Auctions

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

A documentary 18th century blue and white porcelain jug emerged for sale at an auction held by Warren & Wignall in Leyland, Lancashire.

The mouthwatering kitchenalia collection of Annie Marchant (1951-2020) certainly served up a treat when it came to auction on April 12-13.

The best known of the decorators who worked at Aynsley in the 20th century is the flower painter Joseph A Bailey.

Two English Orientalists made the biggest impression at a recent sale at Gorringe’s (23% buyer’s premium) in Lewes.

Brunk Auctions of Asheville, North Carolina, is holding a sale of Art Glass on April 23.

The name ‘peg tankard’ comes from the vertical row of pegs inside that can be used to measure the amount of alcohol drunk as it was passed around a table.

The sale of Islamic Art & Antiquities at Roseberys London (25% buyer’s premium) on March 31 included this New Kingdom yellow quartzite shabti fragment.

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Collecting 19th and early 20th century board games and puzzles became a fascination for Bud Newman, who encountered them through his business.

Two studies by the climber/artist/photographer are bought by London dealer Mitchell

On April 29, Lyon & Turnbull, in partnership with poster specialist Tomkinson Churcher, will present Design on the Move: Selected Posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection.

Five paintings representing the five senses by Henri Guillaume Schlesinger offered by Bonhams boasted a French royal provenance.

Bid to a far higher than predicted £1000 in a recent West Country sale was a broadside whose lengthy title read: 'Life, Trial, and Execution of T.Cooper. Who was executed at Newgate this Morning for the Murder of Timothy Daly, a Policeman, at Highbury.'

The highlight of the Koller spring series came from the Old Masters sale.