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Plaque

Dove design wings its way to auction
01 July 2019Scantily catalogued as a Georgian/Victorian micro-mosaic plaque depicting a dove, a classic example of the pieces produced by Italian craftsmen and beloved by wealthy Britons on the Grand Tour was equally appreciated by bidders at Stroud Auctions (18% buyer’s premium).

Tyneside ceramics hero – and footballer
24 June 2019Ceramics commemorating the coronation of Edward VIII are less rare than often supposed, having been produced in abundance before the coronation was aborted. Most bring relatively small sums.

Barlow makes roos headlines
03 December 2018Among the most desirable of all Royal Doulton Lambeth productions are those depicting scenes of flora and fauna from Australasia.

ATG letter: Why Napoleon was entranced
28 May 2018MADAM – I note the report on the sale of a porcelain plaque decorated with a portrait of the Empress Josephine on page 13 of ATG No 2343.

Josephine shows her face
21 May 2018Not, perhaps, the face modern eyes would immediately think of captivating an emperor, but this porcelain plaque portrait of Napoleon’s first wife, Josephine, was one of a number of major attractions at Canterbury Auction Galleries’ (24% buyer’s premium) Spring Sale.

KPM porcelain plaque is an object of desire
02 January 2018The most desirable of all porcelain plaques produced by KPM in the late 19th century are those that leave little to the imagination. However, evidence of their continued popularity across many different subject matters came in the form of this example below.

Rhead all about it in Woburn auction
14 August 2017Collectors of works by the Rhead family of potters will no doubt have September 5 already marked in their diaries.
Restituted gold ornaments go on show in China
13 August 2015A group of 32 ancient gold ornaments have been returned to China following claims they had been illegally removed.

From £20 to £7000 – vendor spots rare Burmantofts plaque at car boot fair
23 April 2015This large Burmantofts faience plaque sold for £7000 at 1818 Auctions of Milnthorpe, Cumbria. The vendor, who bought it at a car boot sale for £20, was in the room to watch bidding surge way beyond a £400-600 estimate.

Plaques head to auction in Leeds
23 March 2015Discovered in a pile of objects waiting to be tipped at a routine house clearance, a pair of large ceramic plaques will be offered at Gary Don in Leeds this week.

Stolen antiques now safe after ATG alert
31 March 2014A Derby porcelain plaque and two Japanese plates have been returned by Surrey Police to two stately homes after they were recognised from an alert in Antiques Trade Gazette

Porcelain plaques found in bungalow make £420,000 in Dorset
25 February 2014Estimated at just £200-300, a set of four early 20th century Chinese famille rose porcelain plaques depicting the four seasons in mountainous settings were bought by a phone bidder from Shanghai for £420,000 at Charterhouse of Sherborne in Dorset.

Rhead family collection brings unrecorded wares to the market
04 February 2014It was the most important consignment of work by the Rhead family to come onto the market in years. But would the respect in which the remarkable dynasty of potters are held translate into remarkable prices?

Lowestoft birth tablet takes £7400
15 January 2014English porcelain birth tablets are unique to Lowestoft – and one of many pieces that give the factory’s wares such a profound sense of time and place.

Rewarding a blue plaque at £32,000
04 November 2013Size, quality, condition and subject matter are the ingredients by which Berlin porcelain plaques are judged.

Plaques signalling abstinence at the Qing court
19 June 2013Abstinence was a ceremonial requirement prior to worshipping the ancestors, the heavens or other deities in the Qing court.

Bidders set to go head-to-head
18 January 2013This 19th century ceramic plaque painted with two duellists in sepia forms part of the collection of the late Bernard Popland, a former championship fencer.

Plaque found after appeal
19 June 2012A medieval Nottingham alabaster plaque prised away from a London church has been recovered after the appeal in ATG.

Over-the-counter gem in Petersfield
14 March 2011HAMPSHIRE auctioneers Jacobs & Hunt of Petersfield achieved a new house record when they sold this 17th century Italian specimen marble plaque for £37,000 last month.

A penny for them... the mystery of the postal plaque
29 January 2007This enigmatic, 7in (18cm) high, early 18th century delftware plaque featured in Sotheby’s November 21 sale at Bond Street where it fetched a mid-estimate £26,000, selling to London dealer Jonathan Horne.

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