7 Feburary 2012
Exciting news for 2 WEADA members this week with the announcement of the shortlist for Britain’s Best Antiques Shops as part of National Antiques Week awards organised jointly by Homes and Antiques and Antiques News and Fairs
Michael and Jo Saffell of Bath are on the shortlist for “Specialist Antiques Shop” and a very deserving position it is with their wonderful display of English tins for the collector and dealer. Mike and Jo have been members of WEADA since the beginning and we are delighted to offer them our congratulations for a job well done in getting so many votes.
Congratulations also to the other deserving WEADA member, on the shortlist in the “Antique Shop” category, Blighty Antiques located in the Suffolks area of Cheltenham, dubbed the “Notting Hill area of Cheltenham”. Their absolutely charming bijou shop is home to a mix of country house and colonial pieces with some fabulously eccentric decorative accessories.
We wish Michael and Jo Saffell and Blighty Antiques the very best of luck for the final announcement on Thursday 8 March at the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair when Kirstie Allsopp of Channel 4 Television will announce the lucky winners.
Blighty Antiques will be exhibiting at The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair along with WEADA chairman Patrick Macintosh of Macintosh Antiques of Sherborne, Michael Chugg of Tetbury and Anthony Cole of Warminster. Complimentary tickets available from the web site.
www.longstreetantiques.co.uk (Michael Chugg)
Nominate your favourite antiques shop!
- Best antiques shop
- Best antiques centre
- Best specialist shop
- Best mid-century/vintage shop
- Best auction house
- Linea by Portmeiron Blue Laurel porcelain dinnerware set, worth over £200
- Overnight stay at the Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath, worth £375
- Overnight stay with dinner for two at The Swan, Lavenham, worth over £300
- A stunning Interflora flower arrangement worth £250
- LAPADA antiques vouchers worth £200
The Swan Gallery announces their latest exhibition from 20 August - 3 September to be called "Views of the West Country"
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A wide variety of oils and water colours will be on display showing exceptional and interesting views of Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall by William J Wyllie, Robert Thorne Waite, Samuel J Lamorna Birch, Albert Moulton Foweraker, AC Strachan, William & Frederick Widgery, John Henry Miole, John White, Philip Mithcell, EA Row and many others. Contemporary artists Jeremy Hammick, John Ambrose and Eric Wood
We are delighted to welcome Acorn Antiques of Dulverton as new members for 2011.
Acorn Antiques supply handmade sofas and chairs, Georgian and Victorian Country House Furniture, Fine Art, antique furniture, antique upholstery and decorative items from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. You will also find handmade copies of the Howard sofa, chair, Chesterfield sofas and Georgian wing back armchairs, leather sofas and leather chairs and Knole sofas - all classic examples of English Country House upholstered furniture, copies of period sofas and chairs made in the traditional way in their own Somerset workshop.
Acorn Antiques was established in 1988 and is run by Peter and Maggie Hounslow who also offer a re-upholstery service, a bespoke Interior Design service and restoration of of oil paintings. Situated on the High Street in the Somerset Town of Dulverton, within The Exmoor National Park, Acorn Antiques is within easy reach of Bristol, Bath, Taunton, Exeter, Minehead and Barnstaple and close to the Devon border near Tiverton. Delivery can be arranged UK wide. See their History of Seating page for some fascinating academic background to the subject!
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