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Royal Family and Leading Politicians
On Show at
Members of the Royal Family including Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Princess Alexandra, Princess Alice and Prince Albert Edward will be joined by leading politicians, writers and celebrities at The LAPADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair at the NEC, Birmingham, 16th - 21st January 2002 - in the form of Parian statuettes. 2002 marks the Golden Jubilee of HRH Queen Elizabeth II and to commemorate the occasion porcelain specialists Clive & Lynne Jackson from Cheltenham will be mounting an extensive display of Parian including models of the Royal Family and important people from the 19th century such as Gladstone and Disraeli.  Parian, a form of unglazed white porcelain made to imitate marble, was extremely popular throughout the Victorian period and enthusiastically collected by the Royal Family who kept their extensive collections of busts and statuettes at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight where they can be seen today. Discerning connoisseurs and collectors from across the world will be attending The LAPADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair which is widely regarded to be one of Europe’s most important art and antiques events of the year. The Fair is organised by Centre Exhibitions at the NEC for The Association of Art & Antique Dealers (LAPADA) and features 105 exhibitors. Exhibits are strictly vetted for quality and authenticity and all exhibitors abide by The LAPADA Code of Practice. This ensures visitors can make their purchases with confidence. A highly distinctive décor with the emphasis of presentation make this one of the most stylish antiques fairs in the UK. Fair Director Fran Foster said: ‘The LAPADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair is the country's premier winter antiques event and a major showcase for the Association's members who will be showing a range of the finest antiques and works of art available anywhere in the world’.  Visitors will find a superb range of 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century furniture, ceramics, glass, clocks, barometers, paintings, bronzes, metalwork, mirrors, silver, jewellery and objets d’art on sale with prices from less than £50 to more than £250,000. In a move to further broaden the appeal of the Fair, exhibits will not be restricted age, allowing for a greater range of early 20th century objets d'art together with a selection of Modern British and contemporary paintings and works of art. Among the leading exhibitors will be period furniture specialists Hallidays Antiques from Dorchester on Thames, Reindeer Antiques from Towcester, Queensbury Antiques from Suffolk, Wakelin & Linfield from West Sussex, F.E.Anderson & Son from Wales, Chevertons of Edenbridge, The Graham Gallery from London, Paul Hopwell Antiques from Northamptonshire and Haughey Antiques from Cumbria. Specialising in paintings will be Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Rowles Fine Art from Welshpool, The Canon Gallery from West Sussex and The Priory Gallery from Cheltenham. Other specialists include Quarry Antiques from Birmingham with porcelain, Jillings Antiques from Gloucestershire with clocks, Derek & Tina Rayment from Cheshire, with barometers, Uri Jacobi from Chester with Persian and Oriental carpets, Nicholas Shaw from West Sussex with fine silver, Lin Holroyd from Wakefield with glass and Laura Bordignon from Cambridgeshire with Oriental bronzes and ivories. Seminar Theatre
Visitor Info:
Tel: +44 (0) 121-767 2454
WIN FREE TICKETS FOR THE SHOW!!! Simply answer the following question and e-mail us the answer along with your name and address (so we can send the winners their tickets) by 9th January to be entered into the draw for 1 of 25 pairs of tickets to the LAPADA Show. Question Parian is made to ressemble:-
a) pewter
Privacy policy - your details will not be passed on to anyone else, other than the winners details being given to the organisers for their audit purposes) GOOD LUCK!!
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