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March:
Featured Article
Highly Collectible Pickle Castors
Spotlight Dealer
George W. Brown, Jr., Oakleigh Antiques
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Our Lecture Series is Back!
Meissen: Identification, Marks and Value
with Nancy Addison
Bring Pieces for Complimentary Identification!
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Save the Date
Saturday, March 14
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Open House
Come Celebrate with Us in Our New Location
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Greetings~
The International Antiques Design Center's move to the New Weave Building at Historic Savage Mill is complete. Now you can visit both the Antique Center and the IADC without ever going outside! Come by and see us soon and mark your calendar now for our Open House on March 14th & 15th.
Also mark your calendar for the return of our Lecture Series. On February 15, Nancy Addison, our spotlight dealer this month, will be kicking off this year's series with a lecture on Meissen. Join us at 3pm at the IADC as Nancy shares the history of this popular porcelain. She'll be focusing on the identification, marks and value, so be sure to bring some of your own Meissen for a complimentary assessment!
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Good Bye Dear Friends |
We are very sad, indeed, to report the passing of two of our dear friends. The deaths of Charles Schrider and Arthur Cohen were both unexpected and both men will be missed tremendously. Our hearts go out to their families and loved ones, for we know that their absences will be felt deeply for a long time to come.
Charles Schrider of Sudbury Books (Booth W-2) died suddenly of a heart attack on December 25, 2008. Chuck was so knowledgeable about a wide variety of antiques and, along with his partner Michael DelComo, was a regular contributor to our appraisal days. Chuck loved to share his knowledge and was gifted with a great sense of humor and the "gift of gab". We will miss Chuck and we're so thankful that Michael DelComo will continue to be a part of the Antique Center.
You know Arthur Cohen as the Life Magazine Man...Nostalgia Ads (Booth T-7) has been with the Antique Center since 1989. An avid tennis player, Arthur died suddenly of a heart attack on January 16, 2009 playing the game that he loved. Arthur was a retired pharmacist and also was a founding member of the Tennis Collectors of America. Through the years, we got to know Art well. He was always so cheerful and never missed a chance to talk about the lights of his life, his children, his wife Muriel and, in recent years, his grandchildren. Arthur will be missed by so many in the Antique Center family. |
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Spotlight Dealer:
Nancy Addison,
Nancy Addison Antiques |
 Nancy Addison began her career as an antique dealer in 1984, while she was still a teacher with the Maryland Public Schools. She left teaching in 1991 and became a certified appraiser in 1992.
Over the years, Nancy has maintained her knowledge of antiques and decorative arts by completing such prestigious seminars as the Winterthur Ceramics Seminar, 1998-2007 and the Winterthur Seminar, "Needles and Haystacks", 2005, as well as Connoisseurship Courses on Silver Identification, Asian Art and Chinese Porcelain at George Washington University.
Nancy Addison is an Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers and a member of both the American Ceramics Society and the National Early American Glass Club. Happily, Nancy has been a dealer with us since the Fall of 2007.
Join us at the International Antiques Design Center on February 15 at 3pm as Nancy discusses the history, identification and value of Meissen porcelain. Bring some of your own pieces for complimentary identification! | |
Just Meissen
by Nancy Addison |
 In the year 2010, the German porcelain factory in Meissen will celebrate its 300th Anniversary of existence. Three hundred years ago, August, The Strong, King of Poland and Prince Elector of Saxony, insisted the formula for real hard paste porcelain be found. He was a collector of Chinese and Japanese Export porcelains brought to Europe by the Dutch East India Trading Company. The Export porcelain was very expansive and very  beautiful and the King knew that the company that could duplicate the formula and manufacture it in Europe first would become very rich. Of course, it was unknown to the King that his Albrectsburg Castle at Meissen was sitting on top of a mountain of kaolin clay. This type of clay was the same clay used by the Chinese and Japanese to make their  porcelain.
The porcelain produced after some experimenting and adjustments to the formula was beautiful and the famed directors, modelers and painters employed by Meissen over the years kept the factory at the forefront of all  other porcelain factories to this day. The movement of the employees around Germany and the rest of Europe in the 18th century led to the founding of many other factories that made hard paste porcelain. These factories included Fustenburg, Frankenthal, Nymphenburg, Ludwigsburg, Hochst and KPM to name but a few. The Royal Porcelain Factory at Meissen or as it is  called today just "Meissen" is still expensive and very much collected today as it was 300 years ago. 
Of course the English tried to copy the formula but unfortunately they had only a small amount of Kaolin in England. They made numerous amounts of soft paste porcelain until they were able to produce a hybrid hard paste porcelain with the use of bone. The French made soft paste porcelain until the discovery of hard paste porcelain later in the 18th century at the Sevres factory.   Probably the most popular pattern ever made by Meissen is the "Blue Onion" pattern originally produced in 1730 and is still being produce today. The most beautiful pattern ever produced by Meissen in this collector's eye, is the "Swan Service" which was made for Count von Bruhl in1737. It has over 2,000 pieces. Meissen is the oldest and most continuous porcelain ever produced. |
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A Legend of Valentine |
 St. Valentine's Day, as we know it, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition, although the exact origins are a mystery.
One of the legends most often cited says that Valentine was a third century priest in Rome during Emperor Claudius II ban on marriage for any young man who could be put to better use as a soldier. Despite the ban, the legend contends, Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret and, when his disobedience was discovered, was sentenced to death by Claudius. In a twist true to the tradition of romantic tragedy, Valentine fell in love with the jailor's daughter. Before his execution, he wrote his last love letter to her, signing it, "From Your Valentine" and a tradition was born. The historical merit of this and the numerous alternate stories of Valentine's Day will probably always be a mystery, but it is known that there have been at least three men named Valentine or Valentinus who were sainted by the Catholic church for their martyrdom.
Some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial. Others say that the Christian church decided to celebrate Valentine's Feast Day in the middle of February in an effort to "Christianize" the pagan fertility festival known as Lupercalia , dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture.
Whatever the truth, by the Middle Ages, lovers in many places were exchanging letters and tokens of affection in celebration of the day. Today, Valentines cards account for a huge portion of greetings card sales, second only to Christmas. |
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Oyster Savories
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 Cut very thin strips of bacon that can be purchased already shaved is best for the purpose. Season the oysters with pepper and salt, and wrap each in a slice of the bacon, pinning it together with a wooden splint (a toothpick). Place each oyster on a round of toast or of fried bread, and cook in the oven for about five minutes. Serve very hot, and sprinkle with pepper. |
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