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Tim Bowen Antiques

@timbowenantiques.bsky.social
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Specialists in old Welsh furniture & folk art. BADA member. Authors of ‘The Welsh Stick Chair’ & @ft_weekend Cult Shop. Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. timbowenantiques.co.uk

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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A horn beaker with rare engraving, depicting a lioness attacking a mail coach! An event that took place in 1816 where the 'Quicksilver' Royal Mail coach, on its way from Exeter to London, was attacked by a lioness outside the Pheasant Inn Nr Salisbury. timbowenantiques.co.uk/folk-art-and...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Open today/ Agor heddiw 5th September 2026 timbowenantiques.co.uk/cottage/ #cadw #welshcottage #bwthyn
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
CADW open-doors event. No.2 Clun cottage cadw.gov.wales/visit/whats-...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#cadw open doors. timbowenantiques.co.uk/cottage/
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
2 Clun Cottage is open as part of the ‘CADW Open doors’ event on Saturday 5th September 2026 cadw.gov.wales/open-doors-2...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#cricket
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
St.David’s cathedral, Pembrokeshire.
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Book / Llyfr 📚 timbowenantiques.co.uk/about-us/the...
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Maya Wassell Smith @mayawassellsmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
FOLK ART MADE AT SEA! Reviving my bsky account for some shameless self-promotion. Please come hear me talk about my beloved sailors’ craftwork and see some examples at our amazing museum store (and tell your friends about it)!
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Delve Deeper Curator Tour: A Closer Look at Sailors' Craftwork
This behind-the-scenes tour of the stores will explore the history of sailors' craftwork, from the eighteenth to the twentieth century
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Looking forward to visiting the National Eisteddfod Y Gareg Las next week. This miniature chair from our archive was from Crugybar in 1956. @eisteddfod.cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Y Bwthyn / The Cottage timbowenantiques.co.uk/cottage/
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
www.instagram.com/p/Dar83bICLZQ/
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Lime-washed walls ✔️doors & windows painted ✔️- now just the roof! #bwthynbach #cottage
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Simple, primitive, functional, and beautiful! A 19thC Carmarthenshire ash stool. #welshinteriors #welshstickchairs
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In the kitchen of an old Welsh clom cottage - with a 19thC Carmarthenshire oak spoon rack & a collection of original sycamore cawl spoons. #BwthynCymreig
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Welsh Stick Chair book from timbowenantiques.co.uk/about-us/the... #chairs #welshhistory #folkart #chairdesign #book #chair
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Y Gadair Gefn Ffyn Gymreig / The Welsh Stick Chair #Llyfr #book
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy #mothersday
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Welsh Stick Chair / Y Gadair Gefn Ffyn Gymreig timbowenantiques.co.uk/about-us/the...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
#stdavidsday #dyddgwyldewi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Happy St.Davids Day / Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Ready for the ‘cawl’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A Georgian adjustable wrought iron rushlight and candle holder, with original elm cruciform base. British c1790 47” high
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentines Day.
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Georgian hoop-back Windsor chair & Victorian reverse painted glass games board. See www.timbowenantiques.co.uk
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Cottage light
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#DyddSantesDwynwen
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Cottage window sill with wrought iron rush & candle holder. #cottage #bwddyn
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Y Bwthyn timbowenantiques.co.uk/cottage/
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Nadolig Llawen
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Paperchain holder #welshstickchairs
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Georgian Welsh oak & bog-oak candle box. timbowenantiques.co.uk/pieces/georg...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Welsh cottage & 17thC oak chair.
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
From timbowenantiques.co.uk/about-us/the...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Bwthyn Bach timbowenantiques.co.uk/cottage/
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
An inlaid Welsh oak longcase clock. With a brass & silvered dial engraved “Charles Vaughan Pontpool” and dated 1747 #clocks #clocksgoback
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Beautifully carved old sycamore butter stamps - #folkart
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The Welsh Stick Chair timbowenantiques.co.uk/about-us/the...
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Postbox shelter in Pembrokeshire
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Small carved 17th century oak box timbowenantiques.co.uk
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
#harvest
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A carved Welsh slate model bureau North Wales circa 1880 Similar pieces of folk art were carved by quarrymen of North Wales and most date from the late 19th century. Many were probably made to decorate their own homes and were given as gifts or entered into competition at local eisteddfodau.
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A small 19th century Mocha type pottery mug with wavy line decoration. #antiquepottery
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Victorian sycamore butter stamp. #antiquefolkart
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The old & the new - an 18th century Welsh stick chair with a tapestry cushion by Melin Tregwynt. #welshinteriors
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
#internationaldogday
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Lime-washing #cottage #bwthyn
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
18th C Welsh ash stick chair. #welshstickchair
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Tim Bowen Antiques @timbowenantiques.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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