The Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society

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The Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society The Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote original historical research.

Its primary focus is the greater Piscataqua region of New Hampshire and Maine, with connecting links to Ma Annual membership in the Society is open to all and includes admission to the yearโ€™s lectures. Individual membership is $35.00 annually; dual membership, $60.00. Lectures can be attended on an individual basis for $10 per lecture. Most talks are held at the Tyco Center, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth on Tuesday evenings at 5:30pm, with w**e and cheese served before each lecture.

๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต, ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒDevin Moisan began conduc...
09/23/2026

๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต, ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ
๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
Devin Moisan began conducting auctions in 1996. Five years later he was appointed by the Governor to the N.H. Board of Auctioneers, where he served in various capacities including as Chairman. His business, Devin Moisan Auctioneers, has appraised and sold a wide range of property over the years including N.H. furniture, White Mountains paintings, and Scheier mid-century studio pottery. In this talk, Devin will discuss trends in the market and offer his insights into collecting, buying and selling.

Devin will also highlight his upcoming November sale of what may be the largest group of early New Hampshire related furnishings to ever come to market: the ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™™ & ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ of furniture, folk art, decorative arts & paintings.
At the Strawbery Banke Visitor Center, Portsmouth. Public welcome, $10/person; PDAS members free. Refreshments at 5:00; lecture 5:30-6:30.

Work goes into preparing the gardens for the Annual Old Newbury Garden Tour- even Herbie from the Poore Farm Sanctuary i...
06/08/2026

Work goes into preparing the gardens for the Annual Old Newbury Garden Tour- even Herbie from the Poore Farm Sanctuary is helping! June 13-14, tickets: newburyhistory.org

A while ago we had posted a tour of the restored Tobias Lear Houseโ€™s first floor, but forgot to post the link to the sec...
05/13/2026

A while ago we had posted a tour of the restored Tobias Lear Houseโ€™s first floor, but forgot to post the link to the second floor tour! So here it is.

We will post a link to the first floor in the comments if you would like to refresh your memory.

A tour of the second floor of the recently restored Tobias Lear house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต- June 2nd, 5:00-6:30 pmJustin Thomas, collector, researcher & author will present his findings on ...
05/07/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต- June 2nd, 5:00-6:30 pm
Justin Thomas, collector, researcher & author will present his findings on redware production and trade in the Piscataqua region from the 17th through early 20th centuries. Join us at Strawbery Banke for w**e & cheese and the lecture following.

The 2026 season opens May 5th with Jonathan Sayward: Reluctant Loyalist of York, Maine. Join us at Stoodley's Tavern, 5:...
05/04/2026

The 2026 season opens May 5th with Jonathan Sayward: Reluctant Loyalist of York, Maine. Join us at Stoodley's Tavern, 5:00-6:30 pm for convivial food & drink before Erica Lome highlights the tension of divided loyalties during the American Revolution.

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14 Hancock Street
Portsmouth, NH
03801

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