Last November to celebrate National Antiques Week Homes and Antiques magazine and Antiques News and Fairs asked the public to vote for their favourite antiques business in the following categories: Best Antiques Shop, Best Specialist Shop, Best Antiques Centre, Best Vintage/Mid-Century Shop and Best Auction House. The finalists have been announced and we are delighted [...]

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Oil on Canvas ‘Farmer Hughes’ dated 1941 by Victoria Davidson. She was born Munich in 1917, moved to London 1935 and died in 1999.  She was a prolific and accomplished illustrator, cartonist and poster designer who worked on advertising for campaigns for Nestle, Kellogs, the Post Office, Guiness and designed posters for London Transport 1959-63. £265

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This signed William Moorcroft Moonlit Blue landscape vase, circa 1924, is beautifully decorated with four trees in a blue rolling landscape. It stands at 7.5 inches. The Moonlit Blue landscape design was launched in 1922 and shown at the Wembley Exhibition in 1924. This is a very fine, signed example of a rare and much [...]

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This wonderful bracelet is a lovely example of rose gold. Whereas pure gold is of course yellow in colour, coloured gold – such as rose gold – is achieved via a process of alloying gold with other elements in various proportions. Widely used for jewellery, rose gold is a gold and copper alloy. It can [...]

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Don’t forget we’re at the Woodbridge Festive Market on Saturday, held in the Shire Hall and in the Market Square. We’ll be there between 9:30am and 4pm, so we hope you’ll drop by and visit us!

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Old Sheffield Plate wax jacks are now quite rare. They were designed to hold long coils of sealing wax and were a common endowment for a desk writing set. Today they are very sought after pieces, making attractive ornaments for display. Enthusiasm for Old Sheffield Plate is very high and is evidenced in the high [...]

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We will be at the Woodbridge Festive Market, held at the Shire Hall and the Market Square, on Saturday 10th December between 9:30am and 4pm. These are always great events and it’s a superb chance to visit us and buy a gift which is that little bit special before Christmas. We hope to see you [...]

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This is the book that helped nurture America’s recognition of the holiday of Christmas by celebrating English festive traditions. Written by the famous 19th century American author, essayist, biographer and historian Washington Irving, who produced the famous stories ‘Rip van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, it was said to have even influenced Charles Dickens’ [...]

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Just a reminder that you have until November 30th to cast your vote for us in ‘Britain’s Best Antiques Shop’ competition under the ‘Best Antiques Centre’ category. Visit www.homesandantiques.com or www.nationalantiquesweek.co.uk to do so. Every vote is greatly appreciated and you could win one of 10 prizes of at least £200 in value.

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Published by John Sudbury and George Humble, 1616, and from John Speed’s atlas ‘The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine’, the Latin edition is arguably the rarest of all editions, being produced for the overseas market. It is a very attractive map which includes insets of the town plans of Northampton and Peterborough. It features [...]

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