South-east England

A pair of William De Morgan ruby lustre four tile panels, each measuring 2ft 4in x 8in (70 x 19cm) and depicting galleons in full sail with fish swimming in sea, sold on the top estimate of £6000 at Martel Maides (20% buyer’s premium) in St Peter Port, Guernsey, on June 11.

Items from the collection of architect Christopher Smallwood (1937-2024) were offered for sale at Dreweatts on May 13.

Dolls’ houses, these tiny homes and their teensy furniture, create passionate collectors.

The contents of the London home furnished by a renowned Christie’s auctioneer and a distinguished interior decorator emerged at Dreweatts (27/26% buyer’s premium) earlier this month.

As Premier Fairs, Richard Burtonshaw organises two glass and decorative fairs in the UK.

Sanctum Fairs held its annual event at a new Henley venue, Stonor Park.

Working in St Martin’s Lane, London, from 1680 until his death in c.1705, the Flemish-born cabinetmaker Gerrit Jensen is often associated with marquetry furniture from the William and Mary period.

One of the big antiques love-ins that dominate Love Fairs’ portfolio is the antiques and collectors’ two-day Detling fairs .

Launched last June at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard by a saleroom based in the yard, Medway Auctions, the next regular antiques and vintage fair will run at the No 5 slip at the wharf on Sunday, June 28.

Cherish Vintage is staging brocante events in Kent and across two sites in Midhurst this summer

“The Russians opened fire on our right, on our left, and then in front...

Make a note in the diary about The Brocante Barn at Forstal Farm at Lamberhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

During the First World War aviators of the Royal Flying Corps suffered from the cold over the Western Front. A solution was the ’fug boot’.

Serendipity had it that two of the so-called Wilton Marbles, formerly in the celebrated collection of the Earls of Pembroke at Wilton House in Salisbury, appeared for sale within a week.

The French sculptor Paul Comolera (1818-1897) first appears in the Minton records in October 1873 and is listed until 1876. During this short time, he created some of Minton’s greatest models of animals which were often observed from life.

West Sussex firm has made the trunks something of a speciality after four five-figure sales in a decade

This early 20th century Russian silver and cloisonné enamel pill box measuring just 1½in (3.5cm) across bears marks for Fabergé and Feodor Ruckert (1840-1917).

If the weather’s good you can’t beat the atmosphere at an agricultural county show which will often include antiques and vintage spots.