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Welcome to meadowscollection.com, the antiques e-zine.

So...what is The Meadows Collection?

We are!

We are Adela and Mark Meadows, professional antiques dealers since 1980; The Meadows Collection is the name of our business.

We specialize in antiques and vintage decorative arts and pride ourselves on always having pieces that are a little bit out of the ordinary...we like to say that they are  "Just as unique as you are."

You may have read our book, Quimper Pottery...A Guide to Origins, Styles, and Values, seen us on television including  multiple segments of Collectible Treasures on HGTV, or read about us in the Antiques Journal,  Maine Antiques Digest, Country Register, or West Coast Peddler.

We began in group shops, then had our own shop, and our business has taken us all over the United States lecturing for various groups and exhibiting at  select antiques shows. We also lead shopping tours in France and sell through our web sites.

Our passion is antiques. Real antiques. By that we mean no reproductions, of course. But we also mean antiques that you can live with...antiques that fit today’s life styles. And while there’s always been lots of information about antiques from the seventeenth and eighteenth century, let’s face it...that’s not what’s out there. We also have a fondness for vintage decorative arts.

Each issue of meadowscollection.com provides information about antiques and vintage decorative arts—pieces that are “just as unique as you are.” But equally important, it’s not about "ivory tower" pieces that you only see in museums; it's more about what is actually available in the current marketplace.

meadowscollection.com is an e-zine and is published on a regular basis. The link called Quimper Pottery leads to our other e-zine,  www.oldquimper.com.
Quimper pottery happens to be one of our particular passions.

Other regular features include Peek into the Gallery where you'll find an informative article.  The Porky’s Pick link is where the spotlight is on a particularly unique item that is selected by Porky, our feline chief financial officer. The subject might be a painting, a great pottery figure, or a fanciful piece of silver...whatever strikes his fancy!

A click on Shop in Your Slippers takes you to a selection of pieces available for purchase, and allows you to do just that...shop for unique antiques and vintage decorative arts without having to leave the comfort of your home or office computer.  Shameless Book Plug is a shameless plug for our book, plus ordering information so that you can purchase an autographed copy of your own instead of spending all that time lurking in the book store.

The France Shop 'n' Tour link provides a glimpse of what it's like to come with us on one of our tours...hint, it's an incredible amount of fun. And finally, Fun Sites to Check Out lists other web sites that might be of interest.

The Meadows Collection is about finding the unusual...we're not tied to any specific era or particular country of origin; even though we lead tours in France we just may come up with an American folk art carving...you just never know...and neither do we...that's what makes it so much fun and unique!


The Meadows Collection
“Just as unique as you are.”

 

...a vintage mardi gras head

Further information about these and other unique vintage decorative arts can be found in this issue's Shop in Your Slippers pages.

The Meadows Collection Home Page....Quimper Pottery....Peek into the Gallery
Porky's Pick   Shop in Your Slippers.....Shameless Book Plug
France Shop 'n' Tour....Fun Sites to Check Out