Winter 2010 (Issue 37) out now!
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Welcome to the Winter 2010 edition of Antiques and Collectables for Pleasure & Profit (Issue 37). It’s packed full of features and stories, snippets and comments – just perfect for you to curl up
and read on a cold winter’s evening!
Our feature on the history of quilts, presented by UK journalist Judith Dunn, is particularly special because it highlights quilts from the V&A Museum in London, some of which have never before
been on display. We also have a look at the Australian story of quilt making, thanks to historian and noted author Annette Gero.
We open a box of jewels – literally, because we’re talking about jewellery boxes! – and author and specialist collector Peter Sheridan takes a stroll down memory lane with his feature on the Art
Deco Bakelite radio in Australia. There’s a story on the beauty of the porcelain plaque, and we take a tour of Olivewood, one of South Australia’s most interesting historic homes.
This issue we also introduce some of our ‘Dinosaur Dealers’ – people who have been in the trade for 25 years or more. There are plenty of them, and they’ve got some great stories! We take a
light-hearted look at collecting kitsch, and collector Frances Langenberg presents a feature on christening robes.
There’s a tour of Ballarat and its famous goldfields, and UK writer Ivor Hughes concludes his tale of the Doulton Lambeth pottery. If that’s not enough pottery for you, we’ve also got a feature
on Moorcroft in Australia. There’s a stunning story on the royal collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and we delve into life in Georgian times.
Then there are all the regular sections, including Curios (Grinling Gibbons, anyone?), On the Up (this issue it’s folk art), Snippets, Movers and Shakers, Auction Challenge, Bargain Hunter, Books in
Review, What’s it Worth and Eric Knowles, who takes a memorable trip to Scotland!
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Holmegaard Glass: Born in a bog
It may not be all that romantic to say a glassworks was born in a bog, but in this case it’s entirely true. The Danish Count ChristiaChristian Danneskiold-Samsoee sent an
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Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…
From the vast beaches of the Australian coastline to the backyard sandpits everywhere, generations of children grew up with the brightly coloured sand toys of summer
that are now so collectable ....more
Pictures in silk
Before we explore the history of silk picture manufacture, we thought a bit of background information on the credentials of our author Jack Tempest
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WMF: Works of Art in Metal
When German miller Daniel Straub established a small metal workshop more than one hundred and fifty years ago, he could never have
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A Passion for Plastic
Impossible as it is for us to imagine a world without plastic, there was a time when its use was not only rare but also incredibly hazardous, and we owe today’s conveniences
to yesteryear’s undaunted ....more
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