Pilgrims Antiques Centre West Street Dorking cabinets in Room 1.

At the moment there are 15 of us in Pilgrim's Antiques.
Each of us rents space - and spaces come in various shapes and sizes. Some people rent 2 spaces.
And some people rent one single cabinet.
The rent includes an obligation to look after the shop for an appropriate amount of time.

There are 3 single cabinets in Room 1, just inside the entrance.


Mick joined us comparatively recently.
He sells china and glass of the most collectable and sought after kind.
At the moment he has a lot of Poole Pottery. He has had Clarice Cliffe china in the cabinet.
If it is a 20th century well known make you are after then Mick is your man.

The time given for the rent of one cabinet need not be more than one day a month - so you may not have met Mick. He is normally in the shop on a Tuesday - but I am not sure which Tuesday in the month is his day and it does rather depend on his other commitments.
If you are seeking china of the kind Mick sells, please phone the shop
and one of us will contact him.
01306 875028 is the number.

Just now you can find a silver plated cocktail shaker in his cabinet.

I assumed that the silver goblet items by the shaker were indeed containers for cocktails.

But I am not a cocktail drinker.

Mick has described them as vases.


Examples of 1960s Poole Pottery.

Various bits of china and pottery on the top shelf of Mick's cabinet.

The jug is Radford Pottery.


Judy and Hilary have cabinets side by side, facing the door.
Judy sells cutlery and other silver or silver plated items of table ware.

Hilary sells wonderful jewellery - all old and beautiful.

Judy's ladles and spoons.

One of the shelves in Judy's cabinet, which shows the kind of things she has to offer.

Judy is in the shop on a Saturday afternoon.

A blue selection from Hilary's cabinet.

The bracelet on the right is actually a deep turquoise colour and is made of bakelite or plastic and wood.

It probably dates from the 1950s.

Lovely necklaces, bracelets and a brooch. I am always entranced by the fresh stock that appears in Hilary's cabinet each week.

Sometimes she displays art deco styles, sometimes it is glitzy and diamante, and at other times she has Victorian pieces.

Do come and enjoy the quality and variety. And when you need a gift or want to treat yourself, then come in and buy.

A selection of jewellery in the cabinet.

I do love it when people ask to see rings - it gives me a chance to try them too!

1930s butterfly brooch.

Orchid brooch.

This dates from a time when it was not a problem to use ivory. This orchid is made of ivory and has been tinted.

The number you see on the label is to enable Hilary to keep a record of her stock. We nearly all have our own system for giving each item for sale its own number.

Hilary very generously gives more time than her one cabinet specifies. She is in the shop almost every Thursday.

We have almost finished a detailed look at Room 1. Next week will be a total contrast as we discover the treasures that Bill has in his corner - the boy's toys corner!