Spring is in the air

Bring a touch of spring to your home with some unusual antique items that will complement the beauty of those spring flowers. Signalling the start of spring and summer, the Antiques Fair at Nelson Mandela Square is always a good place to look for collectables that transcend the ordinary and bring that spring feeling into your home and garden.

Motifs, images and patterns borrowed from nature have brightened tastefully decorated homes through the ages, and antiques fairs are an ideal place to find rare gems. Here are a few spring-inspired collectable pieces to add to your collection or brighten your home and garden.

Why not invest in a beautiful silver planter to house that sensational potted orchid.

Celebrate spring with beautiful porcelain vases and plates bedecked with flowers.

Look for flower-inspired dinner, tea or kitchenware.

Look for collectable silver berry spoons for serving those strawberries and cream.

Choose a classic Royal Doulton flower seller figurine or a Spode Copeland Spring figurine.

Garden-related decoration, including planters and urns to place those spring flowers.

Look for botanical prints, classic flowers on porcelain, a flower-inspired mantle clock or flower embroidery on old linen.

Set under the porticos of Nelson Mandela Square, the Antiques Fair has become the go-to event on the first Sunday of every month