Decorative Art

The sale at Harper Field in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, on November 4-5 includes 14 pieces of Wedgwood Arts & Crafts creamware painted by Alfred Powell with scenes relating to Cherington Park, Tetbury and the surrounding area.

The auction record for an Edwardian novelty silver pin cushion beaten twice at the same sale at Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh.

Four saucers in the rare Copeland Spode R4332 pattern associated with RMS Titanic prompted fierce bidding at two regional salerooms in the space of a fortnight.

The minimum lot values beloved of auctioneers’ accountants have come more and more into play just at a time when areas of the ceramics market have softened.

Lowestoft Porcelain Auctions, founded by Russell Sprake in 1984 and continued since his death by his wife Zoe, is holding a single-factory sale on October 21.

A family collection of faience ceramics attracted worldwide interest at auction in Zurich

A remarkable collection of 18th and 19th century British pottery assembled by US interior designers Bennett and Judie Weinstock comes for sale at Bonhams this month.

Born Allan Garway Atkins, in Northern Ireland, Garry Atkins (1938-2026) – the name by which he became known and loved throughout the ceramics world – began his working life as an insurance broker, building collections of stamps and coins along the way.

The two early pottery lots destined to tie for top-lot status in the September 19 sale at Roland NY (30% buyer’s premium) in Glen Cove, New York, came from the same consignor, and from the same setting in their home.

Yvonne Rosina was previously a corporate lawyer in the Netherlands. With ties to the UK and the Caribbean, she has recently become an antiques dealer and opened her gallery in Aruba.

Presumably planned purchases rather than on the hoof, three unusual equine relics of the Battle of Waterloo appeared in separate salerooms within the same month.

This 19th century Italian demilune neo-classical painted console table is one of a pair offered by Antilia Arts at The Cheshire Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

Dealer Esme Parish is moving on from her full-time role of offering antique silver from her base in Singapore.

Belief in divine ability to cure the sick persisted among Stuart heirs in exile even as the Jacobite dream died

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including highlights from the Allan and Sondra Gotlieb collection being exhibited at Kelmscott House in Hammersmith ahead of an auction at Kinghams.

A set of 24 Art Deco Gallia animalier knife rests hammered for $8000 (£5950) against a guide of $3000-5000 at an Objet sale at Wright (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago, Illinois.

E&H Manners has made two sales to London museums.