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Cardiganshire dressers - samplers - cricket tables - quilts and more to see and buy


An old Butter print. Many different designs are found, mostly carved in Sycamore.

Antiques Guide to West Wales

Part of interior of Joyce Williams shop in Aberporth

Antique collectors and dealers
Visit Cardigan Bay West Wales and combine your search for Antiques and Collectables with a relaxing vacation.

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West Wales has many Antique Shops and Centres in towns and villages across the region.
The best way to find them is to pick up a copy of
The Antiques Guide to West Wales.

The guide has been published in March each year for the last fifteen years so its comprehensive and always up to date.
This years copy is a special jubilee issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second
 

The 2002 / 2003 Antiques Guide to West Wales

A typical woolwork sampler of a type embroidered by almost every young person during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This one was found in a house in the Cardigan area.
The guide is on line at www.walesantiques.co.uk
Copies are also available by post.
See website for details or pick up a copy at your first stop in the area.

All work and No Play ….

Why not combine a holiday with your buying trip? Make Cardigan Bay your base and enjoy superb accommodation, good food and the delightful coast and countryside around Cardigan Bay

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A simple Cardiganshire style dresser in oak, laden with a collection from the South Wales Pottery, Llanelli.

Wales is of course famous for its Welsh Dressers, samplers, quilts, pottery and a wide range of oak furniture including coffers and linen presses.

These and much more can be found in the many Antique shops and Centres listed in the Antique Guide to West Wales.

Here are some examples found in Cardiganshire in recent years.
 

A Welsh Coffor Bach, in oak from the early part of the 19th century
Staffordshire figure. Edward Morgan and Jenny Jones. They were respectively ploughman and dairymaid at Pontblyddin farm near Llangollen and were the subjects of a song in a farce produced in 1836 at the Olympic Theatre in London
Typical Welsh open arm Settle of small size.

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