DISPLAY OF ANTIQUES
UP TO £10,000,000 VALUE
LONDON EXHIBITION
(British Official Wireless.)
Reed. 9.30 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 24. The Earl of Athlone, accompanied by Princess Alice, the Countess of Athlone, opened the third antique dealers' fair and exhibition in London) to-day. All leading antique dealers in the country are taking part, and. the exhibits are estimated to be of a total value of £10,000,000. All periods from the Elizabethan are represented! in the furniture section, and a large immlber of clocks arc on view.
One of the principal curiosities is the mace of the Irish Parliament made in London in 1765 and which was in use up to 1801. There is a specially fine display of old silver, glass and ceramics.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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121DISPLAY OF ANTIQUES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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