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David Messum Fine Art hosts Arthur Knighton-Hammond exhibition

06 March 2023

A watercolour of Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte d’Azur by Arthur Knighton-Hammond (1875-1970) is included in Messum’s exhibition on the artist.

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Ashbee’s decanter revisited by Guild

06 March 2023

The quasi-medieval silver and glass ‘claret bottle’ designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Guild of Handicraft is one of the great pieces of the Arts & Crafts movement. Ashbee mentions it in his 1909 book Modern English Silver, saying: “The shape is taken from an Elizabethan sack-bottle found when digging the foundations of [my home] the Magpie and Stump in Chelsea.”

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Kuniyoshi masters woodblock prints

06 March 2023

As its Asia Week New York offering, Egenolf Gallery presents Prints and Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Master of Graphic Storytelling.

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Islamic brass bowl 'found to be 14th century'

06 March 2023

Estimated at a mere £20-40, this Islamic brass bowl on a later associated stand sold for £11,000 at Taylors (25% buyer’s premium) in Montrose.

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Room bidders back in the Edinburgh mix

06 March 2023

Thomson Roddick auction shows sign that room attendances for sales are on the rise.

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ATG letter: Adventurer or artist maybe

06 March 2023

I have recently acquired this portrait miniature measuring 4 x 2½in (10 x 6.5cm) and I would be very interested to know if any of your readers can throw light on the identity of the sitter.

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Cigars at the officer’s table

06 March 2023

Military history and regimental glamour combine in a Victorian silver cigar case offered at Ripon auction house Elstob & Elstob (25% buyer’s premium).

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Reward for ‘reading the Riot Act’

06 March 2023

Cheffins’ sale of Jewellery, Silver & Watches on April 6 includes, as part of a 100-piece single-owner collection, this 145oz George III silver gilt presentation two-handled cup and cover.

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Beautiful Kelmscott work... shame about the library stamp

06 March 2023

Featured in an Oxford sale was a copy of the 1893, Kelmscott Press edition of The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Jerusalem.

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Gallery shows unite Big Apple residents and visitors

06 March 2023

Around 26 specialist dealers are taking part in the 2023 edition of Asia Week New York (AWNY) from March 16-24.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2583

06 March 2023

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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Christopher Dresser: ‘I propose three feet formed as to serve as handles’

06 March 2023

Dr Christopher Dresser’s conical sugar bowl with three angled leg-like supports is one of the great ‘eureka’ moments in Victorian design.

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The sweet scent of victory – Nelson remembered in silver

06 March 2023

A private collection of naval and military vinaigrettes was among the highlights of a recent Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’ premium) Silver & Objects of Vertu auction. It included examples of both familiar and less-familiar models.

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Dealers and auctioneers ready for action at New York Asia Week

06 March 2023

Exhibitions and sales lined up for the 14th edition of the annual celebration of Asian art in New York

Qianlong famille rose falangcai bowl

News in Brief including a record-breaking Chinese bowl returning to auction

06 March 2023

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Qianlong bowl returning to auction after more than 15 years.

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Tankard has the look of the Irish

06 March 2023

Size, quality and sheer Irishness made the tankard shown here the toast of the silver sold at Ipswich auction house Lockdales (19.5% buyer’s premium).

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School songbook signed by Winston Churchill for Jock is on tune

06 March 2023

Available from the school’s own bookshop from 1937 was a printed collection of Harrow School Songs, but it was a rather special copy that sold for £7500.

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Fresh faces join The Blanchard Collective in Wiltshire

06 March 2023

Two new dealerships have joined The Blanchard Collective of Froxfield, Wiltshire: Peter Cosby, as The Madison Gallery, and Sarah Howard, a local artist and dealer.

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Array of traditional robes on offer

06 March 2023

Three online sales make up the Asia Week New York programme presented by Lark Mason Associates via the iGavel Auctions platform.

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Hokusai goes with the flow

06 March 2023

Shown here is a highlight of The Art of Japan’s Asia Week New York exhibition, Fine Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Japanese Prints, Ukiyo-e -Modern.

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