Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
The £15,000 delft puzzle solved
12 April 2021This particular form of English delft puzzle jug, with its distinctive knopped neck, seems to be peculiar to the second half of the 17th century.
Royal jewels at Christie’s and Sotheby’s including a tiara that you can try on virtually
12 April 2021A spectacular parure of sapphires and diamonds, from the collection of Napoleon’s adoptive daughter, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (1789-1860), is for sale at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva on May 12.
Beaton photos flourish in the saleroom
12 April 2021When Cecil Beaton photographed the Wyndham-Quin sisters in 1950, he chose to copy both the setting and poses used 50 years earlier by John Singer Sargent in The Wyndham Sisters.
The gems of Rani Jindan offered at Bonhams
12 April 2021The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25% buyer’s premium) in London on March 30 included this diamond and emerald set forehead pendant (chand-tikka) from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).
New audience brings tiara back in vogue
12 April 2021The popularity of the tiara, that reached its peak in the decades before the onset of the First World War when diamonds from South Africa were in plentiful supply, has fluctuated across the 20th century in line with prosperity and fashion.
Jewellery: how the enigmatic designs of Jugendstil are still bringing youth culture to the 21st century
12 April 2021How a firm of importers brought Jugendstil jewellery to Britain – with the help of a little German efficiency
Harwood’s two for one offering
12 April 2021Oil bought by the vendor directly from the artist Lucy Harwood features a still-life on the reverse
Auction previews: issue 2488
12 April 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Multi-gem necklaces: ‘Perfect for the enquiring mind’
12 April 2021A recent Fine Jewellery sale at Fellows (23% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham included an unusual Victorian necklace.
Armorial head with link to Anne Boleyn stars in this week’s pick of five auction highlights
09 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 16th century oak head of a crowned leopard that made 10-times estimate in Essex.
A Lalique bowl and a Rolex Submariner are among four lots to watch at auction
06 April 2021With estimates from £300-12,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Pick of the week: The 'earliest known portrait of an African in Persian art’
05 April 2021Among the highlights of last week’s Islamic and Indian art sales in London was this late Safavid portrait of a mercenary in the Persian army painted in the cosmopolitan city of Isfahan c.1680-90.
$1.9m record for British coin set in Dallas
05 April 2021The record for a British coin has been broken again with the sale at Heritage Auctions in Dallas of an Edward VIII proof pattern £5 for $1.9m (£1.39m).
Auction previews: issue 2487
05 April 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Gloucestershire auction offers far from your normal antiques and collectables line-up
05 April 2021With hindsight, the boast made by the Flying Steam Company – 'To China in Twenty-Four Hours Certain' – was a tad ambitious.
Rare Swansea porcelain all white to buy
05 April 2021Experiments with porcelain at the Swansea factory began in 1814 with the arrival of William Billingsley and Samuel Walker from the Nantgarw China Works.
Racing away: Stubbs’ Turf Gallery prints sold for six times estimate in Gloucestershire
02 April 2021A complete copy of the famous ‘Turf Gallery’ prints of champion racehorses of the Georgian era has sold at auction for £30,000.
Pick of the week: A rare white bird worth waiting for
29 March 2021Having postponed the sale in November and again in January, Chorley’s finally got to sell an exceptional private collection of early English porcelain in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, on March 24.
A Union Jack advertising sign and a George III Gothic chair are among four lots to watch at auction this week
29 March 2021With estimates from £80-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Courting couple united by Bow
29 March 2021This rare Bow figure was spotted by English porcelain specialists at Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) two-day auction of Fine and Decorative Arts.