Ceramics

In January this year three photos of a salt glaze stoneware jar appeared on the Facebook feed of the Oxfordshire Antique Bottle Collecting Club.

Much-loved expert decided time was right to disperse his impressive collection

This Camille Fauré (1874-1956) covered vase with flowers, c.1935, is in enamelled copper and marked 'C Fauré, Limoges'.

The Welsh Sale held by Rogers Jones (24/15% buyer’s premium) in Cardiff on April 1 included an exceptional Swansea porcelain dessert plate.

Two moulds for making buttons, given by studio potter Lucie Rie (1902-95) to her cleaning lady, were sold at a London auction on March 29.

Investigation by saleroom specialist pays off as Castle Howard connection helps a chandelier to impress

This pair of wucai floral wine cups have Guangxu marks and are of the period (1875-1908).

Sotheby’s conducts a timed online sale from May 10-17 titled A Journey Through China’s History: The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection.

The sale at Ma San in Bath on May 4 includes this Japanese double gourd carp vase by Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916).

Fifty years after buying it the first time, former dealer Ray Heath has been reunited with a beloved Moorcroft vase.

Forgotten today, a collection sold in Somerset remembers a multi-talented showman and author

While most dealerships look to existing auction houses to sell off excess stock, some dealers have brought the practice in house.

The Collections sale at Bonhams (27.5% buyer’s premium) in London on March 21 included more than 70 lots of Regency porcelain from the collection of the Conservative party politician Howard Emerson Flight.

Objects associated with the infamous 18th century ‘Beggars Bennison’ society command a certain appeal.

There was plenty of choice for ceramics collectors at the Krehbiel collection sale.

By far the most desirable wares from the Goodwin & Harris ‘Metropolitan Scenery’ series of blue and white transfer printed earthenwares are those featuring cricketers in the grounds of Windsor Great Park.

Ceramic works by the late Lady Anne Gordon, Dowager Marchioness of Aberdeen (1924-2007) are becoming a favourite with a new generation of collectors and decorators.

ATG made a visit to Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds for Kinghams Auctioneers’ Martinware show

American couple amassed an extensive collection from the famous English factory