Discover the magic!

The Olde Towne experience has been treasured by visitors the world over-an opportunity to shop our fine antique shops, visit our galleries and unique specialty stores, enjoy excellent dining, both indoors and out in one of our many fine restaurants and pubs. Discover all of the magic yourself.
Discover Olde Towne Portsmouth!

Friday, September 22, 2017

Shopping for Antiques? Discover Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA

There’s one thing for sure about Virginia, and that is there’s an abundance of antique dealers scattered throughout the Commonwealth. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Tidewater region of the Atlantic coast, Virginia has a treasure trove of shops and malls to peruse through.

Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia, one of America's most historic seaports has been well known for it's selection of fine antique shops throughout the decades. Though we have lost some dealers during the recession years, Olde Towne Portsmouth still offers a handful of the best antique shops in Hampton Roads. Olde Towne also offers a monthly antiques to flea market that draws hundreds of shoppers to hunt through the huge variety of treasures offered for sale.
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Skipjack Nautical Wares 

& Marine Art Gallery

Devonshire Square, 620 High Street, Portsmouth, VA (757) 399-5012

Virginia’s premier maritime antique store and marine art gallery. Offering a large selection of authentic maritime antiques, ship models, marine instruments including clocks & barometers, telescopes, spyglasses, sextants, octants, compasses, lamps and lighting, ships wheels, boat and yachting salvage and collectibles, bells, US Navy, US Coast Guard and other military items. Skipjack also offers a collection of maritime paintings, prints, bronze sculptures as well as sailor-made and folk carvings and other marine art forms. If you are searching for nautical items, this is the place to find it.

Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 am- 5 pm. 
Closed Sunday and Monday or by chance or appointment.

Beautiful nautical antiques and marine art can be found at
Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery,
 Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA.

Authentic maritime antiques, ship salvage and nautical instruments at Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery.

Choice period Antique furniture can also be found at Skipjack!

Great selection of nautical table lamps, re-purposed using antique ship lamps and other maritime items is available at Skipjack.
Discover one of  the finest collections of authentic antique maritime instruments in the world at Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery.
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Way Back Yonder Antiques 


Devonshire Square, 462 Washington Street, Portsmouth, VA 757-398-2700

Since 1991, Way Back Yonder Antiques has offered a fine selection of quality antiques to customers the world over. Their inventory is collected from the local area and they select only the best to offer their customers. They are a general line antique store with an emphasis on quality. The inventory includes items from antiquity to the 20th century, furniture, accessories, lighting, glassware, pottery, porcelains, ceramics, metal and wooden wares, estate silver of both sterling and plate, estate and costume jewelry, coins, collectibles, and other curiosities.


Open Monday-Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: 12 pm – 6 pm


Beautiful porcelain antique oyster plates can be found at
Way Back Yonder Antiques.


Way Back Yonder is known for their wonderful collection of sterling silver flatware
and hollow ware.


Great selection of antique flow-blue dishes.

Fabulous treasures abound at Way Back Yonder Antiques. 

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The Olde Towne 

Antiques to Flea Market

Currently being held at 200 County Street  (757) 405-3500

Visit the Olde Towne Portsmouth Antiques to Flea Market the first Saturday of each month, rain or shine, and enjoy the eclectic collection of unique and antique wares. With more than 70 vendors, you will discover a great selection of antique and flea market items of all types – priced to sell! Shop for estate furniture, architectural salvage, china, silverware, art, sports gear, musical instruments, books and ephemera, hand-made crafts and toys, as well as decorative accessories and one-of-a-kind items. A favorite of local and visitors alike, it is a treasure hunter’s dream come true! Always Free Admission & Free Parking!


The Olde Towne Antiques to Flea Market is held the first Saturday
of each month here in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia.


Great selection of antiques and flea items and large crowd of shoppers at the
Olde Towne Portsmouth Antiques to Flea Market.

One visit to Olde Towne Portsmouth and you’ll be hooked. Amble along the famous Seawall. Stroll through three centuries of historic neighborhoods. Go antiquing. Take in some art. Eat at one of the delightful restaurants. Choose from a wide variety of fine, casual and family dining establishments with many offering outdoor seating. Many of Portsmouth’s attractions are clustered within easy walking distance of each other, making it the perfect place to spend a day.





Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Shopping Historic Devonshire Square, Olde Towne Portsmouth Virginia


An enchanting historic destination in Portsmouth, Virginia with English sophistication and inimitable
style and grace, Devonshire Square along High Street in Olde Towne is one of the most exceptional and beautiful shopping venues in Hampton Roads. Our mixture of unique, specialized stores offer the best in home furnishings, gifts, and fine art, antiques, garden statuary and accessories, unparalleled in quality and design.



AndersonWright Rooms & Gardens features exquisite garden statuary, urns and gorgeous garden accessories, displayed in a captivating atmosphere rich with old world charm and historical glamour. The beautiful garden room and formal gardens is also a wonderful place to hold parties, meetings and weddings. Video.

Beautiful garden furnishings and accessories and
Anderson Wright Rooms & Gardens
The gardens and Anderson Wright at Devonshire Square
The Garden Room at Anderson Wright

Whether you’re on the lookout for high-quality kitchenware or hard-to-find gourmet items, turn to The Kitchen Koop, offering a large range of products and services in their store. From selling kitchenware and gourmet foods,  it's all there for you! All products are personally selected by Deon Foster, a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef. Deon with her love for food, finds purpose and joy sharing her knowledge and skills with all of her customers. Enjoy wine tastings or learn how to prepare top-of-the-line dishes in one of Deon’s professional cooking classes.

The marble kitchen inside the Kitchen Koop
Quality tableware at the Kitchen Koop
Wonderful selection of gourmet foods and durable kitchen tools.
Hard-to-find gourmet foods at the Kitchen Koop.

Devonshire Square is also everything nautical.  Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery are dealers in authentic nautical maritime antiques, collectibles, maritime ship salvage and hardware.  Skipjack offers for sale exceptional, quality nautical furniture and furnishings, nautical lamps and lighting, marine instruments, model boats, nautical gifts and decor. Tripadvisor

Highest quality handcrafted ship models at
Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery
Nautical table lamps, antiques, marine clocks and art at Skipjack.
Marine art and lighting at Skipjack Nautical Wares
& Marine Art Gallery.
Authentic nautical antiques.
Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery.

Skipjack’s Marine Art Gallery features exceptional works of art in various media representing artists from our region and as far away as New Zealand. Each artist work's show is chosen for their unique style of artwork.

Hand-carved folk art in Skipjack's marine gallery.

Since 1991, Way Back Yonder Antiques has offered a fine selection of quality antiques to customers the world over. Their inventory is collected from the local area and they select only the best to offer their customers. They are a general line antique store with an emphasis on quality. The inventory includes items from antiquity to the 20th century, furniture, accessories, lighting, glassware, pottery, porcelains, ceramics, metal and wooden wares, estate silver of both sterling and plate, estate and costume jewelry, coins, collectibles, and other curiosities.


Way Back Yonder Antiques on Devonshire Square

Antique porcelain oyster plates.

Antique British flow blue dinnerware.

Way Back Yonder Antiques offers a large selection of  sterling silver
flatware and hollow ware.

Devonshire Square is part of the inimitable Olde Towne magic, the sense that you are here but somewhere else as well, a touch of merry Olde England, a major slice of maritime history. Olde TownePortsmouth is all of that. We hope that you will visit us today and come back, again and again.


Devonshire Square Shops

Anderson Wright Room & Gardens
622 High Street, Portsmouth, VA ~ 757-398-0990
http://oldetowneportsmouth.com/listings/anderson-wright-rooms-gardens/


The Kitchen Koop
638 High Street, Portsmouth Va  ~ 757-399-4475
http://www.kitchenkoop.com/home.html


Skipjack Nautical Wares
& Marine Art Gallery
620 High Street, Portsmouth, VA  ~ 757-399-5012
https://www.skipjackmarinegallery.com/


Way Back Yonder Antiques
462 Washington Street, Portsmouth, VA ~ 757-398-2700
http://oldetowneportsmouth.com/listings/way-back-yonder-antiques/


One visit to Olde Towne Portsmouth and you’ll be hooked. Amble along the famous Seawall. Stroll through three centuries of historic neighborhoods. Go antiquing. Take in some art. Eat at one of the delightful restaurants. Choose from a wide variety of fine, casual and family dining establishments with many offering outdoor seating. Many of Portsmouth’s attractions are clustered within easy walking distance of each other, making it the perfect place to spend a day.











Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Best Antique Shops In Coastal Hampton Roads Virginia

There’s one thing for sure about Virginia, and that is there’s an abundance of antique dealers scattered throughout the Commonwealth. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic coast, Virginia has a treasure trove of shops and malls to peruse through. From exceptional antique dealers that specialize in fine American, British and Continental furniture and decorative arts from the 17th, 18th and 19th and early 20th centuries, to the weekend markets that offer used furnishings and brick-a-brac at a flea price. So, whatever you are hunting for, you are most likely going to find it in one of Virginia’s many antiquing haunts

In this blog, we will focus on antique shops located around coastal Tidewater, Virginia (also known as Hampton Roads). This incorporates the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton & Newport News and its surrounding areas. These are the shops that specialize in true authentic antique items that may include furniture, silver, porcelains, lighting art and decorative arts.

Antique Shops of Coastal Virginia


19th century tiger maple huntboard from
Skipjack Nautical Wares  & Marine Art Gallery

Brill’s Antiques

10527 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Va
(757)  329-7891
Specializes in 18th Century Furniture & Accessories.
By chance or by appointment

Le Marché

1607 Colley, Avenue, Norfolk, VA (757) 625-1211
Located in the heart of Ghent on Colley Avenue, Le Marché offers Fine French Antiques and Furnishings. European bed and table linens, fine china, crystal, sterling flatware, iron beds, cribs, armouries, tables, chairs and lounges. Our offering to the Hampton Roads area is an incomparable selection ranging from 18th through 20th century furnishings and gifts from country to formal, in a full range of styles and periods up to and including Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Art Moderne.
Open Monday-Saturday 10 am – 6 pm

Le Marche located in Ghent on Colley Avenue in Norfolk Virginia offers
fine French Antiques and furnishings as well as European accessories. 


Michael Millard-Lowe Antiques

242 W 21st St, Norfolk, VA (757) 776-9046
Michael Millard-Lowe Antiques is a nationally known provider of fine antiques. Their mission statement is " to provide quality antique and vintage furniture and accessories at a competitive price to interior designers and the public in a super friendly customer service orientated atmosphere."
Open Monday- Saturday 10 am – 5 pm Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm


Monticello Antiques

227 West York Street, Norfolk, VA.
Specialize in buying and selling late 18th and early 19th Century American and English furniture. We have a complete restoration and repair service.
Open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery

Devonshire Square, 620 High Street, Portsmouth, VA (757) 399-5012
Virginia’s premier maritime antique store and marine art gallery. Offering a large selection of authentic maritime antiques, ship models, marine instruments including clocks & barometers, telescopes, spyglasses, sextants, octants, compasses, lamps and lighting, ships wheels, boat and yachting salvage and collectibles, bells, US Navy, US Coast Guard and other military items. Skipjack also offers a collection of maritime paintings, prints, bronze sculptures as well as sailor-made and folk carvings and other marine art forms. If you are searching for nautical items, this is the place to find it.
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 am- 5 pm. Closed Sunday and Monday or by chance or appointment.

Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery located in
Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA  specializes in
 maritime antiques, marine art and nautical furnishings.


The Antique Design Center

833 W 21st St, Norfolk, VA
(757) 622-4244
Specializing in fine quality antiques, antique and vintage chandelier’s. Their 8000 square ft. showroom features 18th, 19th, and 20th century American and Continental banquet tables, sets of chairs, beautiful antique accessories, and period art.
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm

Sterling silver coffee service on tray from Way Back Yonder Antiques
in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia.


Way Back Yonder Antiques

Devonshire Square, 462 Washington Street, Portsmouth, VA
Is a general line antique store with an emphasis on quality. The inventory includes items from antiquity to the 20th century, furniture, accessories, lighting, glassware, pottery, porcelains, ceramics, metal and wooden wares, estate silver of both sterling and plate, estate and costume jewelry, coins, collectibles, and other curiosities.
Open Monday-Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: 12 pm – 6 pm