WE will close our shipping and office departments from Wednesday March 10th until Tuesday March 23rd for a well earned post holidays break/buying trip. During that time we will be available through by email. Shipping for all orders placed during that time will resume March 24th. Thanks!!!
OLYMPICS SALE! All Olympics memorabilia are on sale at 30% OFF! They can be found under Olympic Memorabilia in the Memorabilia category or under Our Sale Items!
New items added daily. Wedgwood, Shelley, knife rests, teacups, an antique postcard collection, a tea caddy spoon collection, horse brasses, antique and vintage jewelry and biscuit jars to name a few items!
LAYAWAY ALWAYS WELCOME! See our FAQs for details.
NEW Items added almost daily. Feel free to contact us with items you are looking for that we may not have gotten to yet. We have over 3,000 items online already but still have 40 cartons from the last trip unopened in the warehouse we are listing as fast as we can. Always something new to see....and all BRILLIANT!
Store News: Photos and descriptions taken from Time Was Antiques have been included in the 25th edition of Schroeder's Antiques and Collectibles Guide (see page 492 in the Shelley China listing)and have been invited to be included in the upcoming invitation only Schroeder's Guide to Internet Antique and Collectible sites.************************See our ad monthly in TEA TIME MAGAZINE, THE TEA HOUSE TIMES, and THE TEA TIME GAZETTE, VICTORIA Magazine....
*************We specialize in Shelley China, England and always have over 200 items in all sorts of patterns and shapes including chintz. We carry teapots, teacups and saucers, teacup trios, plates, dishes and more!
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NEW ITEMS added daily like Shelley China, Cottage Ware, Wedgwood and Adams jasperware, fabulous silver figural knife rests, sugar tongs, napkin rings, teacups, teacup trios, biscuit jars, transferware, Torquay Mottoware and everything for an elegant tea table. See our ad in TEA TIME MAGAZINE! Wonderful gifts, decorative items and things to add to your favorite collections. Welcome. Cuppa tea,then?!
'I hope you'll all agree That a lady at tea Should never cut cake with a chopper Or throw pieces of coal At some old soul Who is wearing her husband's best topper' Words of popular song 1920s
***Member of the Antique & Collectible Dealers Association ***
*****We have been featured in Southeastern Antiquing magazine and Tea Time magazine, our photos and descriptions in Schroeder's Antiques and Collectibles Guide and have been invited to be included in the upcoming invitation only Schroeder's Guide to Internet Antique and Collectible sites.*****
******************************We are proud to advertise in Tea Time Magazine and The Tea House Times. These are fine publications dedicated to the art and accoutrements of taking tea. Yum!!!********************************************
We are members of the United States, English and Australian Shelley China Societies. We are also members Torquay Pottery Collectors Association and Transferware Collectors Society.
We are so happy you visited our webshop, Time Was Antiques! We keep an ever growing inventory of English antiques, uniques, tea related items and collectibles with a British accent. Please browse....We specialize in Shelley China and always have over 200 items of Shelley in stock.... If you have any questions or are looking for something in particular use the Ask A Question feature or Contact Us. We have over 6,000 items with only a portion being here on the webstore. We might have what you are looking for even if we haven't added it yet to our online inventory. Have fun and visit often!...We go to England every year for a month to find special treasures for Time Was Antiques and add items almost daily. Bookmark us and check back often!
