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.

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Mount Hope Garden & Antiques Fair

Holly Lane Antiques spent the weekend participating in the Mount Hope Garden And Antiques Fair in Bristol RI. All of the booths were located in a large tent on the grounds of this historic house. It was a beautiful show combining unusual plants along with the varied antiques. The dealers provided a wide assortment of antiques from garden antiques to country primitives to the more traditional furniture and china and linens and rugs. The drippy, rainy weather continued all weekend but did not dampen the enthusiasm of those who came to enjoy this experience.



Holly Lane Antiques featured the Antique Haviland Limoges China in the Meadow Visitors pattern that has been discussed in previous blogs along with their very popular collection of early English Ironstone. Also featured and quickly sold were several unsual antique Haviland plates with a garden theme in border vignettes.












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Antique Haviland Limoges - Meadow Visitors - Revisited

Holly Lane Antiques recently purchased a life long collection of the very special Meadow Visitors Pattern of Antique Haviland Limoges china.

The Meadow Visitors pattern is an exquisite pattern and difficult to find. This early and unique pattern of Haviland dates to 1876 - 1899 and has been identified by Arlene Schleiger as #1155. Each piece of Haviland Meadow Visitors features different grasses, flowers, birds and butterflies and is highlighted with hand touched enamel accents.

We are always excited to see the unique and various combinations of butterflies and birds placed so creatively on this china. However, we were surprised to become aware of the variety of blanks that were used with this pattern.

In an earlier post several plates were pictured on the smooth blank to emphasize the uniqueness of the pattern on each plate.







In this collection we also found this pattern on the Osier Blank #211 with an embossed basketweave border, the napkin fold blank #1118 and the gently scalloped blank #4.






















Edge trim on the smooth blank can vary from gold to a variety of colors.














































This rare covered tureen with 4 corner handles is wonderful with its ridged blank.



And this ice cream dish has a blank reminiscent of a shell.



The Haviland china decorators were also very creative combining the Meadow Visitors butterflies with fruit and other flowers and also using color in backgrounds and borders.









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Very Special Antique Haviland

The Meadow Visitors Pattern of Haviland Limoges is very special and difficult to find. This early and unique pattern of Haviland dates to 1876 - 1899 and has been identified by Arlene Schleiger as #1155. When one thinks of antique Haviland Limoges china it is most often of the typical patterns of pink roses and other florals. Each piece of Haviland Meadow Visitors features different grasses, flowers, birds and butterflies and is highlighted with hand touched enamel accents. Each is quite charming and a wonderful representation of springtime!

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