Bath

If you are green fingered but also like getting your hands on antiques, then Louise Allen and Piers Newth’s stall at the 'RHS Chelsea Flower Show' in London from May 20-24 will be of great appeal.

Recent auction sales shone the spotlight on pioneering photographers active in the first days of the art

Thirty-eight lots offered in Bath included a strong array of 20th century works assembled in London

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

In terms of Modern British pictures sold around the country over the last year, a number of highlights came late in the day.

The final day of Gardiner Houlgate’s latest guitar auction included a remarkable Victorian-era instrument: a rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid harp-guitar or ‘guitarpa’.

Annual fair held at the city’s Assembly Rooms since 1986 starts afresh in Pavilion venue this July

For its 35th edition the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair can boast 11 new exhibitors.

Gardiner Houlgate in Corsham, near Bath, is selling a collection of turret clocks as part of its horology auction on October 26-27. All are from one source and fully restored.

East Bristol Auctions is expanding with a new saleroom near Bath and plans to rebrand as Auctioneum.

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

Trade day at the decorative fair is particularly welcomed by dealers when times are more challenging

A newcomer to the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair will bring a chest of drawers in a distinct painted style as part of their debut offering.

Held at the Bath & West Showground in Somerset for many years, the annual Festival of Cards has moved to a smaller location nearby.

The Makuzu Kozan workshop was established by Miyagawa Kozan (1842- 1916) in Yokohama, one of the main portals of trade with the West, in 1871.

The cylindrical brush pot or bitong appears to have been introduced into the repertoire of Chinese ceramic forms in the late 1620s.

Organiser of Wembley and Cheltenham events takes over.