We dropped in for opening night at the 55th annual edition of the Delaware Antiques Show. Here are a few of the fascinating things we found there...
A wheelbarrow full of late 18th century Neale & Co. creamware presented by Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge.
Three carved whales and a narwhal in the booth of Nathan Liverant & Son Antiques
A beautiful engraved crystal goblet, c. 1760, presented by Joan Brownstein and Peter Eaton
Portrait of an infant brandishing a pistol painted by James Peale (1749-1831) in the Schwarz Gallery booth
The scene in Kelly Kinzle’s booth
At S.J. Shrubsole, an early Elkington electrotype cup, dated 1847, depicts the apotheosis of Homer
Elle Shushan brought a striking—and very nicely framed—English artist’s miniature self-portrait, c. 1795
A handmade owl weathervane, made c. 1890-1910, was on view in the Jewett-Berdan booth
Lillian Nassau presented a pair of unusually tall—eighteen inches!—Tiffany Favrile glass vases, made c. 1914
A pair of silver pitchers, made c. 1823 by silversmith Amable Brasier for St. Andrew’s Church in Philadelphia was on offer at Spencer Marks.
RGL Antiques presented a wonderful German rendition of Noah’s Ark that incorporates some 280 figures
A typically lively tableau in the Leatherwood Antiques booth
M. Finkel & Daughter brought a superb Westerly, Rhode Island sampler, made in 1826 by Mary Ann Babcock
Bernard & S. Dean Levy presented a rare Chippendale block front chest on chest, made of mahogany and pine in Salem, Massachusetts c. 1765
A fabulous fraktur alphabet at Philip Bradley Antiques
Sumpter Priddy brought a find trove from Virginia, including a late 18th or early 19th century sulfur inlaid corner cupboard
Stephen and Carol Huber presented a wonderful piece of needlework made in 1818 by Celia Talcott
