During this time he has served a broad range of clients - from interior designers with specific demands to individual collectors looking for that "special piece" to enhance and complement their decor. As well as buying and selling antiques, Des, is a master furniture restorer using skills and expertise gained from a lifetime spent in his workshop doing just that.
Here at The Consortium, we understand that every home has a different look and feel to it, and that's what we like to embrace with our mix of vintage, retro and industrial furniture and decorative home accessories. We're J and Mary and are proud to be the owners of this family run business of some twenty years standing. We are also very privileged to be a stockist of the ever-popular Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™. Its unique formula means it can be applied to a range of surfaces without much prep.
The Clock Work Shop is situated in the historic town of Winchester, the ancient capital of England. For nearly 20 years we have been in Parchment street selling and restoring fine quality antique clocks and barometers. Our shop consists of 4 showrooms where you are able to view a large selection of longcase clocks, fusee dial clocks, fusee bracket clocks, a selection of French mantel clocks, and a comprehensive range of antique wheel barometers, stick barometers and barographs.
The shop, close to the Cathedral in the ancient city of Winchester, has been a centre of interest for antique clock and watch enthusiasts, investors and collectors for over 50 years. We have a continually changing selection of important and rare antique clocks, watches and barometers and undertake restorations, appraisals and commissions.
Simon Scantlebury Antiques has a stock of antique and vintage furniture, home accessories, collectables and decorative items. We can source beautiful period pieces which have timeless appeal, and are always hunting for quirky decorative objects, which suit a range of interiors and tastes. We like to mix styles and periods, by mixing traditional with contemporary we bring a new dimension to any home, garage or garden.
We're a long established antique shop in Winchester, offering a wide range of antiques for sale, including antique silver, porcelain, Victorian antiques and collectibles, antique glass, small items of antique furniture, plus antique and vintage jewellery (jewelry to our US customers!). You can buy antiques for every budget to suit at our various stalls, located inside the historic Kings Walk Antique Market in Winchester. Come and see us soon - we look forward to meeting you!