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August is a wonderful month to be on Nantucket, but for aficionados of the fine and decorative arts, the weekend of August 2 through 4 is a highlight. Nearly forty antiques dealers converge at the Nantucket High School for the annual Nantucket Antiques Show that benefits the Nantucket Historical Association, which organizes a loan exhibition to accompany the show. This is the antiques show's twenty-fifth year, or silver anniversary, and the historical association has appropriately mounted a loan exhibition of Nantucket silver. Entitled Nantucket Silver, it is on view at one of the association's properties, the Hadwen House on Main Street, until November 24. This is the perfect location for this show because William Hadwen was a merchant who retailed silver and other goods on Nantucket during the early nineteenth century.
The work of two silversmiths is highlighted in the show: John Jackson, who was working on the island by the mid-1750s, and ...