The Magazine Antiques - July 1994
July 1994 issue of The Magazine Antiques featuring major articles on marine painting, Nantucket's China Trade, engraved glass with American views, and an eighteenth-century Dutch dolls' house. A substantial reference issue for collectors, curators, decorative arts enthusiasts, and students of material culture.
Overview
The July 1994 issue of The Magazine Antiques reflects the publication's longstanding role as one of the premier periodicals devoted to antiques, fine arts, decorative arts, collecting, and museum scholarship. The cover features a dramatic marine painting by James Edward Buttersworth, setting the tone for an issue centered on maritime history, collecting traditions, and the material culture of the Atlantic world.
Among the featured articles are Richard B. Grassby's study of the marine paintings of James Edward Buttersworth, Michael A. J. Hule's examination of Captain James Cary and Nantucket's China Trade, Jane Shadel Spillman's article on glasses engraved with American views, and Valerie Jackson Douet's exploration of an eighteenth-century Dutch dolls' house. Together these articles provide a rich survey of collecting categories that continue to attract museum and private collector interest.
Style: Scholarly antiques reference, decorative arts, maritime history, collecting research.
Dating / Background
Published in July 1994 by The Magazine Antiques, this issue appeared during a period when the magazine remained one of the most respected voices in the antiques trade. Its contributors included museum professionals, historians, curators, and leading independent scholars. Issues from this era are increasingly valued not merely as magazines but as period reference works documenting collecting tastes, scholarship, exhibitions, and market interests of the late twentieth century.
The feature on Nantucket's China Trade provides valuable context for collectors of export porcelain and maritime Americana, while the Buttersworth article offers insight into one of America's most celebrated marine painters. The Dutch dolls' house article likewise connects furniture, decorative arts, and social history through a highly collectible category rarely encountered in depth.
Why Collect
Collectors increasingly recognize older issues of The Magazine Antiques as enduring research resources rather than disposable periodicals. Articles are often written by recognized authorities and remain useful decades after publication. This issue is particularly attractive because it combines maritime art, American decorative arts, export trade history, engraved glass, and European interiors in a single volume. It serves equally well as a research reference, collector's library addition, or period source documenting the antiques market and scholarship of the 1990s.
Dimensions (inches)
- Height: 11 7/8
- Width: 9 1/8
- Depth: 3/8
- Weight: 1.4 lbs
Condition
Good condition overall. Bumped corners, some rumpled edges, and evidence of light handling. Interior pages remain clean and readable. A solid reference copy suitable for continued use in a collector's or research library.
