The window he built for our stairwell throws colored light across the hall every afternoon. It looks like it was always there.
H
Hannah Mercer
→ Homeowner, Providence, RI
Providence Antiquary
Purposeful creation with a reverence for historical trades
Five old trades, one bench.
Every piece
made by hand.
Stained glass, forged iron, leather, silver, and enamel — worked the way they were worked before machines learned them. Small batches, real materials, no shortcuts.
Catalog pieces from $145. Commissions by conversation.
Nothing here is mass made. Every piece leaves the bench because Providence put it in my hands to finish well.
The Antiquary
Rhode Island GuildWinter MarketParish Commissions
Commissioned Work
A piece designed for your room, your door, your family.
We talk it through, I draw it full scale,
then I make it.
From $850
Per piece
Ready to Ship
Finished pieces already sitting on the shelf.
Same materials, same bench, no waiting.
From $145
Catalog
What the keepers say
Five stars from twenty-two keepers
I asked for hooks and got heirlooms. The scrollwork is struck by hand and no two are identical, which is exactly the point.
D
Daniel Calder
→ Restoration Carpenter, Bristol, RI
He explained every step of the enameling before he started, then sent photographs between firings. That kind of care is rare.
R
Ruth Avery
→ Collector, Newport, RI
Our parish commissioned a small panel for the chapel. It arrived wrapped in wool with a handwritten note about the glass.
J
James Whitfield
→ Parish Warden, Pawtucket, RI
I have carried the journal cover daily for two years. The leather has gone dark at the corners and the stitching has not moved.
E
Elise Soren
→ Writer, Boston, MA
The window he built for our stairwell throws colored light across the hall every afternoon. It looks like it was always there.
H
Hannah Mercer
→ Homeowner, Providence, RI
I asked for hooks and got heirlooms. The scrollwork is struck by hand and no two are identical, which is exactly the point.
D
Daniel Calder
→ Restoration Carpenter, Bristol, RI
He explained every step of the enameling before he started, then sent photographs between firings. That kind of care is rare.
R
Ruth Avery
→ Collector, Newport, RI
Our parish commissioned a small panel for the chapel. It arrived wrapped in wool with a handwritten note about the glass.
J
James Whitfield
→ Parish Warden, Pawtucket, RI
I have carried the journal cover daily for two years. The leather has gone dark at the corners and the stitching has not moved.
E
Elise Soren
→ Writer, Boston, MA
The window he built for our stairwell throws colored light across the hall every afternoon. It looks like it was always there.
H
Hannah Mercer
→ Homeowner, Providence, RI
I asked for hooks and got heirlooms. The scrollwork is struck by hand and no two are identical, which is exactly the point.
D
Daniel Calder
→ Restoration Carpenter, Bristol, RI
He explained every step of the enameling before he started, then sent photographs between firings. That kind of care is rare.
R
Ruth Avery
→ Collector, Newport, RI
Our parish commissioned a small panel for the chapel. It arrived wrapped in wool with a handwritten note about the glass.
J
James Whitfield
→ Parish Warden, Pawtucket, RI
I have carried the journal cover daily for two years. The leather has gone dark at the corners and the stitching has not moved.
E
Elise Soren
→ Writer, Boston, MA
Stained Glass
Cartoon, cut, came, and solder — leaded panels built to hold light for a century
Blacksmithing
Hot work at the anvil: hooks, brackets, trivets, and hardware
Enameling & Silver
Vitreous glass fired onto copper and silver, stoned flat by hand
