Kitchenalia

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Italianate coffee pots and covered sugar basins are the most recognisable domestic forms in Maltese silver. And they are much coveted.

On January 15-16 Andrew Jones in Los Angeles will offer over 550 lots of paintings, furniture and works of art comprising the collection of Jack and Ellen Phillips of California.

A wider interest in kitchen-related antiques sparked a specialist collection

Nutcracker collector and author aims to open a museum in his home country.

Nineteenth and early 20th century novelty silver continues to be one of the strengths of the collecting category.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

A Queen Anne treen nutcracker proved popular at auction.

During the Victorian era the Rev Henry Moule (1801-80) of Fordington in Dorset was doubtless considered something of a zealot.

Maltese silver pieces auctioned in the UK return to the Mediterranean island.

The sale of the collection of Robin Simpson (1940-2020) was celebration of British commemorative ceramics.

Thomaston Place is holding one of its extensive multi-discipline summer sale over three days from August 27-29 featuring a wide mix of American, European and Asian paintings, furnishings and objects.

This silver salmon corkscrew, hallmarked Chester 1914, can be found in LAPADA’s dedicated pavilion at The Game Fair.

The Annie Marchant (‘Breadboard Annie’) collection of domestic and country antiques offered in Kent on April 12-13 produced many strong prices.

The mouthwatering kitchenalia collection of Annie Marchant (1951-2020) certainly served up a treat when it came to auction on April 12-13.

Georgian silver bow corkscrews by Dublin makers are rare beasts and appeal to both silver collectors and helixophiles.

A recent sale at Dawsons’ (23% buyer’s premium) sale in Maidenhead included two George IV tablewares by Edward Farrell chased and embossed with tavern scenes in the manner of Dutch genre painting.

A small group of Victorian transfer-printed stoneware crocks offered by Taylor’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Montrose on September 16 included a 7½in (18cm) butter crock with the logo of the Lothians Dairy Co of Slate Ford Road, Edinburgh.

A vast collection of Victorian kitchen antiques formed by a dealer from Kent has found a new home in North Yorkshire.