Archive for Antique Collecting
Amazing Antique Dog Collection
Posted by: | CommentsI’d like to show you an astonishing collection of antique dogs sent to me by AntiquesAvenue blog reader Margaret. This lady clearly knows how to select a great antique dog , many of hers dogs have legs which are separated from each other and the main body rather than molded as one piece and look at those pretties carrying baskets of flowers. Many pottery dogs like these were made by the Staffordshire potters throughout the Victorian era. The more delicate porcelain examples were often made in Germany and Austria about the same time.
Thank you Margaret for sharing these with us
Do you have a collection you would like to share on AntiquesAvenue Antiques blog? If so please do get in touch – Anne.
Books about Antiques
Posted by: | CommentsWant to buy a real book rather than surfing the web? I am collecting all my personal recommendations :
What can I collect?
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Collection of vintage brooches
Having recently discussed where to start collecting antiques, it seems appropriate to take a quick look at what can be collected.
The brief answer to this is anything can be collected, all you need to do to form a collection is to amass a quantity of a given type of object. As the collection grows it can be documented, categorised and displayed as the collector wishes. I have a brief article on Wedgwood Jasper Jewellery which gives just one idea and here are a few more:
Decorative Collectables and Antiques
These antiques and collectables can be used to decorate your home:
- Wall Art; Pictures, Paintings, Prints, Photographs
- Ceramics: Pottery and Porcelain, Vases, Figurines, Animals, Tiles
- Glass: Vases, Paperweights
- Sculpture
- Kitchenalia and Garden implements
- Silver and silver plated ware
Useful Antiques
Vintage and antique items which can still be used today
- Furniture, lighting, rugs
- Soft furnishings, cushions, curtains
- Kitchenalia and Garden Antiques
- Writing and desk accessories
- silver and silver plated ware
Wearabable Pieces and vanity accessories
Just right for the fashionable retro look
- Jewellery
- Vintage Clothing and accessories
- Buttons, Hat Pins, Perfume bottles
Small and Cabinet collectables
- Stamps, coins, medals
- Antiquities
Vintage Motoring, Advertising, Books, Postacards, Toys, Scientific Instruments, autographs – the list really does seem endless