The 61st Annual NHADA Show in Manchester, New Hampshire

The sixty-first annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Show will conclude later today at the Manchester Downtown Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire - and I suspect that more than a few thousand people have already visited thus far. The event itself, Antiques Week in New Hampshire typically attracts thousands of spectators each year, from across the country and even parts of Canada. Although, I can't be certain of it, but I suspect it has attracted collectors from elsewhere in the world over the years, as well.

Nevertheless, this year's event appears to have been another successful year, as I saw many booths decorated with red dots, indicating items had sold. There were too many favorite pieces to count, but spectacular pieces of early American furniture appear to have been a big hit this week, with two special eighteenth century highboys selling that were attributed to Connecticut and Salem, Massachusetts. Great painted furniture was also a hit, with many pieces selling soon after shows began, but one of my favorite examples was a wonderful tuck away table with red paint that sold at the 2018 edition of Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair at St. Anselms College.

61st Annual NHADA Show

Dealers Ready for the 61st Annual NHADA Show in Manchester, NH

67 Dealers Exhibit at the Show in Room Settings

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Photo Courtesy: Katherine Bovard

Hundreds of Visitors Lined Up in Anticipation of the 61st Annual NHADA Show

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Photo Courtesy: Katherine Bovard

Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair

Hundreds of People Lined Up Waiting for the Collector's Fair to Open at St. Anselms College

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I bought a few pieces of red earthenware this week, most of which I have already written about, but this is probably the piece that I enjoy most - a late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth century slip-decorated red earthenware charger attributed to the industry in Philadelphia, circa 1770-1810. Interestingly, I have previously written about some similar decorated artifacts that were recovered from late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century brick lined privies in Philadelphia.

Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Charger

My Niece Alexis with a Charger Attributed to Philadelphia

Circa 1770-1810

Measures 14 1/4" in Diameter

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