Ed Mercer will bring these Art Deco sugar shakers to the National Antiques, Art and Vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse today and tomorrow.
Art by Graham Knuttel, antique rugs, jewellery, silver and Art Deco sugar shakers from the 1930’s and ’40’s are among the pieces awaiting the hunter gatherers who will descend on Limerick Racecourse for the two day national antiques fair this weekend. A Crown Devon Tiger Trees pattern sugar shaker and one from the Clarice Cliffe Bizarre range at Edwin Mercer will be a draw for some collectors. Others will favour vintage fashion, Irish art and antique furniture. This highly popular two day assembly of dealers from all over Ireland offers huge variety in all price ranges at this indoor venue with ample parking.
Limerick Racecourse is the convenient venue for a two day antique, vintage and collectibles fair today and tomorrow. With dealers from around the country and more than 60 stands offering everything from Irish art and furniture to jewellery, silver, vintage fashion, arms, militaria, coins, banknotes, porcelain and all sorts of collectible items this event is a magnet for collectors and anyone in pursuit of something quirky and different.
This big Limerick fair takes place several times each year, is hugely popular and draws an audience from throughout Munster and beyond. The appetite for fairs like this is undiminished. Hibernian Antique Fairs held their first fair in Cork for more than five years at Corrin Event Centre near Fermoy a couple of weeks ago and more than 1,000 people turned out in what was one of the biggest attendances at a one day fair in 40 years.
A Cork silver freedom box by George Hodder c1760 at the National Antiques Fair in Limerick.
With everything from a rare Cork silver freedom box and a vintage rocking horse to an eyecatching contemporary photograph of Loop Head, stylish oil lamps and elegant vintage furniture the National antiques, art and vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse today and tomorrow (June 15-16) offers an extraordinary range. Here you will find antique shops, art galleries, vintage dealers with fine and rare pieces and nostalgic collectibles in a roomy setting with ample easy parking. Irish art, an array of antique furniture from dealers like Greene’s of Drogheda, Oriental rugs from Annamoe Antiques in Co. Wicklow, hats and handbags from vintage fashion dealer Eily Henry, porcelain, antique glass, a portable HMV gramophone at and a vintage copper Irish Distillers hot whiskey dispenser at the stand of Sean and Breege Cassidy, coins, banknotes, rare books and even a Norwegian ladle at Edwin and Lorna Mercier’s stand combine to make Ireland’s biggest fair an event with something for everyone.
More than 70 dealers from all round the country will be in attendance. James Weldon of Dublin will bring the Cork freedom box illustrated above, made in 1760 by George Hodder and a George III Cork coffee pot by John Nicholson to the fair on Sunday, and is unable to attend today. Opening times on both days are from 11 am to 6 pm.
A striking photograph of Loop Head by Camille Seaman at the Purple Onion Gallery at the National Antiques Fair in Limerick.
