Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Auction house earns praise as fair venue
01 November 2021The Northern Antiques Fair looks set to move permanently from Harrogate following a successful first outing at Tennants auction house complex.
Dee day for Scone Palace comeback
01 November 2021After two cancelled fairs due to the pandemic, the biannual Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair in Scotland is back with a new edition scheduled for November.
Auction house Tennants hailed as great northern fair venue
01 November 2021The Northern Antiques Fair looks set to move permanently from Harrogate following a successful first outing at the new venue of the Tennants auction house complex in Leyburn.
The web shop window: English delft dish from 1701
01 November 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Gallery duo aim to set new sculptor’s reputation in stone
27 October 2021This autumn, galleries Willoughby Gerrish and Tomasso have joined forces to hold a ‘conversation in stone’ between the Contemporary sculpture of Emily Young (b.1951) and a selection of antique works.
Sparkes charger generates a buzz at the Pavilions
27 October 2021This earthenware charger was painted by Catherine Sparkes (1842-1910), a genre, flower painter and illustrator who made a significant contribution to the development of faience pottery at Doulton Lambeth.
The web shop window: 1960s rosewood worktable by Danish architect Finn Juhl
27 October 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Wartime work showing soldiers in Normandy joins Olympia fair highlights
27 October 2021A “vanishingly rare” oil by Barnett Freedman (1901-58) showing a newly liberated Normandy town shortly after D-Day is among the star exhibits at the Winter Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia in London.
5 Questions: Ceramics dealer Andrew Muir
27 October 2021Andrew Muir bought his first piece of Clarice Cliff – a small and damaged candlestick – for £25 from a pub auction in 1989. Today he is an established dealer in 20th century ceramics and is showing his diverse stock at the latest edition of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia (November 2-7).
Hare-themed Ming incense burner
18 October 2021The hare, one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, is associated symbolically with longevity and the moon.
Sensitive carving shown on bronze head of Buddha
18 October 2021This bronze head of Buddha, formerly in a private Belgium collection since the 1970s, is priced at £75,000 from Antwerp gallery Marcel Nies Oriental Art.
Bath: a fair with a friendly vibe
18 October 2021Relaxed atmosphere of event held in the historic city wins praise from traders.
Bronze stands out at Battersea fair
18 October 2021Top selling items at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea included a large bronze sculpture.
Incense burner topped by a dog and ball
18 October 2021This Meiji period iron incense burner from Japan was made using nunome zogan: the art of inlaying different metals into one another.
From print form to three dimensions
18 October 2021Most likely taken from black and white prints, these porcelain figures of a Jewish man and woman were created c.1740 during the Qianlong period.
Human body and a horse’s head in harmony
18 October 2021The Tang dynasty, considered a golden age of reform and cultural advancement in China lasting from 618-907, is the focus of Eskenazi’s exhibition .
5 Questions: Steve and Kerry Amies of Track 21 Interiors
18 October 2021Steve and Kerry Amies of Track 21 Interiors trade from fairs and online.
The web shop window: a Japanese pipe case
18 October 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Technical masterpiece that emerged in the Song and Yuan dynasties
18 October 2021This reticulated Longquan celadon pear-shaped vase is one of the stars in an exhibition at Littleton & Hennessey in Duke Street, London.