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The return of the LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair has generated new memberships for the association.

This 7½in (19cm) high carriage clock in a fanciful gothic revival taste is stamped to the base AF, probably for the renowned Parisian jeweller and goldsmith Alexis Falize (1811-98).

The first of the Troika ‘Love’ plaques was made by Benny Sirota as a present for his mother.

This Victorian 18ct gold, enamel and gemset collar tells a fascinating story of a well-known aristocratic family.

Symbolic & Chase is expanding its Old Bond Street premises from two to three floors with an opening scheduled for late April

Cricket scene could not be clearly identified but approximate date provided strong historical appeal

Once dismissed as mere costume jewellery, Georgian paste is an art form in its own right with prices to match

A pair of unusual works on paper by the Anglo-American painter George Henry Boughton (1833-1905) struck a chord with bidders at a sale in Somerset.

Square in front of Walthamstow’s distinctive town hall is venue for organisers’ latest venture

Thirty dealers will be spreading out on the ground floor and in the grounds of Enys House, Penryn, near Falmouth in west Cornwall at the first of this year’s antiques and decorative fairs on Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2.

This set of four French gold and ruby buttons, c.1880, modelled as owl heads are thought to be the work of Paul Robin.

Alex Robins of AFC Fairs is a busy woman. She kicks off her showground scene on Easter Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, with the first of the biannual antiques and collectors’ fairs which she has run at the Wadebridge Showground in north Cornwall for 15 years.

A hugely romantic 18th century enamel, ruby and diamond ring sold for £16,000 at Woolley & Wallis (£25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on February 1-2.

A collection of Georgian gold and enamel mourning rings with aristocratic pedigrees comes for sale at Woolley & Wallis on April 20.

St James's exhibition looks beyond Donatello, currently featured at the V&A, to discover how Florentine artists influenced homes of the era

Manuscript including recipes sold for £15,000 was written by a lady who died ‘aged around 100’

This relatively modest pair of gold and of granite dress studs tell a good story.

For many years signet rings served a very practical as well as a decorative and symbolic function.

When Ziegler and Company of Manchester established a carpet factory in Sultanabad in 1883, it did so with a clear idea of its customer base.

A clue to the great appeal of this stoneware whisky bottle is the name of a small settlement on the banks of the Forth estuary.