The Queen's Cabinet

The Queen's Cabinet English & European antiques, hand-selected for collectors and homes that appreciate the real thing.

Find us at Rustique Antiques in Sanford, NC - or follow along for sourcing trips, hauls, and the stories behind every piece.

09/01/2026

A photograph case from the 1850s, made of shellac and wood fiber pressed into a mold. One of the first plastics anybody ever made.

These are usually called Union cases. People often call the material gutta percha, which is a long-running mix-up.

Holmes, Booth and Haydens of Waterbury, Connecticut made it, and their printed paper label is still glued inside. The hinges still work, which most of these no longer do.

The young man is in a dark coat and vest with a soft neckcloth at his throat. No uniform. He sat for this around 1860.

Booth 88 at Rustique Antiques in Sanford, North Carolina.

08/30/2026

Booth 88 got a full rebuild this week. Twenty-one new pieces went in, including Coalport bon bon dishes, a four-piece Wm. A. Rogers coffee service, a Paragon creamer and sugar made for the 1939 royal visit, and a cased ambrotype from the 1850s.

The Queen's Cabinet is at Rustique Antiques in Sanford, 7 days a week. Mon–Sat 10–5, Sunday 12–4. Come see it in person.

05/23/2026

A good frame doesn't care what decade it's wearing. This Regency armchair came home from auction with a beautiful carved eagle and a seat that had completely given up. I found the verdure tapestry at a little fabric shop in North Raleigh, and Alaina at Junk N Java & Upholstery by Alaina brought the whole thing back to life, right down to a matching bolster. It's staying with me, beside my mahogany secretary. If you have a piece worth saving, she's the one to see — and she's a fellow vendor of mine at Rustique Antiques in Sanford.

05/02/2026

The booth just got a full rehaul.

I've been quietly restocking The Queen's Cabinet with new inventory for a direct UK sourcing trip. Hand painted Georgian silhouettes, English brass, Limoges and French porcelain trinket boxes, Royal memorabilia, and a Mason's Flying Bird Ironstone plate with a 19th century factory misprint on the backstamp. Plus a 21-piece Mason's Ironstone Regency set sourced right here in North Carolina to round it out.

Every piece is marked, documented, and priced. The story is on the tag.

Come find it at Rustique Antiques, 2625 Lee Ave, Sanford, NC. Open Monday through Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday 12 to 4.

Follow along for new inventory previews and the stories behind the pieces.

04/17/2026

Something is wrong with this set. Watch to the end and tell me your theory.

Twenty-one pieces of Mason's Ironstone Regency, sourced locally for thirty-five dollars. Two backstamps. One household. No way to know which came first.

Booth reveal this week at Rustique Antiques in Sanford.

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2625 Lee Ave
Sanford, NC
27332

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