Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The web shop window: A Grand Tour collection of plaster casts
30 October 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Summer shines in Northern Antiques Fair's autumn run
30 October 2023Among the sales at the recent Northern Antiques Fair was a painting by Lucy Harwood (1873-1972) offered on the stand of first time exhibitor Bink Fine Art. The decorative oil, Summer, sold for a price in the region of £4000-5000.
Golden opportunity for snuff bottles
23 October 2023Susan Page brings a selection of snuff bottles from the Golden Autumn Collection to this year’s Asian Art in London, staging the show at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in St James’s.
Scholar takes boat journey
23 October 2023This Ming dynasty cloisonné enamel literati subject box and cover, 15th or very early 16th century, is one of the highlights on offer at Priestly & Ferraro’s exhibition of Chinese ceramics and works of art.
Autumn fairs flurry means intensive time for dealers
23 October 2023Results from a flurry of fairs early this autumn prove there is plenty of space for such events in the London market.
The web shop window: photograph of Frida Kahlo
23 October 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Flight of the phoenix
23 October 2023Jacqueline Simcox stages her exhibition of Chinese textiles in South Kensington’s Cromwell Place.
Show with noble intentions
23 October 2023This Kangxi period double-gourd ewer decorated in underglaze powder blue, overglaze famille verte enamels and gold is part of Jorge Welsh’s exhibition.
Kangxi sweetmeat set comes from private collection
23 October 2023Marchant’s exhibition Kangxi Biscuit and Pottery: A Private French Collection includes this early Kangxi famille verte biscuit porcelain circular sweetmeat set, c.1670.
Two heads better than one
23 October 2023Emerging dealer Shanshan Wang (trading as W Shanshan) collaborates with Stern Pissarro Gallery of St James’s for this edition of Asian Art in London.
Product of the ancient Tokoname kiln
23 October 2023The ancient Tokoname kiln was the largest and most prolific of the so-called six ancient kilns of Japan.
5 Questions with Megan Corcoran Locke
23 October 2023Megan Corcoran Locke is gallery director at Stephen Ongpin Fine Art.
Of a sunny disposition
23 October 2023'Sun’s Daughter' is one of the highlights in the solo show on Contemporary artist Emily Young at Richard Green, held in association with Willoughby Gerrish.
Dealer lends ceramics to exhibition on Old Master women artists
20 October 2023A ceramics dealer is among those supporting a major exhibition showcasing women artists this winter.
It’s a furniture first at Frieze fair
16 October 2023The first pieces of antique furniture ever to sell at Frieze Masters were snapped up as the 11th edition of the fair opened last week.
Birdbath makes Battersea splash
16 October 2023A stoneware birdbath designed by one of Rodin’s students was among the highlight sales at the autumn edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.
Dealers set for first staging of Olympia fair since the summer version cancelled
16 October 2023London’s fair season is in full swing, and next up is 'Winter Art & Antiques Olympia'.
Previews: Unrecorded Tipu Sultan swords among highlights on offer this season
16 October 2023Two previously unrecorded swords from the Tiger of Mysore are among the stand-out lots on offer in upcoming auctions and from dealers
Gallery’s eye on the lie of the land
16 October 2023This oil on canvas 'Petworth Park, Early Spring', by Dennis Creffield (1992), is among the works on offer at Portland Gallery’s 'The Lie of the Land'.
Bumper selection of British dealers among Boston exhibitors
16 October 2023Among the highlights at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is a first edition of a 19th century German children’s book.