Welcome to the website of Adam Calvert Bentley and Ardgowan Antiques, a unique source for fine and decorative antiques selected with our passion for unusual pieces. We also offer comprehensive restoration and conservation services from our own workshop based in Battersea
We are happy to arrange UK and international delivery on both individual and group purchases. Please contact us for a quotation.
All current stock
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Amusing Walnut Gate-“leg” Table
£1,950 Add to Basket -
Queen Anne Japanned Looking Glass
£2,250 Add to Basket -
Regency Rosewood and Mahogany Etagère
£1,800 Add to Basket -
Pair of 18th Century Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Covered Urns
£14,900 Add to Basket -
Chinese Qing Dynasty Painted Tea-Box
£1,450 Add to Basket -
Rare Set of Three Chinese Qing Dynasty Painted Terracotta Court Figures
£2,400 Add to Basket -
Pair of 19th Century Naïve Dog Portraits
£685 Add to Basket -
George III Japanned Occasional Table or End Table
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Group of Don Pottery Botanical Plates and Dishes
£1,040 Add to Basket
Stock Items Awaiting Professional Photography
Here is a preview some finds which are awaiting professional photography
Adam Bentley
Adam comes from an antique and fine art conservation background and has spent fifteen years working in that capacity for collectors, dealers, museums and other public institutions in the UK and overseas.
In 2016, after meeting Lucinda Chetwode, his now business partner, he took the next step and left his job as a conservator to pursue a career dealing in fine and unusual antiques sourced from across the globe. In June 2017 Adam Calvert Bentley moved into a new 650sq foot showroom-gallery space in Battersea, London, where the stock is viewable by appointment. Having continued to provide conservation and restoration services alongside the antiques business, in 2019 Adam set up a workshop alongside the Battersea showrooms.
Cindy Chetwode
Cindy has been dealing in antiques since she first set up business in her house in Scotland in 1982 and has also lectured extensively on Decorative Arts and Social History in Britain and the U.S. She is and has been a trustee for the Royal Collection Trust, Vice-President of the National Trust for Scotland and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection and Chatsworth House Trust. Since handing over the reins of Ardgowan House to her son, she moved to Hampshire where some of the larger pieces of stock for sale on our website are viewable by appointment.
Cindy Chetwode
Lucinda has been dealing in antiques since she first set up business in her house in Scotland in 1982 and has also lectured extensively on Decorative Arts and Social History in Britain and the U.S. She is and has been a trustee for the Royal Collection Trust, Vice-President of the National Trust for Scotland and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection. She recently moved to Hampshire where some of the larger pieces of stock for sale on this website are viewable by appointment.