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Arthur Gredington, who was appointed chief modeller at the Beswick factory in 1939, found inspiration across the animal kingdom from cats and kittens to butterflies and leaping fish.

Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.

On Friday, August 2, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2454-87 / €2291.34 / £1952.97

Following the Franco-Prussian War, when Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany, workers at the Sarreguemines factory rejected German nationality and brought important technical skills and artistry to Choisy-le-Roi.

The swan-form sad iron is a favourite of iron collectors and has been much reproduced.

It’s not often that you hear the phrase “grandmother of the vendor, by repute the first woman in the world to jump through a flaming hoop on the back of a horse”.

The biannual offering of Chinese, Japanese, and Indian works of art at Tremont Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts was dominated by the multi-estimate performance of a single lot.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) epitomised the power of words and, on June 25, that is what bidders had the chance to own in the form of those penned by the political and spiritual leader himself in a letter to his friend, South African architect Hermann Kallenbach (1871-1945).

Bonhams has announced Chabi Nouri as its new global CEO, with the Swiss national taking up the position in October 2024.

The colours and designs of Qing dynasty robes were designed to convey rank and entitlement.

Peter Harrington hosted a bijou party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of its flagship location in Dover Street, Mayfair.

A sketch of the Bastille executed only weeks after it fell during the French Revolution has emerged at a US saleroom.

Edinburgh is famous for its rich history, huge cultural scene and magnificent architecture, dominated by the castle.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two salerooms making a series of appointments

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

Richard Winterton Auctioneers celebrated not one but two milestones, as head of accounts Sue French clocked up 50 years of service and the firm reached 160 years in the trade.

A pair of pistols Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly intended to use on himself after defeat sold for €1.69m (£1.4m) including buyer’s premium at auction house Osenat in Fontainebleau, France.

Edged weapons have been a strong feature of the market recently and involve a wide range of ages, styles and countries

Overseas buyer emerges victorious as Old Master generates fierce competition in an Oxford sale

The building frenzy that followed the British arrival in Hong Kong in 1841 brought added fire risk. Any long spell of dry, windy weather could – and periodically did – prove disastrous.