Spring 2009
Best Sellers in Charleston, SC By Libby Boren Mcmillan


Vieuxtemps

In its previous avatar as Brittain’s, the store Vieuxtemps helped with bridal registry services for Magda Pelzer, who is now the store’s co-owner. The fact that Pelzer wanted to purchase the store with her mother as partner, was what convinced Ms. Brittain and her mother to sell to them. Pelzer kept the same lines but changed the store’s name to Vieuxtemps, a name that means “old times.” Her mother, porcelain artist Pamela Tidwell, lives in Georgia but provides the shop with its line of fine porcelain collectibles, which she creates and hand-paints in botanical themes. Bridal registry is still a booming business, as witnessed in the brightly lit china room toward the rear. The front of the shop displays lovely gifts and décor items.

Best Sellers
China: Herend
Crystal: William Yeoward
Sterling: Sterling 365
Fine Porcelain: Vieuxtemps porcelain
Home Fragrance: Agraria

Objets de Charme
Magda Pelzer and Pamela Tidwell, owners
843.723.7309
Vieuxtemps.net

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Libby Boren Mcmillan

McMillian is a freelance lifestyle writer specializing in travel, food and design. She works from Sanibel Island on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and contributes monthly to several regional magazines. McMillan produces and maintains a travel website, BestofSanibel.com. She is a Publisher's Circle reviewer for Viewpoints.com, an international ratings and reviews network.




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