Rain Rain Go Away! - Falmouth Hisorical Society Antiques Show & Newport Antiques Festival At Fort Adams

Holly Lane Antiques was scheduled to participate in the new Newport Antiques Festival at Fort Adams today. What a beautiful site for an antiques show! Situated at the mouth of the Newport Harbor, Fort Adams offers an exceptional panoramic view of both Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay. That is - on a typical sunny summer day. Not today - heavy rain and winds predicted all day. Sadly, we opted to stay home and avoid a repeat of last weekend.



Last Saturday we were comforted with the weather news that the rain would not make an appearance until 7 pm - long after the Falmouth Historical Society Antiques Show was over. As the show was opening at 9 am and just as we were putting the final touches on our beautiful booth full of all our wonderful treasures the heavens opened. A torrential downpour happened. We consoled ourselves that most of our items were washable and took refuge under our popup tent. The rain came down so heavy and so fast that our popup collapsed under the weight of the water. An antique dealer's worst nightmare! Then the question was how to remove it without damaging all our breakables? Many items were damaged in the process but it could have been much worse.



The rain cell moved on and the sun came out creating a steamy hot day but no more rain! Interestingly, many visitors to our booth had not experienced any rain at all at their homes only a few miles away.



We spent the rest of the day emptying out our pitchers and cups and saucers amazed at how much water they had collected in such a short time. Also, between visitors to our booth, we tried to dry as much as we could of our rain drenched booth. Note the special English tablecloth displayed on the back table. The dye from the table cover ran into it. I have been trying all week to rescue it - no luck! Surprisingly, after sitting in the sun all day most of our items were still wet at packing time. There was just too much moisture still in the air.





This was a day we will not soon forget - one that makes us stop and ask - why do we do this? The answer is simple in that we enjoy our antiques and sharing them with others. Though we also sell our antiques on the internet, there is nothing to equal meeting those who will take them as their own - to share their joy in their find!



Admittedly our experience of last Saturday has made us more than a bit cautious this Saturday. 100% prediction of heavy rain driven by wind - just couldn't do it! Though it is our understanding the show will go on rain or shine for those braver souls than we.


Holly Lane Antiques would love to have you visit our booth at one of our shows to see and touch our special antique items in person. Contact us to be added to our show mailing list at hollyln@sprintmail.com.

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August Continues - Osterville Historical Society Antiques Show

After being rained out and rescheduled for the following day the Osterville Historical Society Antiques Show took place under beautiful sunny skies. At Holly Lane Antiques we love participating in this show and consider it our favorite. It is a small but very special show in a lovely area of Cape Cod on the grounds of the Historical Society. It is always a well attended show and it is a pleasure to spend the day with such nice people.





Our items were well received and sales were brisk. Our daughter Laurie was visiting from California and her help was welcomed - allowing us time to visit with many returning customers.





As always our large collection of early English White Ironstone was very popular as were our flow blue and blue transfer ware pieces. Depression glass and our lovely English table linens also proved to be favorites among our booth visitors.



After a fun day with antiques we were able to join three of our daughters and two of our grandchildren for dinner at the beach - a perfect ending for another busy August day!





Holly Lane Antiques would love to have you visit our booth at one of our shows to see and touch our special antique items in person. Contact us to be added to our show mailing list at hollyln@sprintmail.com.

And click on the banner below to visit our internet store where many of the items pictured are available for purchase.


Also visit our new internet store
Holly Lane Antiques at Ruby Lane

August ~ A Busy Month Of Antique Shows And Family Visits

Holly Lane Antiques began August at the Little Compton Antiques Festival In Little Compton Rhode Island. This antiques show is held at the Sakonnet Vineyards and the combination of good wine and fine antiques proved to be a perfect match.

The preview party Friday evening happened during a torrential downpour. We were under a large tent. The rain on Friday brought a perfect clear and sunny Saturday for the antiques show in this charming area of Rhode Island.



Many of our favorite pieces found new homes that day including a White Ironstone President Shape pitcher, a gray Transferware pitcher and a Wedgwood pitcher with a hound handle. It was a day for pitchers!







The favorite part of my day was a visit by my almost 99 year old father who came by to see just what was it his daughter was doing most every weekend. Our daughter Amy made the visit possible.



Our perfect day ended with Dad and Amy enjoying Little Compton's annual fireworks display.





Holly Lane Antiques would love to have you visit our booth at one of our shows to see and touch our special antique items in person. Contact us to be added to our show mailing list at hollyln@sprintmail.com.

And click on the banner below to visit our internet store where many of the items pictured are available for purchase.



Also visit our new internet store
Holly Lane Antiques at Ruby Lane

Antiques At Elm Bank

Beautiful Gardens And Wonderful Antiques - A Perfect Combination!



Antiques At Elm Bank is a most special antiques show in Wellesley with white tents filled with antiques nestled amongst the gardens of this estate. The gardens are maintained by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and one could not ask for a more perfect setting.































































































Holly Lane Antiques was next to the Children's Garden - a most unique and delightful area for children to experience play in a garden. Truly a place you should visit if ever in the area with young ones.




Early Blue Transfer Ware is always a favorite along with Flow Blue china. A pair of antique Meissen reticulated plates combine perfectly with the blue and white theme on this table.





Wonderful color in this transfer ware dessert set! The drainers create the biggest challenge to our booth visitors with the most "What is it?" questions. Long separated from their platters these charming pieces are now popular used as wall art.



Our large collection of English White Ironstone always brings comments about its variety of shapes and wonderful condition considering it was the farmer's china well over 100 years ago.



There is nothing quite like fine antique Haviland Limoges china and this chocolate set is an exquisite example of antique Haviland. The Meadow Visitors pattern dating to c.1880's is pure delight with different butterflies on each piece.





Antique Haviland featuring pink roses and gold trim - a perennial favorite!



We are able to include small pieces of furniture when we are at outdoors shows.



Very blue hydrangea grow well in Little Compton being so close to the ocean. These were picked from our garden the evening before the show and were enjoyed by many of our booth visitors.



As always our favorite part of antiques shows is the time we spend with those that visit our booth - reacquainting with past customers, helping the novice learn more about an item and mostly just sharing the joy of beautiful things from times past.





Holly Lane Antiques would love to have you visit our booth at one of our shows to see and touch our special antique items in person. Contact us to be added to our show mailing list at hollyln@sprintmail.com.

And click on the banner below to visit our internet store where many of the items pictured are available for purchase.


Also visit our new internet store
Holly Lane Antiques at Ruby Lane

4th Of July At Tiverton 4 Corners Antiques Show

Holly Lane Antiques spent a beautiful perfect summer day at the Tiverton 4 Corners Antiques Show on the 4th of July. This is a special show outside on the grounds of the old meeting house in Tiverton Rhode Island. After such a stormy week everyone was enjoying the sunshine and the holiday and the variety of antiques being offered.




Holly Lane Antiques was set up in our favorite spot under the trees.





Our favorite quilt - an antique red and white pieced triangle quilt beautifully hand quilted in the Baptist Fan pattern - is on its way to New York and its new home in the soon to arrive new baby's room.





Our large collection of early English White Ironstone continues to be a favorite and many pieces were selected for purchase. This early ironstone with its variety of shapes easily suits a variety of tastes - from the floral embossed - my favorite - to the geometric octagon shapes - to the victorian shapes with their scrolls and flourishes.







As always our collection of Antique Haviland Limoges china was a highpoint of our booth. Everyone was fascinated to see and touch the beautiful and rare Meadow Visitors pieces. This is an early pattern of Haviland featuring birds and butterflies with hand painted accents - each piece with different birds and butterflies. Stunning Antique China!





Saturday was a wonderful day spent with very nice people and beautiful antiques - couldn't ask for better!




Holly Lane Antiques would love to have you visit our booth at one of our shows to see and touch our special antique items in person. Contact us to be added to our show mailing list at hollyln@sprintmail.com.

And click on the banner below to visit our internet store where many of the items pictured are available for purchase.