South-west England

The distinctive Anglo-Japanese tables designed by the architect GW Godwin in the later part of the 19th century are known as Smallhythe tables, after the example found in Smallhythe Place in Kent which was the home of the actress Ellen Terry.

Country house contents, global interest and a packed room of bidders - what more could an auctioneer wish for?

This North West Mounted Police hat badge caught the attention when Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (25% buyer’s premium) of Exeter sold the remaining personal effects of Canadian soldier and policeman Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele KCMG CB MVO (1848-1919) on March 19.

Irish-born William W Armstrong (1822-1914) emigrated to Canada in 1851 and initially found success as a civil engineer on the early railways and pioneering photography for industrial purposes.

The Germans began firing V1 flying bombs at Britain in June 1944 and V2 rockets followed that September.

The Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design auction at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on March 20 included this rare 10in (25cm) vase, shape no 375, decorated in the Archaic pattern mirroring a capital design from a temple in Luxor.

A pair of Second World War Japanese binoculars are among the highlights at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair where the dealer offering them, Jeroen Markies Art Deco, is part of a group of newcomers.

The gift of the private collection of the late George Withers keeps on giving.

Visitors to Cooper Events’ three-day decorative, antiques and fine art fair at Westonbirt School in Tetbury from April 12-14 may well take in another antiques shopping delight that beckons nearby.

A pair of 19th century Parisian novelty silhouette hand screens, made by François Simon Alphonse Giroux, doubled their estimate at auction.

Withers and Dailey selections follow hot on the heels of Turpin lots with plenty of fine art highlights

Grandma’s Attic Fairs will be very busy on Monday, April 1, with two of the organiser’s most popular fairs running on the same day.

An auction house has existed in the Dore & Rees premises, a Victorian gothic building on Vicarage Street, Frome, since 1868.

“He stored everything like Russian dolls, everything packed away into something else."

Every Friday since the early 1970s, the Corn Hall in Cirencester, a building at the heart of the town’s life since the 19th century, hosts an antiques and collectables market.

Ceramics historian cited this item to show how two types of decoration were used in combination

Organiser and dealer whose previous experience was putting on a 1990s gig tries running an antiques fair