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Bethel UMC's Lewes Antiques Show and Sale attracts crowd
Joan Moore, the coordinator for this year's show and sale, strolls the aisles during a break in the action. BY DENY HOWETH
July 20, 2013
More than 15 antiques and jewelry dealers set up shop at Bethel UMC in Lewes for the three-day 55th annual Lewes Antiques Show and Sale, July 11-13.
Joan Moore, the coordinator for this year's show and sale, strolls the aisles during a break in the action. BY DENY HOWETH
Down Home Antiques from Heritage Antiques, brought things one might find in an old home frozen in time, such as an old biscuit box from Baltimore, along with crocks and a tractor seat. BY DENY HOWETH
Mimi's Antiques offered a collection of blue Canton scalloped plates from 18th Century China. BY DENY HOWETH
Well worn wooden bowls and spoons add a down home look. BY DENY HOWETH
Manlove's Choice Antiques of Greenwood shows off a rare George III spice box from the 1770s. BY DENY HOWETH
Gary Manlove demonstrates how an 1860 Woodruff Stick Barometer would work. BY DENY HOWETH
A herd of cow creamers were waiting to be taken home in Carole's Country Collection, Milton DE. BY DENY HOWETH
Barbara Rew of Towson, MD arranges her Victorian Crazy Quilt in her booth at the Bethel Antique show BY DENY HOWETH
Charlotte Whitenight, of Curiosities Antiques in Baltimore, explains to DIana Wyatt of Pungoteague, VA, the detail and properties that show it is an original painting. BY DENY HOWETH
Original Royal Daulton Figurines came from Somerhouse in Clarksville, the old molds have been purchased by someone in China and are now replicas of an older era. BY DENY HOWETH
An English wooden flywheel has great action and is ready for a rod from the Old Board Antiques BY DENY HOWETH
A rare survivor from the 1920s is a flip ring, part of Wishing Well Antiques' treasures. It is black onyx with a diamond on one side and it flips to a cameo wearing a diamond. BY DENY HOWETH
Delaware Avenue Antique Emporium is known for its lamp. Here is a bannister light with an acid etched glass shade sitting atop a cherub of pot metal. BY DENY HOWETH
Linda Coxton of Rehoboth looks over a glass case of special objects. BY DENY HOWETH
Bethel's lunch ladies, Florence Sulitzky and Olga Fitch, command the kitchen and crank out orders of chicken salad sandwiches. BY DENY HOWETH
An old English game called Marble Solitare, from The Old Board Antiques out of Easton. BY DENY HOWETH
Wishing Well Antiques had the corner of the market on matchbox cars and old metal trucks. BY DENY HOWETH
English Brass Clown Nutcracker, The Old Board Antiques. BY DENY HOWETH
Little red riding hood decals are a rare sight on this child's sewing machine made of tin from Down Home Antiques BY DENY HOWETH
Bethel Antiques show was host to hundreds of shoppers. BY DENY HOWETH
Kirk Repousse and Stieff Rose sterling Baltimore silver shine brightly in a lit case at Barbara Rew Antiques BY DENY HOWETH
A 1940s handmade baby bikini is a one of a kind. BY DENY HOWETH
Irene Averitte from Historically Yours in Manassas, Va. shows off a Model 1840 U.S. heavy calvary sword called the wrist breaker. BY DENY HOWETH
Delaware Avenue Antique Emporium featured an original three-piece metal train set. BY DENY HOWETH
An original metal Matchbox truck from WIshing Well Antiques. BY DENY HOWETH
