by Cabinet of Curiosities | May 15, 2013 | Blog
Say you’re walking around on the street and you just so happen to stumble into a shop that has a couple of 100 year old stuffed boar heads, an 1860s embalming table and some ancient Asian pieces of pottery that have been sitting at the bottom of the ocean for some 500...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | May 10, 2013 | Archive
As hardcore lovers and purists of all things antiques we have mixed emotions when it comes to refurbishing items; having said that there is no denying there are some beautiful and creative pieces of work out there and we do admire people with a creative flare for...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | May 8, 2013 | Archive
This little piggy went to market. this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, and this little piggy had none, and these little piggies came…. weee weee wee all the way into our little shop…...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | May 8, 2013 | Blog
As sellers of antiques let’s face it, we like to move stuff; after all shops simply don’t survive if they don’t make money. And while admittedly we do get a rush out of selling our antiques to the highest bidder, the greatest pleasure is in knowing that the items we...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | May 2, 2013 | Blog
If street signs could talk imagine the tale this relic might have to spin. Circa 1800s, this Pinchin Street sign may well have bore witness to one of the bloodiest and most horrific crimes of the 19th century; a crime committed by none other then the notorious Jack...