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Antiques dealer in Alnwick Vintage & Antique, Alnwick, Northumberland UK

24/10/2026

Saatchi Gallery about to go wedding dress shopping with my lovely girl ###

21/10/2026

A little look around my stand in Alnwick Vintage & Antique this morning. Seasonal colours, autumn candlesticks and poppies for remembrance. Open daily except Sundays 10-5.

14/10/2026

On sale in Alnwick Vintage & Antique is this iconic Mundus/Thonet chair (with original makers’ labels) which I have paired with a charming small Victorian writing table.

This chair is redolent of its history in the art nouveau period in Central Europe being made and used in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Germany from the 1870s until the 1930s.

The example I have for sale is Thonet’s best known design - the No. 14 chair, the iconic chair of Parisian cafes which designer Jasper Morrison described as “refined to the point where there is no way to improve it.” . It earned a gold medal when it was shown at the 1867 World Exposition in Paris. It was praised by Le Corbusier, who said, “Never was a better and more elegant design and a more precisely crafted and practical item created.”

Thonet bentwood furniture was developed in the mid nineteenth century and the firm became Europe’s largest manufacturer becoming Gebruder Thonet in 1853 when the founder’s sons joined the business. In 1921 the company merged with Mundus to become the world’s largest furniture manufacturer. Both companies had factories in Central Europe and this chair bears the original labels which show it was made by Mundus in Poland c. 1913.

10/10/2026

This is a lovely atmospheric watercolour by Norman Septimus Boyce, signed lower right. It is called “Off our Coast“ and it depicts a sailing ship in the foreground with a distant steamer behind and other sailing ships in the background.

Boyce (1895-1962) is predominately known for his fishing and marine watercolours, although he did paint a number of county landscapes. He lived in Sunderland and painted scenes of the North Coast of England.

Boyce was the son of the well known British artist William Thomas Nichols Boyce (1857 - 1911) who was a marine and landscape painter in oil and watercolour.

(Apologies for all the reflections in my photos!)
The painting is available in Alnwick Vintage & Antique from today. Open daily 10-5 (closed Sundays).

07/10/2026

This delightful curiosity which is on sale in my cabinet in Alnwick Vintage & Antique is made by Royal Crown Derby. It’s in the iconic Unfinished Imari pattern. It’s really hard to show in the photos but the interior piece is all ridged down the sides so it has a distinct function! What is it? It’s a match striker used before the days of safety matches.
A stunning item in indigo blue and white with a useful purpose.
Shop open daily 10-5 (closed Sundays).

02/10/2026

Some stunning prints are new in to my stand Alnwick Vintage & Antique today.
First up is this Jolomo print entitled “Boats, Portuairk Ardnamurchan”. John Lowrie Morrison is a hugely popular expressionist painter of the west coast of Scotland working in vivid colours.

In contrast are two prints of Northumbrian castles at Bamburgh and Alnwick by local artist M. Scott Gleghorn (1932-2009). Executed in colour washed pen and ink, these are lovely works from 1977.
Shop open 10-5 daily except Sundays.

24/09/2026

Close-ups of how my stand looked when I left yesterday evening. There’s been a “run on smalls” recently so I’m not sure if any of this will still be there on Saturday but it all looked very pretty so I thought I’d share it with you. More stock coming on Saturday!! Open daily 10-5 (not Sundays). In Alnwick Market Place, Northumberland. Alnwick Vintage & Antique

23/09/2026

New into my cabinet in Alnwick Vintage & Antique is this beautiful Mabe Pearl and silver pendant.
A Mabe pearl is a dome-shaped, cultured half-pearl with a flat back that grows against the inside shell of an oyster rather than inside its soft tissue.
In the case of this pendant the oyster shell and seven pearls are still joined making a stunning irregular organic shape.
The shell has a silver rim and a very long silver chain.
Amazing to think an irritating grain of sand could develop into something of such natural beauty.
Our shop is on Alnwick Market Place and is open every day except Sunday from 10-5.

16/09/2026

Large handsome barley twist mahogany candle holder or pricket available in Alnwick Vintage & Antique today. Ready for autumn evenings, Hallowe’en celebrations and All Souls Day!
High Gothic Victoriana at its best. Open daily 10-5. Closed Sundays.
Cat nfs 😊

09/09/2026

This beautiful carved side table in the Liberty style is a new addition to my stand in Alnwick Vintage & Antique . It features a deep floral and foliage carved top and bobbin legs. There is currently this speckled blue and white cat posing on it but I don’t think he’ll be around for long! (SOLD) Open every day except Sunday from 10 to 5.

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