Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Plenty of life in Lowesoft tablets
26 September 2022Distinctive plaques made to mark births are unique to the Suffolk town’s porcelain factory.
Go ape about a mustard pot
26 September 2022Novelty condiment sets inspired by the far reaches of the British Empire are a feature of Victorian silver.
The fish course is served
24 September 2022This 14-piece Rosenthal porcelain fish service dating from the early 20th century will be included in Fontaine’s Fine and Decorative Arts sale.
Blue and white Chinese vase stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
23 September 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Transitional Jingdezhen porcelain vase that made over 24-times estimate in Essex.
Spry in full bloom as 1953 Coronation vase brings record
19 September 2022In 1936 society florist Constance Spry (1886-1960) collaborated with the stage designer Oliver Messel (1904-78) and the Fulham Pottery to produce planters for the coronation of Edward VIII.
Pick of the week: A collecting passion set in stone
19 September 2022Florentine pietra dura animal panels from home of art dealer Sir Jack Mervyn Frank Baer take six-figure sum.
Dated Lowestoft mug smokes £17,000 at auction
19 September 2022The most desirable pieces of Lowestoft porcelain are typically the documentary pieces decorated with East Anglian scenes.
Zoffany on the stage comes to Dorset auction
19 September 2022This little-known theatrical portrait was painted in 1796 by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career.
Propaganda playing cards star in our latest pick of five auction highlights
16 September 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a set of 52 playing cards that made over four-times estimate in Gloucestershire.
Bidders embrace best of Lalla’s Wedgwood Arts and Crafts revival
12 September 2022This large 21in (54cm) early 20th century Arts and Crafts charger was painted by Louise Powell (1865-1956) for Wedgwood.
Pick of the week: Collector bids for Saint George and George Forsyth
12 September 2022This ‘St George and the Dragon’ Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian plaster panel came for sale at Gildings in Market Harborough by descent from Abraham Lomax.
Autumn auction season begins with deep seated interest in Scottish sofas
12 September 2022Pairs of Regency sofas brought some very comfortable sums at two Scottish auction houses as the autumn season began last week.
A Georgian brooch to commemorate Halley’s Comet is among five lots to watch
12 September 2022With estimates from £200, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2559
12 September 2022A selection of upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Coins: BNTA's London showpiece event Coinex returns
12 September 2022Coinex, the most important event on the British calender for many serious coin collectors, opens at the Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair on September 23-24.
Chinese bone inscriptions star at Alastair Gibson
12 September 2022Collection offered in London sale presented rare chance to buy fragments from Shang period
Alexander’s distater – the spoils of conquest
12 September 2022Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Achaemenid empire delivered into his hands a vast wealth.
Gold from buttons
12 September 2022The Premier Sale held by St James’s Auctions on September 22 includes this gold half guinea token with a ‘phoenix from the flames’ motif made for Wilson and Younge of Sheffield in 1812.
Nantes expo gold medal emerges at Harmers
12 September 2022Although an auction house since 1918, stamps specialist Harmers is a relative newcomer to the London numismatic sales.