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How do you display your collection?

Post by dantheman on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:13 am

I suffer from the well known problem that all pottery collectors can relate to (apart from those with huge homes) how do I display all of my lovely collection?
I have bought a bigger home to accomodate mine and have bought several display cabinets but still the cupboards are full of wonderful treasures that rarely see the light of day.
Have you found good ways to show off your collection? I know Ed has some lovely cabinets I look forward to seeing lots more pics soon.
Please post your pics here


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Post by Pip on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:47 am

I know you're not expecting me to post any photos - you all know my house is weeny and my 'collections' are huge - I have an undignified heap of jumbled up stuff on shelves in my long-suffering dining room (even the table top is completely covered). Suffice to say it's a mess and I ain't posting no photos!

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Post by dantheman on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:54 am

I'm looking for clever ways to store and display collections Pip so please don't post any pics unless you do before and after shots?

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Post by dantheman on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:56 am

here's a "before" one from my house


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Post by big ed on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:02 pm

I like to work on a sort of rotation system , if I have stuff hidden away for a while and Iv'e gotten a little tired of certain pieces i will display them , we have three double cabinets and three single all glass cabinets ,we only have a small house as well , 3 bedrooms etc.but I have only about 150 or so pieces at any one time as i am flogging quite a lot at this time of year , my ideal would be to have about 50-100 real quality pieces ,both for investment and to look at , if i had thousands of pieces I would go nuts , quality more than quantity is the best IMO, I like selling and then going out and collecting again on a different quest .

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Post by big ed on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:08 pm




This another good idea you might like to try Dan , kath bought these little perspex shelf thingys on Ebay (about £12), she collects royal copenhagen santas , when they were on the shelf flat you could not see them but put in the shelf and voila , you will display the smaller items you have much better with this tier system , Ed

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Re: How do you display your collection?

Post by dantheman on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:21 pm

Great stuff Ed,that's exactly the sort of tip I was looking for,I'll get some pronto

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