We hope you are all enjoying a happy and prosperous beginning to 2023, with thanks for the ongoing support over the last two thirds of a century. We are unsure of how 2023 will shape…
Tales from the Trade with John Maas – Dealings with a WWII Spitfire Fighter Pilot
A message from John: It never ceases to amaze me that new discoveries can be made almost every day when you cover an area as extensive as we do: Cornwall to N. Scotland. This is…
December 2022
Remembering Robert this Christmas… Robert Kime 1946-2022He always created a wonderful, cosy and beautiful environment for people to enjoy. Words from John Maas: I first met Robert in about 1969. Back then his modest flat in…
November 2022
Greetings from The New Forest. Having been in the antiques business for some 65 years we have inevitably developed areas of special interest. In our case it is for the period in England between 1660…
September 2022
A message from John: Today it is as difficult as ever to predict consequences for UK businesses as operating costs spiral higher. However we are optimistic as we see cash moving into tangibles. In fact…
July’s New Antique Acquisitions
Dear all, We hope this finds you well. Herewith an example of something exceptional that we have managed to find: A Remarkable English Queen Anne Period Burr Walnut Tallboy, ca 1710 From a private Scottish estate.…
A General Overview For Collectors of Fine Furniture
It is unlikely that you will come across many Elizabethan period items, so your research will most probably start with the English Commonwealth (1649-1660). These periods do have a specialist (if somewhat limited) following. Always…
Earth Day – Shop Sustainably, Shop Antiques
A message from John and Winnie: Hardly a day goes by without media references to the causes and effects of Global Warming. The latter gets its fair share with graphic coverage of colossal chunks of…
Learn How To Preserve Your Antiques
One of the most overlooked aspects of collecting is the ambient conditions of the rooms into which you place your newly-acquired antiques. Often previous prevailing conditions will differ from yours. Naturally any antique will have survived…
Our Passion For Export Lacquer And Japanned Items
A brief message from John: My earliest interest in antiques revolved around weekly visits (in 1946) to huge piles of dumped Japanese bronzes left outside their cities to be melted down for their war effort.…
