Illustrated above and right ... superb First Period Shepherd and Dog Candlestick..first black period. Again, our thanks to ebay seller londonantiques etc for use of images
March Meeting News....We returned to Stoke On Trent for our March meeting. Basing ourselves at the New Wedgwood Visitors Centre our weekend included a visit to the Potteries Museum to view the 'Staffordshire Hoard'.
Belleek UK Group Newsletter Issue 3 2009 'Special Irish Edition'....... Now available.
The United Kingdom Group. For those who do not know us, we are a group based in the United Kingdom for collectors of Irish Belleek porcelain. The pottery was founded in 1857 and still produces wares today. most prized and collected are the early Black Mark pieces. Full and Associate membership is available. Please contact our chairman Eddie Murphy for more details
Next UK Meeting...AGM Coventry.. Eileen and Bernard Burgham are our host for our next weekend meeting on 23 and 24th July in Coventry. We return to the Weston Hall Hotel where parts of this magnificent building date back to Tudor Times. Our meeting will include the famous Silent Auction Where members bring pieces of Belleek to auction. |
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Above right and below...An amazing find at a great price!! Green Wash to this rare Second Period Lily Tea Pot found in a junk Shop in South Africa for the princely sum of £5.00.. Below, also from Jannie Van Heerden, a rare Second Period Low Lily plate with blue tinted marking to rear
Our thanks to Jannie Van Heerden for sharing her 'good finds' with us |
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NEWS FROM AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL BELLEEK COLLECTORS CONVENTION15th-18th September 2011 The Windy City chapter are busy planning the next convention. Here are a few updates
Convention venue. Ohare Doubletree Hotel (Rosemont, IL very close to the airport, with a free airport shuttle) http://doubletree1.hilton.com room rate of $105 a night, including breakfast. Registration information including optional tour information will be available late summer. Windy City currently working on the convention price per person, the agenda, and design for the 2011 commemorative plate.
The convention will start on Thursday evening with a wine and cheese event. There will be seminars on Friday and Saturday, and possibly a Chicago tour on Saturday as part of the convention. Friday night will be a Chicago menu themed night, with bag pipers and an entertaining auction with 'resident' Auctioneer Dean Bagnall . Don Campbell has also happily agreed to be convention host. Saturday night will be the gala dinner , with Irish dancers and an Irish band.
Events include three auctions. The main auction will be on Friday evening and will be a Chinese auction along the same lines as 2009 New Jersey event. The Windy City Chapter are also planning a special holiday auction, the details of which will be revealed at the convention.
More details will be available in the next BCIS newsletter |
