News & Updates

NYC Restaurant Week January 2012

2012-01-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

GOOD NEWS: Restaurant Week in NYC is extended for almost a month
in 2012, and 300 restaurants are offering special $25 lunches from
January 16th to February 10th, and dinners for $35 !

BAD NEWS: For the first time they are not including Saturdays and
Sundays. This is the 20th anniversary of Restaurant Week which does not
always coincide with Antiques Week.

Go to : http://www.nycgo.com/ for details.

Holiday Antique Show in Williamsburg, Va.

2011-08-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A FREE TICKET(s) TO THE THANKSGIVING ANTIQUE SHOW IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, PLEASE EMAIL ME, OR TELEPHONE.

Pair of Lincoln and Wellington on horseback

2011-07-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

I was absolutely thrilled to hear from Louise Stevenson with the answer to my problem, about why Abraham Lincoln was paired by the mid Victorian potters with the Duke of Wellington.

Louise is an expert on the world of Uncle Tom and spoke to the Staffordshire Figure Association several years ago on the subject of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom; it was fascinating stuff.

The Illustrated London News was an important source for the potters and many, many moulds were based on the newspaper prints. For years we wondered why Garibaldi was paired with William Shakespeare as they lived centuries apart but it seems that Garibaldi visited England just about the time of Shakespeare's 300th birthday, and surely in some issue of the News in 1864 the two pictures were juxtaposed. (See Stephen Smith's Sunderland site for more on this: http://www.matesoundthepump.com/ )

So, back to Lincoln and Wellington. The assassination of President Lincoln was much in the worldwide news in 1865, which happened to be the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), easily explaining why these famous men were paired up by the potters.

What it doesn't explain, why on horseback?

New York City in January, 2011

2011-01-02T17:48:00.000-08:00

If you would like a free ticket to the PIER SHOW please email me at elpen@aol.com .

P.S. Unfortunately Restaurant Week in NYC does not start this year until January 24th.

I wonder if they are discriminating against us ???

You can Google Restaurant Week in NYC for info, or go to:

http://manhattan.about.com/od/restaurantsandnightlife/a/restaurantweek.htm

This is a great promotion and you can save quite a bit !!!!

SFA dues are due in January.

2010-12-07T07:26:00.000-08:00

Staffordshire Figure Association Membership

Dues for SFA 2011 are due in January.
Please send $35 (check made out to SFA) to

Dr. Bo Rose
Box 98
Penn Laird, VA 22846

If you would like a copy of an old SFA Bulletin please email me: elpen@aol.com

SFA Meeting Details 2012

2010-10-11T07:20:00.000-07:00

SFA Meeting Details 2012

Next year we hope to go to Dallas, Texas in late October or early November. Members will be coming from all over, including such far reaches as Texas, California and Kent, England.
Really fun and educational as well, the SFA meeting includes a show/sale by specialist dealers after lunch on the Monday.
Any one is welcome to join the SFA. Last year thirty plus members met in Williamsburg, VA. in September and enjoyed excursions by bus to see marvelous Museums in Jamestown and Williamsburg.
Our meeting included two interesting speakers and a private sale, plus free appraisals by experts from the UK and the USA.

STAFFORDSHIRE COLLECTORS

2010-07-04T07:02:00.000-07:00

Have you considered joining the Staffordshire Figure Association? This great group of collectors meets annually for lectures, visits to private collections, and a famous members-only sale of figures offered by dealers and members. The 2010 meeting will be held in Sturbridge, MA, from September 12-14.

2009-12-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/pets/pup_fit_fur_royalty_0gQjPNMxZPlUapakFG9DgK

Most of you will really enjoy this article in today's New York Post. The movie
YOUNG VICTORIA has gotten great reviews in New York, and another from the Queen of Victoria collectors, Linda Sarna.

2009-06-18T16:05:00.000-07:00

One of the most beautiful Victorian needlepoints I have ever seen, this Landseer dog was sold for more than $3000 at Christies in New York City in June 2009.

Obviously after Landseer who visited with the Royal Family for many summers during the 1850s and painted Victoria, her family and their animals, this dog is particularly famous for rescuing a child from drowning.

There are many Staffordshire figures called Rescue Dog and Child Saved, and this needlepoint depicts the hero.

2009-04-08T08:24:00.000-07:00

All is not lost in the World of Staffordshire !

Today, April 8, at Bonhams in London the Tailor Toby Jug on the catalog cover fetched 36,000 pounds,

and a lovely pair of pearlware figures of Gretna Green and The New Marriage Act made 6000.

New York Ceramic Fair, 2008

2008-01-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

This was Elinor in her booth at the Fair preview with two very famous dealers Peter Warren from Westport, CT and Leo Kaplan from New York City.

Note the mantel at No. 10 Downing Street

2007-10-16T12:50:00.000-07:00