What can I collect?

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