Europe’s leading market: portobello road challenge to antique hunting

It became the stage “of the sweetheart of movie notsuteinguhiru”, the potobero load market with the antique market which exists in west London, is proud of European maximum scale as a standing market.That the history was old, started in around 1860 it is said and goes back to the age of the Victoria queen.

In the mecca and London of the antique there is a market to in addition to, but as for the port bellows, although maintaining quality, the threshold not to be that much high, because it is the atmosphere which is easy to go, you recommend to the sightseer.This time with this potobero load, bean knowledge in order to do antique hunting skillfully is introduced.

Two faces of port bellows, morning the professional partner, noon sightseer

Furthermore, every week Saturday the street stall and the antique gallery open in the potobero load over 2km, from the high-class antique, are easy various ones are put out to the sale to the gift item.Also the commodity which is handled, the treasure ornament item, the accessory and the habitual smoker supplies, race/lace, the toy, the picture and the furniture etc and is various.In addition, in the south edge of the potobero load, the vegetable and the fruit, it sells also the clothing.

market is generally open in the morning 5 it is about time, i tried to get faster than anyone else find the bargains, professional traders appeared first thing in the morning, then, when the before and after lunch, on saturday and tourists that would somehow come to portobello, crowded with visitors ridicule. evening 5 although some people have been opened up around the shop when, many shops 4 by the time it started gathering at the latest when the luggage, it is recommended that you go out to lunch. but, pack a bag just before the, giveaway price but may sell us on the, if you are as long as the budget, you may also see this time aimed at.

i want to know the terminology

in portobello what things around when? when and questions, answer is returned instead of age in the era. in the antique market in japan, edo, meiji, taisho, what’s the same way as described in the era, such as. below, we often hear in the antique market in london, here is a typical age and style.
victorian : n/a ~ n/a arts and crafts were made to queen victoria of england era, style and architecture.
georgian : n/a ~ 1830) george of england 1 from the world 4 arts and crafts made in the reign of, style and architecture.
art nouveau : 19 from the end of the century 20 century and early, mainly france, in the style of decorative art took place in belgium, decorative design features a curved.
art deco : 1920 from age 30 in the style of decorative art was popular in france in the center’s, design features simple geometric.
repro : stands for reproduction. so-called fake.

hallmark (stamped) let’s be sure to check with

many gold and silver products made in the uk, city name of where they are manufactured, age, quality, hallmark indicating, for example, contains the company name. as a means to verify the authenticity and age, hallmark will use this. what is the real silver? when asking questions like,, as crests of hollyhock, you have held out in front of the place with mark hall. if you are interested in mark hall, W. Foulsham from companies that “English Silver Hall Marks” a list of hallmark and their meanings has been published in detail in a book called.

the above formal british Assay Office in addition to the hall mark of, the hall mark of silver 935, 925, 800 (1000 of 1 the content of) the hall mark of gold and is 9ct, 15ct, 18ct you may have been stamped with a simple example,. this is Assay Office has been engraved in the non-, is foreign-made or. also, other metal products, ceramics, glassware, gem, there is no furniture and only cultivate a knowledge of antique books and art and books. also, in the older ones there are many things i do not have a hall mark of gold and silver, even, there is also a clever trick, such as imitation of the old pretense. jewelry is often the relationship between this kind of problem, especially, it is recommended that you purchase from a trusted dealer.

antique arcade recommend

below, proven between local professional, i summarize the antique arcade recommend.
Roger’s Antiques Gallery / no.65 : antique arcade first walked the portobello road. highly popular morning 7 to open when the dealer can be a column of.
Good Fairy : milling around the table said that the narrow passage beside, arcade market seems indeed. it is popular with tourists.
Silver Fox Gallery / no.121A : gallery of high-class collection of antique fine jewelery tenant by far the best.
Admiral Vernon Antique Market / no.141~149 : movie notting hill largest antique arcade portobello road that appeared at the beginning of. japanese are also in the center of tenant, you can enjoy shopping with confidence in japanese.

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