It’s Spring, and April showers are bringing May flowers to the courtyard of Historic Burlington Antiques and Art Emporium in Burlington, New Jersey. Each Spring the dealers of the Emporium fill the courtyard and their booth with items for the patio and garden. Cement animals will greet you and patio sets will seat you! Antiques chairs, oil cans, funnels, wash tubs and even an old wine press all become vessels for plants and flowers.
Shoppers may find a piece of old iron fencing, folk art objects and architectural items in the courtyard or in the 14,000 square foot building housing 65 dealers.
The Emporium opened for business in June 2001, so visitors can help to celebrate the tenth year of business this June. The Emporium now houses 65 cases and 60 individual booths filled with antiques and collectibles and art work - and is expanding.
Tickets are available at the Emporium for the 2011 Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, May 14 from 1 to 5 p.m.. (Rain Date May 15th). There are 15 sites on this walking tour along Wood, West Pearl, High and West Union Streets and Locust Avenue in the beautiful Historic City of Burlington.
The theme in May at the Emporium is Garden items and Art Pottery. Early examples of art pottery will be on display in the Theme Case, located in the front of the Emporium. While the origin of the American art pottery movement is in question, most historians and experts agree that the American art pottery movement started in the 1870’s. Some experts feel art pottery was first made in Cincinnati, Ohio, while other experts say the birth of the movement was at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Art pottery pieces were hand-thrown, hand decorated artistic products. Later products were made with under glaze, slip decoration, matte glaze, high gloss glaze, carved, molded or applied decoration. Many of the art potteries started as one-man or one-woman operations - then grew to become large successful financial ventures with hundred of employees - until the art pottery movement ended in the 1930’s.
The Emporium has a warm and welcoming atmosphere, and always includes complimentary coffee/tea and treats. Its located at 424 High Street (Route 541) across from the Burlington City Post Office. Burlington City is 1 hour and 15 minutes from New York City, 1/2 mile from the Burlington Bristol Bridge, seven miles from exit 47B of Route 295, 1 Block from the River Line Railway.
Visit Historic Burlington Antiques and step back in time. They are open 7 days a week, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit their website at www.AntiquesNJ.com or call (609) 747-8333.