, well made, functional and of good material”

H.M Stanley and the Emin Pacha Relief Expedition Commemorative Plate

Paul Williams — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:41:26 +0000

If you want to test your knowledge of history to the limit, buy antiques. Which is what I did this morning.

This plate (glazed pottery, transfer printed, about 24cms across) is a fairly familar model. It was made in the later part of Queen Victoria’s reign and these commeratives most commonly depict Her Majesty at the time of her 1887 Jubilee. The better quailty versions would show scenes from her mighty Empire and were often coloured with a gilded edge.

Other figures commemorated include the Duke of Clarence, Disraeli, Gladstone and other notables of the day. The latter were typically monochrome.

What makes this unusual (for me anyway) is that I’ve never seen this subject before. Stanley I know of from broad-stroke schoolboy history and his name is usually linked with Livingstone. And of course immediately one wants to know who more about Dr Emin Bey the Emin Pacha Relief Expedition; would anyone like to tell me WITHOUT googling?