Sheffield

The fashion for tea caddies and other boxes in the form of houses or other decorative buildings emerged in the last quarter of the 18th century and continued into the 19th century.

Leading a recent sale at Sheffield Auction Gallery (24% buyer’s premium) was a pair of George III ormolu mounted Derbyshire fluorspar candle vases.

Greek philosopher Epictetus (c.50-c.135AD) is best-known for his contribution to Stoicism.

A c.1960 Barbie doll and related items by Mattel is estimated at £300-500 in the Specialist Collectable Toys Auction on April 10 at Sheffield Auction Gallery.

Michael Hezaveh of Oriental Rug Shop has an extensive showroom and warehouse in Sheffield, with over 8000 items in stock. The dealer will be at Northern Antiques Fair held in Tennants’ Garden Rooms in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, from September 26-29.

Ian and Grahame Wilson of long-running Newcomen Fairs are expanding their events which are held in the Elsecar Heritage Centre, a range of restored Victorian buildings near Barnsley where they also own the 120-dealer Elsecar Antiques Centre.

The toy company of Lines is often mentioned in relation to rocking horses but it was a double bay-fronted dolls’ house produced in c.1895 that impressed at Sheffield saleroom Ellis Willis & Beckett (19.5% buyer’s premium).

In ATG No 2601 we reported on a penknife with over 100 folding blades and accessories made for exhibition by George Wolstenholm of Sheffield.

While the market for post-war wares by Thompson’s of Kilburn – particularly the animal and figure carvings – has grown substantially in recent years, the ‘prime period’ for Mouseman collecting remains the 1920s-30s.

This lot comprising four whiskies estimated at £30-50 ended up selling for £1050 at Sheffield Auction Gallery (20% buyer’s premium) on October 30.

By tradition, Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-63), chief minister and favourite to Augustus III, was a man famed for his fashion sense. His tailor was thus an important part of his entourage.

The popular Chinese game of mah-jong is a relative newcomer.

The Sheffield Antiques Quarter’s popular monthly community 60-trader antiques and vintage fleamarket at the 1920s-built Abbeydale Picture House will have an added buzz this year.

Two modestly estimated watercolours by the Victorian ornithological painter Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) emerged as the star sellers in an auction in South Yorkshire.

The ‘heroic age’ of Polar Exploration coincided with the First World War. Shackleton’s perilous 1914-17 expedition was conducted against the backdrop of war in the northern hemisphere, while other earlier Polar explorers found themselves caught up in the conflict.

A classical marble bust took an unexpected £129,000 at Sheffield Auction Gallery on September 21.

Dealer Anthony Bucke has been in the trade for 35 years and opened an antiques centre in the Somerset town of Crewkerne in 2012.