Christmas is coming!
This is the time to think and plan your Christmas entertaining. Many people like to have themes to enhance their Christmas table.
It is fun to put a little thought into dressing the table.
I am featuring today, items from many of the dealers in the centre who have suitable things in their stock. It can only be a small collection posted here - please come and have a look to enjoy more.
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And naturally I can't guarantee that items seen here are still available. Some things do not stay with us for long. The pair of Staffordshire dogs I featured last week have already sold.
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Now settle down and dream of good food and drink in the festive days ahead.
Whether your guests are with you for the day or just a short visit, you will be sure to be offering a drink. Impress them with this lovely crystal decanter.
JS has a wide selection of decanters and glasses.
The candelabra is one of a pair that JS is selling.
Perhaps you need more cutlery - then this is the cabinet for you.
You can find bundles of knives, forks and spoons.
I have chosen more individual items - a ladle, a fruit spoon, grape shears, nutcrackers and the toast rack.
Some are silver and some are silver plate.
JC created a table decoration in her Sarreguemines fish.
JC created a table decoration in her Sarreguemines fish.
It is standing on one of her table cloths.
I think I could have photographed almost everything in JN's area.
I think I could have photographed almost everything in JN's area.
He has so much that is elegant and interesting, a dinner service, plates of all kinds, jugs, glassware etc.
Above we see a silver plated coffee pot and tea pot, being sold together, and a sugar shaker.
Just imagine mouth watering glazed carrots and tasty sprouts sprinkled with bacon in these silver plated vegetable dishes.
And after a lovely dinner you can all relax with a brandy and some cheese.
Your fine selection of cheeses will seem extra special in this cheese dome.
I see SBG's ice bucket coming out in the evening - perhaps after the guests have gone there
could be a romantic sipping of champagne by candlelight.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a cake.
Your beautifully decorated cake would sit proudly on this glass cake stand (maybe called a tazza).
TJ also has a boxed embroidered table cloth and some candlesticks.
MC has a wide range of lovely Webb Corbett crystal glasses - there are glasses for all variety of drinks. She has tumblers too for water or soft drinks.
She has 38 such items in all.
In the cabinet is some silver ware - a specimen vase for that single special flower and a delicate napkin ring.
It's tea time!
Imagine bringing out this lovely 1930s Shelley tea set in the late afternoon and offering some turkey sandwiches and cake.
This is a set with 8 place settings - cups, saucers and 2 different sized tea plates. There are two larger bread and butter or cake plates and the teapot and the milk jug.
Very elegant!
The tea set is part of PM's stock.
You may think of Midwinter as having the more jazzy designs of the 1950s and 1960s. But they were manufacturing before that.
This floral chintz two tier cake plate is by Midwinter. I am not sure when it dates from.
The Bristol Blue decanter is by Dartington Glass.
More decanters - sadly a bit out of focus.
This pair on the stand are Stuart Crystal. They are very heavy and very fine. The set is being sold by GR.
They are standing in front of a polished silver tray. It is beautiful - but that is why the picture is not well focussed! I couldn't stand in front of it, because you didn't want to see my reflection!
Finally, after the modern collectable, Midwinter, we return to "real" antiques.
The glass is Georgian and would make a very special present for an enthusiast.
This is a cabinet newly started by JD.
The little grape shears are from the same cabinet.
They are standing on one of the table cloths that JW has in her extensive range of linen and lace.
This is such a small collection of items. I hope it has given you a taste of the sort of things you can see in Pilgrims Antiques.
You will always receive a friendly greeting and you will find that our dealers love to engage in conversation if that is your wish. But we are also happy for quiet browsing too.
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