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Two auctions held in the region underline demand for the locally produced ceramics

A collection of ceramics by the Hanley-born pottery painter Arthur Holland (1896 1979) comes for sale at Potteries Auctions in Newcastle-under-Lyme on July 12.

Reg Cooper, the dealer and former fair organiser, has died aged 86.

Chelsea Red Anchor period ‘Hans Sloane’ plates are named with reference to the royal physician, traveller, and natural historian who helped transform the Chelsea Physic Garden into a centre of botanical knowledge during the Enlightenment.

A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.

Among the great Beilby discoveries of recent times was the emergence - from two separate sources across 14 years - of six small firing glasses decorated in red, yellow and white enamel with Masonic emblems.

Ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

Showground extravaganza run until recently by B2B continues to be a success under the new organiser

A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.

Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.