Decorative Art

Doulton washroom elements provide surprise as final items from extensive collection come to auction

The latest sale of Fine Asian Art at Alastair Gibson Auctions in London included a particularly impressive example of 19th century Chinese export silver.

The latest edition of The Oak Interior auction held by Bishop & Miller (25% buyer’s premium) in Stowmarket on February 28-29 majored heavily on metalwork.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

This large rectangular earthenware trough, measuring 20in (21cm) across the handles, is part of the range of flower containers made by the Fulham Pottery for the society florist Constance Spry (1886-1960) from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.

The Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design auction at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on March 20 included this rare 10in (25cm) vase, shape no 375, decorated in the Archaic pattern mirroring a capital design from a temple in Luxor.

Three-hundred lot sale of the Art Deco classic shows signs of the market returning to 1990s boom time

The gift of the private collection of the late George Withers keeps on giving.

“He stored everything like Russian dolls, everything packed away into something else."

Driven by the demand from the numerous Grand Tourists who visited the Italian capital in the 19th century, Roman craftsmen revived and adapted the ancient technique of mosaics to produce works of art that would appeal to their international clientele.

Are you a ‘big light’ fan or foe? According to various social media posts and newspaper articles last year, there is a move away from the ‘big light’ (in part due to Tik Tok influencers decreeing so) to lamps.

Part two of the Creed Collection, a group of top Plymouth and Bristol pieces amassed by a British couple over 25 years, is on offer at London dealership Albert Amor.

Are influencers driving this market or is it just hype? We talk to dealers to find out what is really in demand and why.

The vendor of an early 19th century glass offered as part of the February 21-24 sale at Wendl (21% buyer’s premium) in Rudolstadt will have been astonished by the result.