Celebrating the Season
Private Reception
Gather together with Royal Oak and decorations expert Benjamin Bradley and his partner Bruce Wayne to herald in the holiday season in a winter wonderland of Christmas Past.
Join us for another year of good cheer, mulled wine, hot cider and nibbles surrounded by antique ornaments and beautifully handcrafted decorations all crafted between 1890 and 1930 and fastidiously collected by Benjamin over the years. With each year comes a new theme, and this year we might see a recreation of an Old English Christmas. One collection always on display are Dresden ornaments made of cardboard, finely pressed in molds and hand painted between 1880-1910. Their intricacy and attention to detail belie the fact that they are made of a humble material and their survival is a rarity.