Ballater Antiques

02/11/2026

And continuing that commemorative theme - here’s a nice quality bronze memorial plaque featuring a head in profile of King George VI who died at Sandringham in 1952. I’ve just been watching the superb series one of “The Crown” again and the episode “Wolferton Splash” focuses on this event in some detail. It led of course to the beginning if the remarkable reign of Queen Elizabeth II!



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01/11/2026

01/11/2026

Out with Lola this morning and these images show bits of Ballater in their autumn glory! We live moments from the River Dee so walks amongst the riverside woods are a fantastic privilege! Come stay in Ballater and enjoy all it has to offer and it has a wonderful antique shop too!!

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01/11/2026

We’re always looking for interesting bits of Royal Memorabila at Ballater Antiques!

Here we have a fine quality bone china bell made by Royal Crown Derby to commemorate Prince Charles’s investiture as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1969. It came complete with certificates guaranteeing its authenticity!




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31/10/2026

Around Ballater, Royal Deeside this week - the autumn colours just get better and better!!





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31/10/2026

Here’s a boxed set of Babycham glasses. Do you remember the advert “I’d love a babycham”?

The recipe for the drink was developed by a c***r works trained chemist in Shepton Mallet called Francis Showering back in the 1940’s. Made from pears rather than grapes it was launched as a drink aimed at women in the 1950’s and designed to bring “a taste of the ch*****ne lifestyle” to an evening out! Reaching a peak of popularity in the 60’s and 70’s it’s still however produced today.

Special ch*****ne style coupe glasses were made for it to be drunk from and early glasses had leaping white Bambi type fawns as an emblem! This set has brown fawns leaping to the left indicating the glasses date from the 1970’s - nice this set is in its original box!

And one more interesting fact in the Babycham story - in 1957 the Perry was the first alcoholic drink to be advertised on commercial television with that slogan “I’d love a Babycham”! The power of branding and advertising!!


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30/10/2026

And here’s another one - this time from the Mtarfa glassworks in Malta. The marine sea shell influence is obvious here - nice it still has its original label!




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29/10/2026

Attractive pieces of art glass seem to be a thing Ballater Antiques at the moment!!



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28/10/2026

I love the vibrancy and colour of this Italian Murano wavy edged yellow bowl with clear glass pedestal stem and the pieces of fruit are superlicious!!




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27/10/2026

Here’s a super late 19th century large Minton majolica jardinere on stand in excellent condition and what a fabulous coloured glaze!

This deep turquoise colour was inspired by the interest in Anatolian “Iznik” pottery at the time and was taken up by British manufacturers as a suitable colour for fashionable interiors in the aesthetic and Art Nouveau styles of which this is an example!





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