Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Musician's Doulton Lambeth collection comes to Essex auction
20 March 2023On May 16 Sworders is offering the first tranche of a fine collection of Doulton Lambeth ceramics.
‘Earliest’ Football League shirt stars in our pick of five auction highlights
17 March 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Middlesbrough FC jersey from 1886-90 thought to be the oldest known Football League shirt.
Mouseman Elephants clock price pushed up
13 March 2023Carving once available in low four figures now sells for five in North Yorkshire saleroom
A Gillows side cabinet is among five lots to watch
13 March 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
Jewellery: Why Georgian paste is bringing some surprising sums
13 March 2023Once dismissed as mere costume jewellery, Georgian paste is an art form in its own right with prices to match
Romantic ring that is ‘so much more than the sum of its parts’
13 March 2023A 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.
Mourning rings: Remembered in gold and enamel
13 March 2023A collection of Georgian gold and enamel mourning rings with aristocratic pedigrees comes for sale at Woolley & Wallis on April 20.
A chip off the old block of the Needle
13 March 2023This relatively modest pair of gold and of granite dress studs tell a good story.
Cartlidge captures tile images of Maori guides
13 March 2023The potter George Cartlidge, who worked for Sherwin & Cotton in Hanley for close to 30 years, is best known as the designer of Arts & Crafts Morris Ware.
Pick of the week: Whisky bottle with special place in Scots history
13 March 2023A clue to the great appeal of this stoneware whisky bottle is the name of a small settlement on the banks of the Forth estuary.
Robin’s favoured motif was the owl
13 March 2023This set of four French gold and ruby buttons, c.1880, modelled as owl heads are thought to be the work of Paul Robin.
Settle could be early as 16th century
13 March 2023Most joined oak settles that appear on the market date from the 17th and the 18th centuries.
English candlesticks created with Egyptian style
13 March 2023This pair of English Regency bronze candlesticks in Egyptian revival taste sold for £1800 at Laidlaw (20% buyer’s premium).
Best of West and East covered by one carpet
13 March 2023When Ziegler and Company of Manchester established a carpet factory in Sultanabad in 1883, it did so with a clear idea of its customer base.
Whimsical tale of VCA’s missing Precious Puppy
13 March 2023Here is a heart-warming story for all admirers of retro canine-themed jewels. Yes. The lost puppy has been found.
It must be love for a buyer who bid £2900 on a Troika plaque
13 March 2023The first of the Troika ‘Love’ plaques was made by Benny Sirota as a present for his mother.
The might of the round table at Fellows
13 March 2023Topping Fellows’ sale of Antiques, Fine Art & Collectables, a timed online event closing on March 3, was this impressive 19th century Italian giltwood and micromosaic centre table.
Signet rings receive seal of approval
13 March 2023For many years signet rings served a very practical as well as a decorative and symbolic function.
Falize’s sense of gothic timing
13 March 2023This 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).