Brambly Hedge Collectables

The ‘Brambly Hedge’ stories by Jill Barklem, first published in the early 1980's is about a community of mice living in the hedgerow and their adventures. Who would have thought this would turn out to provide not only books, TV programmes, videos and DVD's but also some of the most detailed collectables connected with the subject? The two leading manufacturers of ‘Brambly Hedge’ collectables are Royal Doulton and Border Fine Arts (which is now part of Enesco). These companies provided everything from collectable plates, individual figures to complete dioramas.

A very good book for avid collectors of Brambly Hedge items is the ‘Brambly Hedge Collectors Book’ by Louise Irvine (ISBN: 0-903685-65-5). This book is still available on Amazon and details all the collectables made, their date of introduction and withdrawal. What it doesn’t do is to detail the price, like so many of the other collectables book try to do. This will require additional research by the collector.

Items can be found in a variety of places; Antiques and Collectables Emporiums, Car Boot Sales, Flea Markets, Charity Shops, Etsy and eBay (of course). Even Facebook has the Official Brambly Hedge Page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brambly-Hedge-Official/131372376914506?fref=ts  which has over 5,000 likes. Obviously some pieces are rarer than others or more widely sought after. The case in point are the Border Fine Arts tableaus or dioramas, currently these are fetching between £100 and £350 dependent on the subject but typically the Doulton collectors plates can be purchased for just a few pounds.

Whatever your pocket limitation are or your desire to own these fine collectables just go and enjoy them.

Here are just some of the collectables which I have or have sold.

Who are OTN antiques?

This is by way of a welcome, my first blog you could call it and everybody has to start somewhere. 

Let me start then with an introduction, What is OTN Antiques? It is the short name for "Ooh! That's Nice Antiques & Collectables". Strange name, you may say. Well, it came about one Sunday morning when my wife and I were talking about our collection of bone china, what we should keep and what we should sell as we were running out of room.  I said it would be easier to start a business to sell it all and that "Ooh That's Nice" would make a great name for business. When asked why, I said because that's what you say when we see something at the antique fair or market that you like. The rest they say is history.

Everybody collects something and this blog will aim to explore the various items that make up a collection and also to celebrate any particular (private or professional) collection or item that I find on my travels.

I hope you will like it and follow me as we journey through the world of antiques and collectables.