Jan and John Maggs Antiques
Conway, Massachusetts
Newsletter -- May 25, 2005
Our shop on Friday night, April 29 -- ready for our Spring Opening on Saturday morning
Since our last newsletter.....
.....two things have occupied most of our attention. First, our Spring Opening was especially successful. Shoppers came from five states, as did neighbors from Conway and many of the small towns that surround us. Buyers rewarded our efforts as they added to their collections. Conversation was upbeat, and most customers were able to put the country's economic woes behind them for a few minutes at least.
Our Brimfield week was a great success. On the selling side, we brought a mix of affordable, low-to-middle range things and a few high-end smalls. We sold across the entire range, from outstanding 17th century pieces to odds and ends gleaned from the corners of our barn. Buying was very good as well. The best pieces we brought home with us will be seen in our booth at Rhinebeck this weekend.
Finally, we've made a few subtle changes in our website, including several new pictures of the shop and larger thumbnails. We consider them improvements and hope that you do, too.
UPCOMING SHOWS
We leave early tomorrow morning for Rhinebeck, which takes place this weekend, the 28th and 29th.
We have but one show in June this year, largely because of the cancellation of Barn Star's Woodbury show. On Saturday, June 25 we'll be exhibiting at the Brewster Historical Society's 32nd Annual Outdoors Antiques Fair. For more information, click here.
We're happy to announce that the new owners of Country Cape Antiques Shows are moving the Pine Point show to the Mystic, CT Hilton on August 13 & 14. We'll be there, and details will appear in this newsletter as the time approaches.
To see a complete listing of our show schedule for 2005, click here.
Featured Inventory
Perhaps you've noticed that our last two newsletters have been rather slim in the inventory department. To dispel any suspicions that our shop is empty, we offer the following:
Smalls
Last month we brought back dozens of good smalls from England. Here are a few that survived our opening as well as several we got at Brimfield and from our pickers.
Unusual half-wrythen ale glass [#16268] SOLD
Westerwald jug with initials GR [#16293]
Early bronze mortar and pestle [#16301] SOLD
Tiny carved wooden chest [#16387]
18th century turned wooden pricket candle holder [#16388] SOLD
Large Julius Norton stoneware ovoid jug [#16390] SOLD
A group of five early horn beakers SOLD
English pewter plates [#16400] SOLD
18th century engraved glass flip [#16404]
Chinese "necessaries" kit in shagreen case [#16049]
!7th century brass square-base candle holder with heart feet [#16395]
Early 19th century blown glass flip [#16398]
Paintings
This month we feature the work of New Hampshire artist Dennis Sheehan with seven oil paintings we've not posted before. Click this link to our Paintings and Prints Gallery for a look.
Delft tiles
Between England, our Dutch friends, Brimfield, and local sources, we've greatly enhanced our stock of Dutch tiles. Here are just a few.
Dutch mulberry tile of a canal in Delft [#16415]
Dutch tile of mermaid [#16323]
Dutch mulberry tile of a bird [#70123]
Dutch mulberry tile on a biblical subject [#16416]
Dutch mulberry tile of a running hedgehog [#16385]
Dutch tile of a horseman [#16315]
Dutch tile of ale-drinking revelers [#1631
Dutch tile of praying man [#15816]
English Furniture
Two pewter racks and a fabulous carved walnut stool are recent additions to our stock of English furnishings.
Georgian walnut cross-stretcher stool [#16273]
Oak plate rack with scalloped cornice [#16272]
This Month's Feature
This month we offer the twelfth and final installment of our twelve-part pictorial series on the restoration of our home.
Click to read GARDEN AND FRONT DOOR.
Tales of the Trade
The saga of the sixty-three inch court cupboard (March Newsletter) continues. Click here for the final chapter.
Links
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Thanks for taking the time to read our little monthly. As always, we encourage you to e-mail any comments that might make the newsletter more useful to you. Just click the mailbox, or write to jmaggs@jmaggs.com.
And we thank you for being a customer.
John and Jan