Decorative Art

Among the hundreds of new products launched at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 was the so-called eggshell porcelain, produced by the Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory in the Hague.

Moorcroft pottery collection offered in Essex saleroom had a great focus on signed wares of the initial Macintyre era when the designer was at his prime

There were plenty of potential takers for a Sèvres cup and saucer from the 1840s which came under the hammer at Hargesheimer (28% buyer’s premium) in Dusseldorf on September 11-14.

I was very interested (as always) to read the article by Milton Silverman in ATG No 2658 concerning the saga of the tile that had once belonged to the V&A museum.

Not only was this Robert Wallace Martin (1843-1923) a stoneware ‘face’ jug deemed an excellent example of its type, but it was sold with a hand-written letter to David Oxen Esq, the original buyer of the jug in 1914.

A selection of upcoming lots focusing on stand-out items from two key design movements

A French gold and enamel box with an unusual decoration caught the eye of several bidders at Kendzia (16% buyer’s premium).

Designed by George Tinworth, c.1885, this Doulton Lambeth spill vase commemorates the first transatlantic phone call between the UK and the US.

Relatively little is known about the German-born artist and designer Elsa Tennhardt (1899-1980).

Plucked from a box of bric-a-brac brought in for a general sale, a Commonwealth gilt brass sealing wax box sold for £5200 at Lawrences of Crewkerne. A clever pun gives a clue to its maker’s identity - and perhaps his political leanings.

The Swinton Estate, which spans approximately 20,000 acres of North Yorkshire, has been in the Cunliffe-Lister family since the 1880s.

Pulling out a suitcase from under a bed during a probate valuation, Dawsons’ valuer could scarcely have guessed what they would find hidden inside.

Our selection of lots from ten upcoming auctions

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.