Salisbury

Zulu was a very alert poodle. The plucky pooch averted disaster by barking to draw attention at an early stage to a fire which had broken out in his Glasgow home on December 26, 1897.

After more than 140 years out of the public eye, two maiolica plaques by the celebrated Renaissance artist Francesco Xanto Avelli (1487-1542) sold for £38,000 each at auction in Salisbury.

While an unusual 17th century picture titled The Hares’ Revenge was the star of Woolley & Wallis’ (27/26% buyer’s premium) latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale when it made £50,000 (see ATG No 2761), a couple of scenic views of Greece also drew competition.

Britannic was the third and last of the White Star Line’s Olympic class of ocean liners.

A collector’s cabinet sold by Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on June 30-July 1 was from a small group of furnishings fashioned from the Waterloo Elm.

A true connoisseur’s collection of early silver greeted those who viewed the Woolley & Wallis (27/26% buyer’s premium) Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu sale in Salisbury on April 28-29.

Interest in glyphic art, that reached its collecting apogee during Grand Tour collecting, is resurgent once more.

As a dealer, collector and enthusiast of ethnographic art, Gordon Reece spent a lifetime travelling the globe in search of artefacts.

Norwegian kjenge or kasa have been used for drinking ale at special occasions since the medieval period.

Specialist dealer sells items from his collection in two-day auction as he heads towards semi-retirement

This “incredibly rare elaborate, fantastical and exquisitely carved” oak draw-leaf table, dating from the Golden Age of the English Renaissance, stood out at the Paul Fitzsimmons – A Life in Oak sale.

Inventive pieces that can be broken down into modular elements – transformable jewels – began with the French parure in the court of Louis XIV.

Spotlight on awards that brought rewards for vendors in three separate sales

Dealer from a Cotswolds family business acquired English tin glazed earthenware as a personal interest