Corner Antiques — Local services in Clinton

I have been visiting the Antique Stores in this area. Corner Antiques is very high quality antiques, select distinctive and we'll displayed. This is the most professional Antique store that I have seen for quite sometime and I am spent too think of many that do merchandising this well. Meticulously maintained interior showroom with several vendors makes plenty of product available so you can find a great piece.

I was pricing a very unique wood box (for chopping sugar) which according to Jerry (the owner of Corner Antiques) is from the 1800's but he did not have a specific date in that century. Of course this sugar box was about the best of the Antiques in my evaluation although it doesn't have any provenance to provide a good history (Jerry didn't come up with an alternative when I asked him about what he thought was the best piece in his showroom).

The wonderful box (albeit very primitive... perhaps that is one of it's best features), it was missing it's key but I do think one could be found. It has an internal cutting blade to chop sugar clumps as that is the purpose of this antiquarian kitchen tool. The sugar then drops to bottom of the boxes upper chopping compartment where it can pass through dozens of holes in an inner board, through to a bottom drawer which thereafter slides out for accessing the chopped sugar.

At $385 this box will sell quickly too the person that has to have that unique kitchen tool.

You should love the Corner Antiques Store and the many other Antique Stores in the same area.

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I'm a true vintage/primitive antique lover. Anyone with similar tastes KNOWS it's nearly impossible these days to find a "true" antique shop. 95% of them are flea markets, with grocery shopping carts to pick-up knickknacks as you walk the aisles.

Not this place. It's truly about as good as it gets for the lover of primitives (e.g., furniture like hutches, farm tables and jelly cabinets, New England stoneware jugs and crocks, etc, etc). And, relative to other "true" antique dealers, the prices are honestly extremely fair. Oh ... and did I mention the owners are salt-of-the-earth people, just as friendly and helpful as can be imagined?

Final comment - For the primitives collector, I'm confident NO ONE would rate them as anything other than 5-stars. GREAT place...

This is my absolute favorite place to find antiques in Clinton! In my opinion, they have the best pieces at very reasonable prices. Specifically, their primitive pieces are the best I've seen anywhere in East Tennessee. Additionally, the people that work here are absolutely the best. Marsha and Jerry have repeatedly helped me and my family get furniture out to our vehicles and they are some of the nicest people you'll meet. They also know so much about their work and it's obvious they love what they do. Corner Antiques is a must-visit if you're...