Pottery in MidCoast Maine
Maine is famous for some beautifully crafted pottery, and these
two show rooms are only 10-15 minutes drive from Snow Squall.
Edgecomb Potters
Sheepscot
Around the Area
WISCASSET
"Browse among a Sea-faring Town's Treasures in this small coastal village where antique dealers abound, most offering objects of value", The New York Times
Castle Tucker, Nichols Sortwell House, Old Lincoln County Jail & Museum, antique shops, train rides, Musical Wonder House
BATH
Maine Maritime Museum and Antique Shops
BOOTHBAY HARBOR
Boat trips, whale watching , shops, deep sea fishing, ocean aquarium
BRUNSWICK
Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum
Walker Art Museum at Bowdoin College campus
CAMDEN
Mount Battie State Park (view the coast from Bar Harbor to Portland from top)
DRESDEN
Pownalboro Court House (the only remaining pre-Revolutionary court building in Maine)
EDGECOMB
Fort Edgecomb
FREEPORT
L.L. Bean stores & other outlets,
Wolfe's Neck Woods Park
GEORGETOWN
Reid State Park Beach (miles of crashing Atlantic)
Five Islands for lobster on the dock
NEWCASTLE
Dodge Point Preserve (450 acres of trails),
St. Patrick's Church (oldest surviving Catholic Church in New England)
NEW HARBOR
Scenic spot for lobster/lunch on the dock
OWLS HEAD
Owls Head Transportation Museum
Owls Head Lighthouse
PEMAQUID
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Fishermans' Museum & Art Gallery
Pemaquid Beach
Fort William Henry
PHIPPSBURG
Popham Beach State Park and Fort Popham
PORTLAND
Old Port shopping
Portland Museum of Art for Homer & Wyeth works
ROCKLAND
Farnsworth Art Museum
Skiing
If you are looking for a hard-core ski weekend, Bath is probably not the ideal choice, as the best skiing is a few hours away. Ski areas that are within two hours of The Inn include Sunday River, Sugarloaf, Camden Snow Bowl and Lost Valley .
Antique Shopping - Bath
Brick Store Antiques
Polly Thibodeau, 143 Front St. Shop in an old brick building offering a range of country, Victorian, and decorative pieces large and small. Old paint and gilt coexist in this shop. Open daily 10-5 year round.
Tel: 443-2790
Front Street Antiques and Books
Barbara D. Weinz, 190 Front Street.
Tel: 443-8098
Ha'Penny Antiques
189 Front St. Open Mon-Sat 10-5, Tel: 442-7640 Co-owned by the following dealers:
- Different Drummer Antiques, Judy Waner. Country and formal furniture and accessories, toys to textiles. Specializing in early lighting. Also exhibiting at York Antiques Gallery. Home tel: 563-1836
- New England Antiques, Marion Redlon. Country and formal furniture, quilts, hooked rugs, fine linens, china and decorative accessories including drapery tiebacks.
Trifles
Mathew & Helen Robinson, 70 Front St. Specializing in the unusual - Neolithic to Modern. Emphasis on Eur. objects and furniture form N.E. estates. Classical- decorative-comfortable. Please call ahead. Open by chance or appointment.
Tel: 443-5856
Antique Shopping - Camden
American Country Collection
James and Marjorie Tenety, 27 Mountain Street (Rt. 52). Pewter, prints, paintings, glass, tin, nautical, wood, tools, toys, lighting, iron, photographic, military, political and books. Open May-Oct most days 9-5.
Tel: 236-2326
Downshire House Ltd.
Alan Spanswick. 49 Bayview St. Fine quality antique longcase clocks, wall regulators & both mercurial & aneroid barometers. Plus selected furniture. Mon.-Sat. 10:30-4 or by appointment.
Tel: 236-9016 Fax: 236-3445. Web Site: http://www.downshire.com
Quarter Cape Antiques Gallery
Ray Cushing, Rte. 1, 4 miles north. 20 dealer shop set in Maine's only historic Quarter cape coach house. Buying & selling fine ceramics, period furniture, folk art, paintings, paint decorated smalls, hooked rugs & pottery. May-Nov Tues-Sat 10-5.
Tel: 236-4574 E-mail: folklore@midcoast.com
Rufus Foshee Antiques
Rte. 1 halfway between Camden and Lincolnville Beach. Specialist in English and American pottery, 1650-1880. Open daily. Serious collectors should call ahead.
Tel: 236-2838
Schueler Antiques
10 High St., Rte. 1 just above town. A fine collection of American period and country furniture, paintings, antique accessories and folk art. Open from mid May to mid Oct. Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5, Mon & Tue by chance or appt.
Tel: 236-2770 or (winter) 617-738-8309
Somerset Antiques
47 Bayview St. English & French antiques. English silver, estate jewelry, figural napkin rings, antique garden accessories, lamps, wall decor, antique Oriental carpets. Open daily 9-5 Mon-Sat, 10-4 Sun.
Tel: 236-1013
Suffolk Gallery
Marjorie Jones, 47 Bayview St. Fine English silver, blue & white transfer ware, porcelains, Staffordshire figures, furniture, paintings and decorative accessories. Open daily 10-5 and by appt.
Tel: 236-8868
The Richards Antiques
Chad Richards, 93 Elm St., US 1. Furniture and accessories for the discriminating collector, lamps a specialty. Fine new lamp shades and lamp repair. Normally open 10-5 June-Oct but an appointment is advisable. Balance of year by appointment.
Tel: 236-2152
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