Decorative Art

Anthropomorphic bird jars are typically associated with the work of the Martin Brothers in Southall, London.

Edward and Marilyn Flower’s substantial and impressive collection blossomed partly thanks to help from a London dealer

An early 19th century pearlware figure was the surprise performer when 200 lots from the Flower collection were offered by Lion & Unicorn (25% buyer’s premium) in Florida, on August 27.

Leading the Autumn’s Arrival Auction at Akiba Galleries (25/22/20% buyer’s premium) in Dania Beach, Florida, was this spectacular pair of French bronze and enamel vases of a type shown at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle.

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

Concept drawings by John Orfe (1922-2011), an American automotive and airline designer, came for sale in Virginia.

By the time the Baltars ceramics painting workshop was established in 1925 the country where it was founded – Latvia – had been accepted by the international community as independent for just four years.

This intricate gold filigree and gemset sceptre was presented to Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, by the Mexican city of San Juan del Rio.

On September 29 Cottone of Geneseo, New York, will offer the collection of lawyer Hugh Barclay (1932-2021), a former 11-term New York State Senator and US Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

Among the highlights of The Premier Sale at St James’s Auctions on September 27 is this Battle of Culloden gold commemorative medal.

Huge collection shines light on the once common Staffs porcelain that nonetheless is often misidentified

A single-owner sale from the late Norfolk glass collector and dealer Brian Watson is coming to Bishop & Miller on September 27.

A group of nine Empire period Sèvres porcelain plates were the object of keen interest when they came up for sale at Lockdales in Ipswich on August 31.

Jane Burgett of Dansk Silver is an exhibitor at The Northern Antiques Fair.

The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers was a British charitable organisation established in the decade after the First World War ‘to foster the noble Art and gentle and healthy Pastime of froth blowing among Gentlemen of-leisure and ex-Soldiers’.

Three equestrian silver groups made by different London firms over the space of a century took centre stage in three separate sales in July.

This stoneware cream glaze vase, c.1960, by Bernard Leach (1887- 1979) is included in the programme of exhibitions at Willoughby Gerrish this autumn.