Lyon & Turnbull

This gothic revival gold and enamel 'artist's jewel' made by the Birmingham metalworkers Hardman and Co is very similar to one given by architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) to his third wife Jane Knill.

Lyon & Turnbull’s (26/25/20% buyer's premium) Lalique sale in London included six of the rare pieces made using the cire perdue technique.

This pair of yellow ground and green enamelled ‘dragon’ bowls have Qianlong six-character marks and are of the period.

An allegorical bird and flower oil painted by the artist-plantsman Cedric Morris (1889-1982) in the shadow of the Second World War comes to auction this month.

Grand Tour souvenirs often attract attention at auction and the buyer of this lot certainly got a sizeable helping for their money

Spanish and Caledonian talents combined to create the highly colourful Monart range

A previously unrecorded 18th century manuscript containing 75 pieces of traditional Scottish music sold for £5000 at Lyon & Turnbull (plus 26% buyer’s premium).

A group of just over 20 lots of Jacobite drinking glasses from the 18th century featured in a sale of Scottish Works of Art and Whisky held in Edinburgh.

Album of watercolours by mysterious but talented Indian artist takes £90,000 at Scottish saleroom

Book specialist Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time role at Lyon & Turnbull to become a consultant.

Latest results for works by the stars of the Scottish market show strong prices but a bit of a mixed picture

Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style

The art world in the Scottish capital and beyond is gearing up for a busy summer season

A group of design objects consigned by British textile artist and designer Ann Sutton (b.1935) was offered as part of the Lyon & Turnbull Modern Made sale.

Collector and author bought pieces for their historical interest as well as beauty

Fresh-thinking range of furniture features in a four-day auction showcasing modern design styles

Painted just after the Second World War, this Surrealist landscape by John Tunnard (1900-71) depicts a series of futuristic antennae, ancient megaliths and henges – plus the ‘dry tree’ motif the artist used as a symbol of destruction and death.

The sale of Asian art at Lyon & Turnbull in London on May 16 includes this late Edo or Meiji period boxwood netsuke of a recumbent deer signed Masakiyo.

The latest dedicated sales held by one particular auction house show how the value of Lalique glass – the epitome of inter-war glamour – is determined by its colour

This 12in (30cm) high gilt-copper electrotype tankard by Elkington of Birmingham copies an 17th century ivory tankard with silver mounts.