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Antikvita
This antique shop is a collector's delight, crammed with cases and cabinets overflowing with vintage toys, model trains, dolls, coins, medals, jewellery, clocks, watches, militaria, postcards, porcelain figures, glassware and much, much more. If you have something to sell, Antikvita holds buying sessions on Wednesday and Thursday (from till noon and till ).
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Art Décoratif
This is a beautiful shop dealing in Czech-made reproductions of fine Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassware, jewellery and fabrics, including some stunning vases and bowls. It's also an outlet for the gorgeously delicate creations of Jarmila Plockova, granddaughter of Alfons Mucha, who uses elements of his paintings in her work.
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Bríc Á Brac
Hidden up a narrow lane behind the Týn church, this is a wonderfully cluttered cave of old household items and glassware and toys and apothecary jars and 1940s leather jackets and cigar boxes and typewriters and stringed instruments and… Despite the junky look of the place, the knick-knacks are surprisingly expensive; there are two 'showrooms', a small one on Týnská, and a larger one in a nearby courtyard (follow the signs).
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Galerie České Plastiky
This commercial gallery is a treasure house of 19th- and 20th-century and contemporary Czech art, not only sculpture but also paintings, prints and photography. There are regular themed exhibitions, and all items are for sale, with prices ranging from around Kč2000 to 2 million Kč.
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Havelská Market
Souvenirs have insinuated themselves among the fruit and veg of this formerly produce-only market. While the shops on either side of the street are selling entirely resistible tat, the market stalls are worth a quick browse for fresh honey or sweets, as well as colourfully painted eggs sold in the run-up to Easter.
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Icons Gallery
In the same building as Antique Music Instruments, this cluttered little shop has a luminous collection of Russian and Eastern European religious icons, as well as lots of other decorative objets d'art, watches, porcelain and Art Nouveau glassware.
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Jan Pazdera
Not so much for snap-happy holidaymakers (who should head to Fota Škoda) as for serious photo enthusiasts, this has mesmerising displays of secondhand cameras, darkroom gear, lenses, binoculars and telescopes. Models range from the basic but sturdy Russian-made Zenit to expensive Leicas.
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Keramika V Ungeltu
This little shop in a corner of the Týnský dvůr is a good place to look for both traditional Bohemian pottery and modern blue-and-white wares, as well as wooden toys and marionettes, with prices up to 25% lower than at many other outlets in Staré Město.
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Manufaktura
There are several Manufaktura outlets across town, but this small branch right near Charles Bridge seems to keep its trim inventory especially enticing. You'll find great Czech wooden toys, beautiful-looking (if extremely chewy) honey gingerbread made from elaborate medieval moulds, and seasonal gifts like charming hand-painted Easter eggs. The branch up the hill at Nerudova 31 specialises in cosmetics.
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Material
Material puts a modern twist on the Czech crystal industry, with its oversized contemporary vases, bowls and Dale Chihuly-like ornaments, candleholders, chandeliers and glasses. The firm boasts its 'drunken sailor' glass is spill-proof. Yet, despite well-spaced displays, it's a store where you immediately fear breaking something - and when you check the prices you realise you should!
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Modernista
This classy showcase of Czech cubism, Art Deco and similar design features covetable but reasonably priced ceramics, jewellery, posters, books and some furniture. Early-20th-century reproductions include cubist boxes (Pavel Janák), expressionist ashtrays (Vlastislav Hofman), wooden toys (Ladislav Sutnar) and Jindrich Halabala's iconic 1931 reclining armchair. Contemporary items like sperm-shaped teaspoons, and Škoda toy cars add humour.
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Moser
This exclusive Bohemian glassmaker was founded in Karlovy Vary in 1857 and is famous for its ornate designs - which here are housed in equally over-the-top, Gothic surrounds. For those preferring cleaner lines, one classic Moser design is Royal 9000, used in Prague Castle and UN headquarters in New York. Model 9009 ( Kč1500 apiece) is the ultimate old-fashioned champagne glass.
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Qubus
This small shop looks more enticing online than in reality, but Qubus, run by leading designers Maxim Velčoský and Jakob Berdych, is an important Czech firm well worth knowing about. If you're taken by the idea of ceramic matryoshky , cake-slice-shaped candleholders, wine glasses resembling throwaway plastic cups, liquid lights and Lomo cameras, nip in here.
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Starožitnosti Alma
Alma specialises in Art Nouveau and Art Deco antiques, and also has a wide selection of rather twee porcelain and lacy items, rather stuffy furniture and glassware, and a veritable army of scary-looking dolls.
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Starožitnosti V. Andrle
Mr Andrle's shop is a little treasure house of antique gold, jewellery, clocks, watches, glassware and ceramics from all over Central Europe, and is a regular port of call for serious collectors from around the world.
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Starožitnosti Z. Križek
This is a dusty treasure-trove of antique furniture, porcelain toilet bowls, old postcards and photographs, vintage newspapers and magazines, and art books.
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Tupesy Lidová Keramika
Tupesy Lidová Keramika stocks a good selection of folk ceramics in traditional blue, green and yellow patterns that come from the Slovácko region of Moravia and the Chodsko region of Bohemia.
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Vetešnictvi
This is an Aladdin's cave of second-hand goods, bric-a-brac and junk with, in all likelihood, some genuine antiques for those who know what they're doing. There's affordable stuff for everyone, from communist-era lapel pins, medals, postcards, old beer mugs and toys to crystal, shot glasses, porcelain, china, pipes and spa cups, all presided over by a bust of Lenin.
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