Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 April 2022
Nine members of The Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA) are participating in the first Cotswolds Curated taking place from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 April 2022 in shops and galleries in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. The selling exhibitions cover many different subjects and centuries, offering paintings, exterior and interior sculpture, samplers, carpets rugs and textiles, campaign furniture and travel accessories, writing furniture and work by Cotswold artists and designers. Opening over two weekends, a tour of the area will be full of interest and inspiration in early April for lovers of art, antiques and interiors.
‘Fair Rosamond’ watercolour by Kate Eadie, £30,000 in Sarah Colegrave’s ‘The Cotswold Group’ exhibition
Mid-19th century Shekarlu rug, priced in the region of £8,000 from Legge Carpets’ ’Tribal Weavings’ exhibition
Sampler by Catherine Ann Crump, a pupil at Mrs Welles’ school in Corn Street, Witney, dated October 20th 1834, NFS, in Witney Antiques’ ‘A School Room Exercise’ exhibition

In Gloucestershire:

[Architectural Heritage](/dealer-profile/1) (Taddington Manor, Taddington GL54 5RY) ‘Evolution to Extinction and Back’ is a journey through Modern British sculpture starting with Edward Bainbridge Copnall’s The Evolution. Although one of Copnall’s first carved works, circa 1930, this was in fact the beginning of the end of this genre of work. The extinction point is represented by the dinosaur drawings by Bryan Kneale.
Exhibition Opening Hours:

11am to 4pm

[www.architectural-heritage.co.uk](https://www.architectural-heritage.co.uk/)

[Christopher Clarke Antiques](/dealer-profile/4) (The Fosseway, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1JS) ‘Furnishing The Empire’ featuring 18th, 19th & 20th century campaign furniture & travel items. An extraordinary range of items were made to ease the life of a British soldier or traveller. The furniture and accessories they used from campaign chests and tables to lighting and folding globes all make up the exhibition. The exhibition covers a wide range of travel items from a Georgian campaign table, circa 1760, to an early 20th century salesman's sample pith helmet. Highlights include a trunk belonging to the officer in charge of the last ‘battle’ on English soil in 1838. Catalogue available.
Exhibition Opening Hours:

Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm

Sundays 10am to 4pm

[www.campaignfurniture.com](https://www.campaignfurniture.com/)

[David Pickup](/dealer-profile/23) joins Architectural Heritage at Taddington Manor to showcase his exhibition ‘On The Cotswold Hills’ showing a selection of fine English furniture and works of art dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries, including Cotswold arts and crafts pieces made on the Cotswold Hills. One highlight is a well-drawn Cotswold Movement walnut side table and a Gordon Russell English oak hanging cupboard, lined with cedar, made in The Russell Workshop in Broadway in the thirties.
Exhibition Opening Hours:

11am to 4pm

[www.davidpickupantiques.com](https://www.davidpickupantiques.com/)

George III period free standing mahogany secretaire library centre cabinet by Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1790, £17,500 at W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd’s ‘Biting My Truant Pen’ exhibition
‘Spring’s Rewards’ by Cecil Kennedy, oil on canvas, POA, for sale at Haynes Fine Art’s ‘Spring Exhibition’

Two jugs from the Winchcombe Pottery made during the 1930s, larger jug £550, smaller jug £450, both for sale at David Pickup’s ‘On the Cotswold Hills’ exhibition

In Oxfordshire

[Sarah Colegrave](/dealer-profile/5) opens a pop-up gallery at 14 Market Square, Woodstock OX20 1TA for her exhibition ’The Cotswold Group’. Selling works by members of the Birmingham School of Artist-Craftsmen with particular interest in those who settled in the Cotswolds, artists include Charles and Margaret Gere, Bernard Sleigh, Henry Payne, Arthur Gaskin, Kate Eadie, Maxwell Armfield and Frederick Cayley Robinson. A highlight must be Kate Eadie’s watercolour of Fair Rosamond, mistress of Henry II, who he kept hidden in a maze in his park in Woodstock, Oxfordshire until his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, discovered her and forced her to choose between the dagger or a bowl of poison.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm,

Sundays 11am to 4pm

[www.sarahcolegrave.co.uk](https://sarahcolegrave.co.uk/)

[W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11) (86 Corn Street, Witney OX28 6BU) ‘Biting My Truant Pen’ (after Sir Philip Sidney) a special exhibition of English antique writing furniture over two centuries and covering the reigns of eleven British monarchs, amongst which is a superb George III period free standing mahogany secretaire library centre cabinet by Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1790, priced at £17,500.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

10am to 5pm

[www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/)

[Legge Carpets Ltd*](/dealer-profile/18) (25 Oakthorpe Road, Oxford OX2 7BD) ‘Tribal Weavings’with original artefacts woven by tribal and village women for use in their homes, tents and on migration. The bags, rugs and carpets from Iran and central Asia, mostly dating from the 19th century, were often symbols of identity and status for important occasions like weddings. Highlights include an early 19th century Tekke Main carpet from Turkmenistan and a 19th century Afshar bag, from southern Iran, one half of a khorjin (saddle bag) using natural dyes.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm

Sunday 11am to 4pm

[www.leggecarpets.com](https://www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com/)

[Witney Antiques*](/dealer-profile/30) (100 Corn Street, Witney OX28 6BU) ‘A School Room Exercise’ is an exhibition of samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

10.30am to 4pm
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[www.witneyantiques.com](http://www.witneyantiques.com/)

‘The Evolution’ by Edward Bainbridge Copnall, Portland stone, circa 1930, £24,000 from Architectural Heritage’s ‘Evolution to Extinction and Back’ exhibition
A Georgian portable sofa with removable back and arms, circa 1830, £5,950 for sale at Christopher Clarke Antiques’ ‘Furnishing the Empire’ exhibition

‘Man with a Sickle’ by Sir John Kyffin Williams, ink and wash on paper, £14,250 at Trinity House Paintings’ ‘The Spring Salon 2022’

In Worcestershire:

[Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13) (Picton House, 42 High Street, Broadway WR12 7DT) Celebrating its 50th anniversary ‘Spring Exhibition’ is the first of many events for this very special occasion marking its a proud third generation family business. The selling exhibition shows 19th to 21st century art and sculpture with over 300 pieces beautifully displayed in the award winning gallery. Highlights include paintings by Cecil Kennedy and Harold Clayton.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm

Sundays 10am to 4pm

[www.haynesfineart.com](https://www.haynesfineart.com/)

[Trinity House Paintings](/dealer-profile/29) (35 High Street, Broadway WR12 7DP) ‘The Spring Salon 2022’ with highlights from the latest collection of paintings and sculpture featuring a carefully curated selection of Impressionist, Modern British and contemporary pieces at the new gallery in Broadway, including works by Sir John Kyffin Williasm, Jacques Martin-Ferrières, Jean Jules Louis Cavaillès, Samuel John Lamorna Birch and Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm

Sundays 10am to 4pm

[www.trinityhousepaintings.com](https://www.trinityhousepaintings.com/)

* These members’ exhibitions finish on Saturday 9 April 2022.

Check out the website at www.thecada.org to discover more information about Cotswolds Curated and its participants and follow @cadaartandantiquesassociationon Instagram for more peeks at what can be found during the week.In October, our tenth annual fair opens at a wonderful new venue at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park with grounds designed by the 18th century landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

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COTSWOLDS CURATED

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_‘The Country Club’ by Henry William Bunbury, oil on canvas, POA from Strachan Fine Art_

The annual **Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association Fair** is taking place at a new venue this year - [Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park](https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/) in Warwickshire - the first since 2019 as last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic. This ninth annual fair opens from **Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 October 2021**.
 
Some 27 exhibitors, mainly members of the association (CADA), are joined by a few specialist guest exhibitors. Disciplines for sale cover several centuries and include oil and watercolour paintings, original etchings and drawings, clocks and barometers, jewellery, vintage watches, fine and campaign furniture, oriental ceramics, carpets and rugs, textiles, glass, silver, antique boxes, garden and architectural antiques, sculpture, interior accessories and objets d’art.

Entry to the event is free for CADA Fair ticket holders. An upgrade ticket to visit Compton Verney's upstairs exhibitions is available for £5.50 on site.

At the time of the fair, Compton Verney Art Gallery itself is hosting [Grinling Gibbons: Centuries in the Making](https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/event/grinling-gibbons-centuries-in-the-making/) commemorating the remarkable life and legacy of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), as part of a year-long series of events to commemorate the tercentenary of the most renowned British woodcarver of the 17th century, often called the ‘Michelangelo of Wood.’ The exhibition, Centuries in the Making - produced in partnership with the [Grinling Gibbons Society](https://grinling-gibbons.org/) - will reveal the life, genius and legacy of this legendary sculptor and craftsman, who died in August 1721. 

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_‘The Country Club’ by Henry William Bunbury, oil on canvas, POA from Strachan Fine Art_ 

If the Grinling Gibbons exhibition proves inspiring to visitors, **Shaw Edwards Antiques** has a range of carved oak pieces for sale at the fair, covering the 15th to 18th centuries, amongst which is a 15th century Flemish oak carved angel depicted playing a musical instrument. It has been carved in the round indicating that it was probably part of an altar group with this as one of the ‘heavenly hosts’, £4,450 and a pair of 17th century French oak carvings, circa 1650, £850 the pair.

More stunning wooden furniture and other items for sale at the fair include a rare and important Regency period coromandel centre table, circa 1800-1810 from **[Freshfords Fine Antiques](/dealer-profile/8)**. Measuring 127cm in diameter, the open fret carving has an Asian style and depicts mystical shapes, centralised with hearts, and is priced at £30,000.
 
**[Tobias Birch](/dealer-profile/28)** brings an exceptional month going mahogany wall regulator by Richens Bath, circa 1870, priced at £28,000 and a George III mahogany timepiece with white enamel dial, signed John Horn, circa 1800, £6,500. **[Mark Goodger Antiques](/dealer-profile/32)** exhibits a fine collection of antique boxes and tea caddies with many different uses, amongst which is a pair of Georgian cutlery boxes, veneered in flame mahogany with naive conch shells and diamond-shaped bone escutcheon, circa 1795, £3,950.

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_Painted folk art cottage sewing box, c.1800, £5,200 from Mark Goodger Antiques_


**[David Pickup Antiques](/dealer-profile/23)** is bringing a fabulously proportioned oak bench with woven leather top and chamfered stretchers, designed by Gordon Russell (1892-1980) in the first year of Russell’s production in 1923 and described as ‘a fireside bench in oak’. **[W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11)** has two 17th century escritoires, each priced at £60,000, one being a William and Mary period kingwood fall front escritoire attributed to Thomas Pistor, the other a Charles II period burr walnut escritoire containing some 40 drawers and secret compartments.

A highlight on BBC Antiques Roadshow expert **Lennox Cato**’s stand must be a rare William and Mary floral marquetry oyster veneered chest on stand in the manner of Thomas Pistor, who often used stained green ivory as decoration on ebony ground veneer, circa 1700, £32,000 and a very rare Chinese export games table made of solid padouk-wood with ebony stringing and satinwood crossbandings, circa 1790, £9,850.

More Chinese treasures can be found on **[Catherine Hunt Oriental Antiques](/dealer-profile/17)**’ stand. Made for the European market in the 17th century, when the fashion was for a Chinese themed room, are transitional wucai figures of the Hehe Erxian twins, made at Jingdezhen during the reign of the Emperor Shunzhi, the first Qing Emperor, circa 1650, priced at £5,750. The twins, each holding a small vase, are also known as the Twins of Harmony. A contender for our Prime Minister's home could be a Chinese export armorial plate, also made in the Jingdezhen kilns for a specific order at the end of the Kangxi reign or at the start of the Yongzheng reign, circa 1730, as it bears the arms of Johnson.

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_A rare William and Mary period kingwood escritoire attributed to Thomas Pistor, c.1690, £60,000 from W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd_

Paintings, etchings and lithographs cover many different genres, topics and eras. An unusual offering of local interest is a complete album of 18 watercolours of Warwickshire landmarks and views by the Coventry born artist Herbert Edward Cox (1870-1941) on **[Newman Fine Art](/dealer-profile/22)**’s stand, £1,450. The album was presented to F.G. Green Esq., inspector of schools, from the local teachers’ association upon his promotion to another district in October 1904.

**[Sarah Colegrave Fine Art](/dealer-profile/5)** also has a watercolour of local interest. 'The Quarry at Culver Hill, Amberley, near Stroud' was signed and dated 1928 by Henry Arthur Payne RWS (1868-1940) and has an asking price of £750. Payne studied under E.R. Taylor at Birmingham School of Art and joined the staff in 1889. He was commissioned to decorate the chapel at Madresfield Court, a task which occupied him for twenty years and is one of the great achievements of the Arts and Crafts movement. This also led to him painting a mural for the Palace of Westminster - his work 'Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens', an allegory on the War of the Roses, now hangs in the Palace's East Corridor. Payne settled in the Cotswolds, encouraging many other Birmingham artists to do the same.

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_Charles II quarter repeating table clock by Joseph Knibb, London, c.1685, £90,000 from Tobias Birch_

Fine portraits can be found for sale from several art dealers at the fair adding grandeur to an interior. An aristocratic beauty of the time, **[Trinity House Paintings](/dealer-profile/29)** shows The Honourable Frances Thynne, 'Lady Worsley, Wife of Sir Robert Worsley' and daughter of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth of Longleat by German artist Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723), one of many portraits of Lady Worsley who embodied the ideals of feminine beauty that were celebrated in the English Baroque period.

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_‘Hotwells and the Avon Gorge, Bristol’ by Joseph Murray Ince, watercolour, signed and dated 1833, priced in the region of £3,500 from Newman Fine Art_

The central figure in 'The Country Club' by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) is probably a portrait of William Hogarth and, at the punchbowl, Dr. Benjamin Hoadley the playwright, an oil on canvas to be found on **[Strachan Fine Art](/dealer-profile/27)**’s stand. Amongst **[Elizabeth Harvey-Lee](/dealer-profile/12)**’s original etchings is a portrait of Paul Cézanne by Camille Pissarro etched in the year of the first ‘Impressionist’ exhibition in Paris, in which Cézanne also participated, through the offices of Pissarro. In 1874, Cézanne was 35 years of age and living at Auvers-sur-Oise to be close to Pissarro, his mentor. In the last year of his life, 1906, Cézanne described himself as the pupil of Pissarro.

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_‘Carnival’ by Paul Mount, stainless steel on slate base raised on a perspex plinth, c.1980, £24,600 + ARR from Architectural Heritage_

Modern British art is well represented at the fair. New CADA member, **[Neil Schofield](/dealer-profile/34)**, is planning to show works by Ceri Richards, William Scott, Roy Turner Durrant and Mary Fedden, including a pencil drawing by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham that formed the basis for one of her most well-known and significant works ‘Cornish Landscape, Porthleven’. **[Freya Mitton](/dealer-profile/38)** also sells works by 20th century artists such as Diana Armfield, Mary Fedden, Ken Howard and Albert Irvin. **Stuart Boyd Fine Art** specialises in 18th and 19th century landscape and marine watercolours, amongst which is 'The Nab' by Frank H Mason (1875-1965) and a calmer pastoral 'The Close of Day' by Joseph H Swanwick (1866-1929), selling for £1,150 and £1,450 respectively.

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_Regency period coromandel centre table, English, c.1800-1810, £30,000 from Freshfords Fine Antiques_

A mid-18th century wool and silk Verdure tapestry panel depicting an idyllic scene of two large birds on either side of a stream flanked by trees with an imposing mansion or castle on top of a hillock, wool and silk, 249 x 246cm (almost square), £6,600 is just one of the items for sale from textile and carpet specialist, **[Legge Carpets](/dealer-profile/18)**, also bringing two Persian qum rugs. It is rare to find two similar Persian qum rugs that can be used as an extremely decorative attribute to an elegant interior, each priced at £5,000.

**[Lesley Blackford](/dealer-profile/19)** presents a pair of Regency silk ribbon work pictures in original frames, £380 the pair. **[Witney Antiques](/dealer-profile/30)** has a relatively unusual 19th century American sampler by Hannah Stonehouse, worked in her 15th year, 1808, the year marking the beginning of the Peninsular War when the British, Spanish and Portuguese fought the armies of Napoleon in Portugal. Depiction of military subjects on samplers were relatively uncommon.

Glass features on a couple of stands with **[Brian Watson Antique Glass](/dealer-profile/35)** bringing a pair of French early 19th century elaborately cut beakers engraved with the coat of arms of a count, selling for £265 each. Although the name of the family has not been identified, it seems likely that these beakers were engraved for one of the roughly two hundred counts created by Napoleon Bonaparte between 1808 and 1815.

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_A mid-18th century Verdure tapestry panel, £6,600 from Legge Carpets_

Amongst the items for sale on **[Hickmet Fine Arts](/dealer-profile/36)**’ stand is 'Paysage Pluie', a pillow shaped cameo glass vase, etched and enamelled with rainswept silver birch trees in a wooded landscape, by Daum Frères (signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine), circa 1900, with a price tag of £10,500. This dealer also sells sculpture amongst which is 'Cheval Debout', a bronze by the important animalier French sculptor Isidore Bonheur (1827-1901), circa 1870, £4,750.

Modern British sculpture can also be found on **[Architectural Heritage](/dealer-profile/1)**’s stand including 'Carnival' by Paul Mount (1922-2009), stainless steel on slate base raised on a perspex plinth, signed, circa 1980, selling for £24,600 plus ARR. The CADA dealer also specialises in sculpture and garden antiques, amongst which is a pair of decorative French iron and tole work garden gates with scroll work embellished with tole work swags and urn with flowers and foliage, 128cm high, circa 1930, £2,400.

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_‘Comet’ feather hair piece with gold and seed pearl stars, c.1890, POA from Howards Jewellers_

**[Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)** specialises in works of art from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. For sale at the fair is a rare Charles I silver box with agate set lid, the sides neatly engraved with stylised flower heads, bearing the maker’s mark WB underneath, circa 1640, £1,950; a 17th century Spanish colonial mother-of-pearl casket with silver mounts, Mexico, £14,000 and a surprisingly contemporary looking late 17th century Bernard Perrot glass beaker with blue and white fili and retortoli.

**[Howards Jewellers](/dealer-profile/16)**, from nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, has an interesting selection of varied jewellery for sale including a rare engraved Royalist silver locket depicting King Charles I inside, 1649-1660, £3,950; a highly decorative feathered Comet hair piece with gold and seed pearl stars, circa 1890, POA; a Colombian emerald (certificated) and diamond cluster ring, French, circa 1890, POA and suffragette necklaces with precious gems. **Timewise Vintage Watches** joins the fair this year with sought-after vintage watches by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Breitling and a Hanhart German Luftwaffe pilot’s watch from WWII, £5,500.

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_17th century silver and parcel gilt ‘ladies’ size’ tankard by Christoph Leipzig, c.1664-1669, £7,950 from Mayflower Antiques_

Two further specialist dealers at the fair are **[Stephen Kalms](/dealer-profile/37)** with fine English and Continental silver and long standing CADA members *[*Christopher Clarke Antiques](/dealer-profile/4)**, from Stow-in-the-Wold, with travel items and campaign furniture.
Fair director Cathy Hunt, of **[Catherine Hunt Oriental Antiques](/dealer-profile/17)**, said: “The Cotswolds has long been known for its fine art and antiques shops, a destination for many collectors and interior designers. Following the disruption caused by the pandemic, which meant we could not hold our fair last year, it will be new beginnings for the fair in its new venue at Compton Verney. Not only will our members put on a magnificent show with a great variety of fine art and antiques from across their individual businesses in the Cotswolds, all of which will be for sale, but visitors will also be able to enjoy Compton Verney Art Gallery’s exhibition and treasures, and also a stroll through its Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown designed park.”

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_Chinese 17th century transitional wucai figures of the Hehe Erxian twins, c.1650, £5,750 from Catherine Hunt Oriental Antiques_

**Venue**:

Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park

Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ

**Date**:

Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 October 2021

**Opening Times**:

11am to 5pm daily

**Media Partner**:

Country Life

**Tickets & enquiries**:

To register for a complimentary ticket for two people, visit www.thecada.org or email info@thecada.org

**Transport**:

By Road: 6 miles from the M40 (junction 12) on the B4086 between Wellesbourne and Kineton, follow brown signs marked for Compton Verney.
Ample free parking in the specially located antiques fair car park, AA signposted. Nearest railway station: Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon or Banbury. Chiltern Railway offers a fast, efficient service from London and Birmingham, which stops at three of these stations. Compton Verney is then a 25 minute taxi ride. Nearest airports:  Birmingham International (approx 40 mins), Heathrow (approx 90 mins).

**Social Media**:

[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheCADA.org), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/c_a_d_a)

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_The Honourable Frances Thynne, 'Lady Worsley, Wife of Sir Robert Worsley’ by Sir Godfrey Kneller, oil on canvas, POA from Trinity House Paintings_

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CADA Fair at Compton Verney Art Gallery

Romantic inspiration from the Cotswolds

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_Roses’ by Bryan Kneale MBE RA,  oil on canvas, 1959, POA from **[Architectural Heritage](/dealer-profile/1)**._

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_Pair of antique toasting glasses, £2,200 from  Mayflower Antiques_

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_'Claudine and the Red Rose’ by Marcel Dyf, oil on canvas POA from  Trinity House Paintings_

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, members of The Cotswold Art & Antique Dealers’ Association (CADA) have been coming up with very different ideas on how to celebrate February’s theme of LOVE, which will be shared on **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/)** @cadartandantiquesassociation.

Bunches of fresh flowers, often roses, make their way to loved ones on Valentine’s Day. Why not say it with flowers in a lasting way? **[Trinity House Paintings](/dealer-profile/29)** has Floral Still Life, an oil on canvas by Mary Fedden (1915-2012), dated 1946;

a pair of interior scenes with a young woman being offered flowers by her suitor by Jean-Simon Fournier 1794

or Claudine and the Red Rose by French artist Marcel Dyf (1899-1985).

**[Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13)** offers Flirtation, an oil on panel by Alfonso Savini (Italian, 1836-1908), £7,650.

You can’t go wrong with Roses, the oil on canvas by Modern British artist Bryan Kneale MBE RA (born 1930), POA from Architectural Heritage.

Valentine’s Day is also a time for proposals. Having spent so much time in lockdown, couples realise how important they are to each other and some may plan to make it more permanent. Of course, 14th February is traditionally known as the day that women can propose to men, but it works both ways. CADA members can come up with several ways to help just celebrate loving someone and showing appreciation at this time of year.

An unusual way to propose might be to pop the question with **[Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13)**’s The Proposal, oil on panel by Belgian artist Florent Willems (1823-1905), £80,000.
Alternatively, English pottery specialist **[John Howard](/dealer-profile/14)**, whose 19th century Staffordshire pottery bocage group in pearlware and coloured glazes, Persuasion, circa 1810-1820, is attributed to the Patriot Group, £2,950. The slightly shy female figure is rather contentedly thinking about the fair offer her partner has made as he proffers a gold ring.
A somewhat whimsical dog looks adoringly and coyly at his mistress, almost imploring her to say “yes”.

For the tea lover, a Regency sycamore tea caddy with naïve prints of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, with her son Cupid, £2,650 from **[Freshfords Fine Antiques](/dealer-profile/8)** could be a romantic choice, or from **[Mark Goodger Antiques](/dealer-profile/32)** comes a very rare ivory octagonal tented top tea caddy with faceted cut steel decoration and tortoiseshell edging.
Behind cut steel framed glass is a painted plaque of a young courting couple, circa 1795.

**[Legge Carpets Ltd](/dealer-profile/18)** has a wool and silk hand woven Flemish tapestry fragment dating to about 1600, the centre cartouche depicting a couple going for a stroll in an idyllic scene in the countryside, £1,250. With the home playing such a significant part in our lockdown lives, a splash of the colour of passion could be an option like a pair of Regency mahogany and brass library chairs with shaped scrolled barrel backs in smart red leather, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1815, £17,500 that could add a little pzazz, or even a pair of Chippendale period mahogany chairs with red upholstery and leaf carved pierced backs and corner brackets, circa 1760, £2,450 both from **[W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11)**.

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_A Flemish tapestry fragment (detail)   c.1600, £1,250 from  Legge Carpets Ltd_

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_A pair of Regency mahogany and brass library armchairs, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1815 £17,500 from W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd_

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_Persuasion’ Staffordshire pottery bocage figure group, attributed to the ‘Patriot Group’, c.1810-1820 £2,950 from John Howard_

Thinking even further out of the box, a George III brass bound mahogany oval oyster bucket full of the delicacy, circa 1780, could set the scene, £1,500 (oysters not included).

Oyster buckets were a feature of Georgian London when street vendors abounded and these receptacles would have graced the best homes in the country and can now be used as ice buckets for champagne and wine.

As music is the food of love, a pretty George III period oak and mahogany duet stand, circa 1800, £2,250 could be considered for a traditional musical twosome, also from **[W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11)**.

Don’t forget the candles with a fine pair of Baroque silver candlesticks for romantic meals, £18,000 or drink to the future with a pair of antique toasting glasses, £2,200 from **[Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)**.

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_Flirtation’ by Alfonso Savini  oil on panel, £7,650  from Haynes Fine Art_

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_A fine pair of Baroque silver candlesticks, £18,000 from Mayflower Antiques_

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_Regency sycamore tea caddy with naïve prints of Venus and Cupid, c.1790-1800 £2,650  from Freshfords Fine Antiques_

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_George III brass bound mahogany oval oyster bucket  c.1780 £1,500 from W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd_

Although in lockdown, the romance doesn’t need to be missing this February. Cotswold art and antiques dealers are still available to talk on the telephone and communicate by email. Check out the website at www.thecada.org to discover more and follow @cotswoldartandantiquedealers **[on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/)** for more ardent inspiration.    

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 LOVE IS IN THE AIR

#ATableIsNotJustForChristmas

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**George III mahogany extendable pedestal dining table, circa 1820, £28,500 with eight George III mahogany Hepplewhite chairs (£9,850 from [Moxhams Antiques](/dealer-profile/21), Bradford-on-Avon ([www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk](https://www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk/))**

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**Extending cherry wood French farmhouse table, circa 1840, £3,650 from [Prichard Antiques](/dealer-profile/24), Winchcombe ([www.prichardantiques.co.uk](https://www.prichardantiques.co.uk/))**

Brown furniture often gets a bad press, but for entertaining, whether it be Christmas or any other celebratory event, the table is often the key to bringing everyone together. 
With COVID-19 in our midst, festive entertaining and the Christmas meal may be rather depleted this year, but a table is not just for Christmas, it can see families through generations of fun and entertaining and with antique tables has already done so. 

The antique furniture dealer members of **The Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA)** are sharing their entertaining ideas on **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/)** @cadaartandantiquesassociation and on the newly updated website at www.thecada.org all through the month of December.

Even if there are just two of you this Christmas, **[Moxhams Antiques](/dealer-profile/21)** ([www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk](https://www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk/)) from Bradford-on-Avon shows us that George III mahogany pedestal dining table, circa 1820, which can be extended with three loose leaves (£28,500), can be just a perfect fit for two at one end. **[Moxhams Antiques](/dealer-profile/21)** has topped its table with a few pieces from its extensive early 19th century ironstone dinner service, comprising 114 pieces (£2,850) and surrounded it with a set of eight George III mahogany Hepplewhite chairs (£9,850).
Alternatively, utilise the extensions on a table to keep you socially distanced.

**[Prichard Antiques](/dealer-profile/24)** in Winchcombe ([www.prichardantiques.co.uk](https://www.prichardantiques.co.uk/)) has a fabulous extending cherry wood French farmhouse table glowing with warm honey tones. When closed, it seats six, but doubles in length with chestnut leaves allowing for wider spaces between you, circa 1840 (£3,650).

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**Rare mid-18 century mahogany oval breakfast table from W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd in Witney ([www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/))**

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**A table setting offering a bit of fun for all  when visiting the Picton House galleries of [Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13) in Broadway ([www.haynesfineart.com](https://www.haynesfineart.com/))**

**[W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11)**, Witney (**[www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/)**) has embraced the small table challenge packing this particularly rare mid-18 century mahogany oval breakfast table with its one piece solid mahogany top, not glued together planks (£4,500), circa 1760, by packing it full of festive treats of fruit, mince pies, Xmas pud, biscuits, chocolates, nuts, stollen and lebkuchen for two to enjoy sharing over the holiday. 
Why not add a special pair of antique toasting glasses (£2,200 the pair) from **[Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)** (**[www.mayflower-antiques.co.uk](http://mayflower-antiques.co.uk/)**)?

Joining in with their own take on dining for two is specialist art dealer **[Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13)** (**[www.haynesfineart.com](https://www.haynesfineart.com/)**) that likes to make sure that there is fun for everyone to enjoy when visiting the extensive galleries in the picturesque village of Broadway.

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**24 piece silver cutlery set by William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London, 1899/1901, from [Howards Jewellers](/dealer-profile/16), Stratford-on-Avon ([www.howardsjewellers.com](http://www.howardsjewellers.com/))**

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**One of a set of six jelly glasses, the bell bowls with rib moulding cut with notches, circa 1780, £300 from [Delomosne & Son Ltd](/dealer-profile/7) ([www.delomosne.co.uk](https://delomosne.co.uk/))**

Of course, there are other important items to bring the table to life and add a little decorative glamour in these restrictive times such as an impressive 24 place setting silver cutlery set made by William Hutton & Sons Ltd in London, 1899/1901, which comes in its original canteen from **[Howards Jewellers](/dealer-profile/16)** in Stratford-on-Avon (**[www.howardsjewellers.com](http://www.howardsjewellers.com/)**). 
Enjoy just using two place settings for now and bring out the full set for all to use when restrictions ease. 

Add a fine pair of Baroque silver candlesticks (£18,000) or collectors may be particularly interested in two Charles I silver dessert stands by Thomas Maundy (£37,500) from **[Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)**.

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**Rare set of six engraved English flutes with OXO borders on diamond cut facetted stems with centre swelling knops, circa 1770 from [Delomosne & Son Ltd](/dealer-profile/7), North Wraxall ([www.delomosne.co.uk](https://delomosne.co.uk/))**

Use a couple of flutes from the rare set of six engraved with OXO borders on diamond cut facetted stems for the champagne from **[Delomosne & Son Ltd](/dealer-profile/7)** in North Wraxall, near Chippenham (**[www.delomosne.co.uk](https://delomosne.co.uk/)**); they will sparkle in the candlelight (£2,600 the set) and some of the set of six jelly glasses, circa 1800 (£265 the set) for dessert. Someone with a small appetite may enjoy the straight sided custard cup, circa 1820 (£55).

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**A fine quality George III period mahogany and brass bound hexagonal wine cooler with carrying handles and lead lined interior, circa 1780, £2,950 from [W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11) ([www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/))**

For the wine connoisseur or FOMO hosts **[W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques)](/dealer-profile/11)** Ltd suggests a George III period oval or hexagonal mahogany wine coolers (£2,950 each) to save having to leave the room to get more cold drinks from the fridge.

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**A Persian Tabriz vase carpet, circa 1880, in the region of £5,000 and a Persian Yazd silk ikat panel with a cypress design on the table, £1,250 from [Legge Carpets](/dealer-profile/18) from Summertown ([www.leggecarpets.com)](https://www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com/)**

**[Legge Carpets](/dealer-profile/18)** ([www.leggecarpets.com](https://www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com/)) from Summertown, Oxford has plenty of textiles to act as table coverings amongst which is a late 19th century Persian Yazd silk ikat panel with a cypress design, backed on fine printed cotton of the period measuring 178 x 107 cm, (£1,250) and, of course, there is their extensive range of carpets and rugs on which your table could sit adding more colour to the room.

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**When we are are able to entertain all the family and friends again, extendable tables will come to the fore – [W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd, Witney](/dealer-profile/11) ([www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/))**

If you are fortunate to have other members of family or friends at the table, you can even create games like ‘guess the age, maker or country of origin’ all centred around the table display.  More festive entertainment and ideas can be found from all **[The Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association members](/dealer-directory)** on **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/)** @cadaartandantiquesassociation and on the website at www.thecada.org.  

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FESTIVE ENTERTAINING IDEAS FROM CADA

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**Getting into the Christmas spirit at [W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd](/dealer-profile/11), Witney ([www.wrharvey.com](https://www.wrharvey.com/))**

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**Selection of fine jewellery from [Howards Jewellers](/dealer-profile/16), Stratford-on-Avon ([www.howardsjewellers.com](http://www.howardsjewellers.com/))**

Getting ahead with Christmas shopping is proving more difficult this year with yet another lockdown, so here are some ideas from members of **The Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA)** that can be perused online.  Each month, the CADA Instagram (@cadaartandantiquesassociation) concentrates on a specific topic.  In the past, there has been The CADA Flower Show, the Sea and most recently Autumn, each encompassing as many dealers and disciplines as possible.  This month, some of the Cotswolds’ art and antique dealers are sharing their suggestions for Christmas inspired interiors and gifts, but do check out their individual websites to make your own discoveries.

Alex Puddy, Chair of CADA, said, “This month, with lockdown about to commence again, CADA’s followers can enjoy our members’ ideas inspired by Christmas and special gift suggestions.  If they like what they see, they can contact the relevant dealer to discuss and find out more about the history, provenance, condition, measurements, shipping and delivery options and potentially to negotiate a price.  The Cotswolds is one of the most beautiful and historic areas of England and is home to the largest concentration of art and antiques outside London.  Our Instagram account also shares and celebrates images taken in the area, which may be helpful when planning a trip here. We look forward to providing a warm welcome to visitors when it is safe.  In the meantime, we continue to help people online and over the telephone.”

The composition of some of the items to be featured this November actually celebrates Christmas – a watercolour painting of ‘The Tinsel Tree’ by Elizabeth Sorrell RWS (1916-1991), £1,650 from **[Newman Fine Art](/dealer-profile/22)** (**[www.newmanfineart.co.uk](https://www.newmanfineart.co.uk/)**); ‘Christmas Lunch’ by John Sherrin (1819-1896), £2,800 from **[Sarah Colegrave Fine Art](/dealer-profile/5)** (**[www.sarahcolegrave.co.uk](https://sarahcolegrave.co.uk/)**) and the Christmas story English needlework, depicting Joseph leading Mary and the baby Jesus on a donkey, signed and dated Mary Parker fecit, 1763, £980 from **[Legge Carpets](/dealer-profile/18)** ([www.leggecarpets.com](https://www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com/)) based in Summertown, Oxford.

Other posts present ideas that might help with finding a unique and highly desirable Christmas present for loved ones.  For women, a George III Belgian Spa grisaille pink oval tea caddy, circa 1760-1770, £3,500 from **[Freshfords Fine Antiques](/dealer-profile/8)** (**[www.freshfords.com](https://www.freshfords.com/)**) in Bradford-on-Avon whilst **[Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)** (**[www.mayflower-antiques.co.uk](http://mayflower-antiques.co.uk/)**) has a selection of 17th century boxes amongst which is a rare silver filigree little pomander, circa 1690, £750 and a little carved mother-of-pearl box with silver mounts, £4,000. In Stratford-on-Avon, **[Howards Jewellers](/dealer-profile/16)** (**[www.howardsjewellers.com](http://www.howardsjewellers.com/)**) has a wide selection of antique and contemporary jewellery, as well as precious collectibles for women and men.

Having spent so much time at home in 2020, many people are considering upgrading their interiors or are just ready for a change, so some couples may be inspired to indulge themselves this Christmas with something as simple as fabulous cushions made from a 19th century Qashqai carpet with velvet backing, in various sizes, from £96 each at **[Legge Carpets](/dealer-profile/18)** or a little 18th century oak table cabinet, made around 1730, in which to keep special and precious items, £575 from **[Prichard Antiques](/dealer-profile/24)** (**[www.prichardantiques.co.uk](https://www.prichardantiques.co.uk/)**) in Winchcombe.

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**'The Tinsel Tree' by Elizabeth Sorrell RSW, watercolour, £1,650 from [Newman Fine Art](/dealer-profile/22), Cirencester**

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**George lll Belgian Spa grisaille pink oval tea cadde c. 1760-70 £3,500 from [Freshfords Fine Antiques](/dealer-profile/8), Bradford-on-Avon**

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**19th century Qashqai cushions with velvet backing, from £96 from [Legge Carpets Ltd](/dealer-profile/18) Summertown, Oxford**

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**Collinson rocking horse c. 1950 £1,250 from [Moxhams Antiques](/dealer-profile/21) Bradford-on-Avon**

Not forgetting the children, **[Moxhams Antiques](/dealer-profile/21)** (**[www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk](https://www.moxhams-antiques.co.uk/)**), with showrooms in Bradford-on-Avon, has two delightful rocking horses. The earliest one was made by Lines around 1920. It is on a wooden stand with turned pillars and the head is slightly tilted, £2,250. The other horse is larger and on a plainer wooden stand and is attributed to Collinson, made about 1950, £1,250. Both have been sensitively restored and retain most of their original paint and tack. Even the horsehair manes and tails are mainly original.

Christmas may be difficult from the point of handing over presents directly in person, so prints from specialist **[Elizabeth Harvey-Lee](/dealer-profile/12)** ([www.elizabethharvey-lee.com](https://elizabethharvey-lee.com/)) are worth considering as they are easy to post.  Specialising in in old masters to modern British and Continental artists’ etchings, engravings, lithographs and more, from the 15th to 21th centuries, **[Elizabeth Harvey-Lee](/dealer-profile/12)** has a small selection of contemporary artists’ prints from around Europe – an original etching from 2001 ‘A Gust of Wind’ by Reinder Homan (born The Netherlands 1950), £250 and ‘Tired Dog’ by Michael Blaker R.E. (1928-2018), circa 1980, £125.

Chinese ceramics might not immediately come to mind as something Father Christmas would take down the chimney, but blue and white is often a favourite colour choice for ceramics and there are some interesting pieces that might be suitable presents from **[Catherine Hunt Oriental Antiques](/dealer-profile/17)** ([www.cathy-hunt.co.uk](https://cathy-hunt.co.uk/)). One rare piece for sale is a Chinese 17th century blue and white Master of the Rocks conical cup made during the reign of the Emperor Chongzhen (1628-1644), the last Ming Emperor. £5,750 or a charming Yongzheng biscuit figure, £480.

To make it a white Christmas all year round, in its Broadway gallery, **[Trinity House Paintings](/dealer-profile/29)** (**[www.trinityhousepaintings.com](https://www.trinityhousepaintings.com/)**) has a selection of wintery oil paintings by Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958), Kyffin Williams KBE, RA (1918-2006), Brian 'Braaq' Shields (1951-1997), and a white out in ‘Park Avenue, New York’ by Johann Berthelsen (1883-1972), £28,500.  For the avid cricket fan, **[Haynes Fine Art](/dealer-profile/13)** in Broadway (**[www.haynesfineart.com](https://www.haynesfineart.com/)**) has recently taken on the paintings by former England and Gloucestershire cricket legend Jack Russell MBE.  The famous wicket keeper played 54 Test matches, 40 ODIs and 465 first-class games.  Now a full-time artist, he began painting nearly 30 years ago in cricket pavilions when rain stopped play. Not all his paintings are cricket scenes; one oil on canvas depicts 'Snow at the Brook, Luckington’ and is priced at £1,780. 

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**Rare silver filligree pomander, c. 1690 £750 from [Mayflower Antiques](/dealer-profile/33)**

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**'Christmas Lunch' by John Sherrin, 19th century watercolour, £2,800 from [Sarah Colegrave Fine Art](/dealer-profile/5)**

Follow **The Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association** on **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cadaartandantiquesassociation/)** @cadaartandantiquesassociation to see more Christmas inspiration and gift ideas or join the mailing list for future news of online and actual events to visit, when allowed, at **[www.thecada.org](https://www.cotswolds-antiques-art.com/)**.  

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CHRISTMAS INSPIRATION IN THE COTSWOLDS

CADA member Mark Goodger of Hampton Antiques is to curate a collection of tea caddies for the forthcoming exhibition "A Tea Journey: From the mountains to the table" at Compton Verney.

Visitors will follow the tea leaf from plant to pot, beginning with its roots in Chinese culture through to its adoption and appropriation into British society. 

The exhibition will raise questions about what the humble cup of tea has evolved to represent in international, social, philosophical and visual cultures.

A Tea Journey will combine rare, historic tea ware from China, Japan and India with responses by contemporary artists.

We are so proud to be invited to curate a collection for this "A Tea Journey" exhibition, as far as we know this is a first that tells the whole story. 

It will be a must visit for all tea enthusiasts and collectors. The shop will also have tea caddies for sale, so please make time to visit this wonderful house and all its treasures. 

A Tea Journey: From the mountains to the table is open from Saturday July 6 to Sunday September 22, for further information visit the Compton Verney website **[https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/thing-to-do/a-tea-journey-from-the-mountains-to-the-table](https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/event/a-tea-journey-from-the-mountains-to-the-table/)**

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A Tea Journey: From the mountains to the table

our 40th anniversary online E - exhibition

This Exhibition brings together the membership of the Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers’ Association in our 40th year and puts forward their stories alongside fine examples of their specialist inventories in this online, page turntable and printable exhibition catalogue. - please click the link below to view

[https://issuu.com/onlinegalleries/docs/cada_40th_anniversary_exhibition_](https://issuu.com/onlinegalleries/docs/cada_40th_anniversary_exhibition_)

This online exhibition represents, in our profession, a fresh modern approach to presenting fine art and antiques linking interested clients directly to the CADA dealer and their expertise across the wide range of specialities represented in our association; this is a first and I hope you find an item or two of interest - if nothing else there are some surprising insights into the personalities within the trade and sage advice on how to start a collection

I very much hope you enjoy the catalogue and thank you for your interest in all that we do

With kind regards
Alex
 
Mr Alex Puddy
Chairman CADA

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