Titian Studio Pottery Blog

 A weekend away treasure hunting in the Waikato. Front window of Arkwrights Antiques , Paeroa Danny and I love our roadies. Who doesn't enjoy driving around checking out antique shops, op-shops, second-hand shops and demolition yards. I approach the shops with a sense of excitement wondering if there's something for us, or more especially, for me! It's the adulting version of a treasure hunt.   This weekend we visited shops in Paeroa, Rotorua and Taupo. We were on a time schedule so I had to choose which ones were most likely to have something for me. Paeroa - 'The Antique Capital Of New Zealand' with its eleven shops, most of them on Belmont Road, are within easy walking distance of each other. Find a park, and off I (oops, we) go. As a personal preference Danny and I chose to wear masks in all the shops we visited.   The Titian stand-up butterfly vase, and the Orzel Ti-Toki bottle were in locked display cabinets with the more desirable Crown Lynn pieces.   Gen...