My plan is to add to this blog about our community of dealers each week. But I shall now wait to make more regular postings once the search engines have found me and start listing this blog.
There are 19 of us selling in the shop. For some it is part of their living, for others it fulfilling hobby that makes a little money.
For my part I am just happy to make enough money for a holiday each year.
This week I shall show you shelves within most of the cabinets in the shop.
I think I have now included items from everybody who sells.
I should just point out that on a blog it is possible to enlarge the photos by clicking on them and then using the back button to get back to the blog.
You might be glad to know this to see details of an item that interests you.
But first - why Pilgrims Antiques?
I thought perhaps that the name reflected the fact that Dorking is a town below the Pilgrims Way on the North Downs.
Perhaps it is partly that.
But right opposite the shop was once the home of one of the original Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to America.
Look! We have a working juke box. Music can often be heard wafting from this beautiful machine.
The base has chrome fins, just like on an American car of the 1950s.
It belongs to SK - I guess he wants to sell it, though he loves owning it.
The telephones are his too.
HC loves jewellery. She sells lots of lovely things. It is always a delight to open her cabinet for a customer. She has a passion for early bakelite and plastic jewellery as well as precious stones.
But as you see HC is not the only one who has jewellery. Many people have a little.
AG and CC share a cabinet and include lovely jewellery along with other lovely things - see the fine amber beads on the lower shelf.
On the middle shelf are some lovely Crown Derby ornaments.
JS sells cutlery - lots of lovely spoons as well as sets of knives and forks.
JSK has a cabinet too, but I have chosen to show her complete area. Her knowledge of glass is extensive. Talk to her on a Thursday about glass.
JC is not just a dealer, she is a craftswoman. She makes these lovely cushions with skills learned in early life in her native France.
GR is also a glass specialist.
She has fine sets of glasses at the moment. But my eye was caught by this wonderful decorated vase which is made by Hancock's Corona Ware.
JS sells cutlery - lots of lovely spoons as well as sets of knives and forks.
JSK has a cabinet too, but I have chosen to show her complete area. Her knowledge of glass is extensive. Talk to her on a Thursday about glass.
JC is not just a dealer, she is a craftswoman. She makes these lovely cushions with skills learned in early life in her native France.
GR is also a glass specialist.
She has fine sets of glasses at the moment. But my eye was caught by this wonderful decorated vase which is made by Hancock's Corona Ware.
MC - and a little more jewellery. Some beautiful blue 1920s beads. MC has 2 cabinets and also has small items of furniture and she has a lovely fireplace at the moment.
We call this Pilgrims Way. JN uses it for many items that he has reduced in price. It is a good place to browse for a bargain.
Though having said that we are known at Pilgrims for providing very good prices for both fellow dealers and the general public.
At the end of Pilgrims Way JK has barometers.
There are many types of barometer.
WGM has a cabinet for model cars, soldiers, farm animals etc.
I look forward to sharing more about Pilgrims Antiques with you, but I don't know when that will be.
If you have found this site through a search engine then clearly it is time for me to make more entries.
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