Metalware
This sector comprises artefacts made from both base and precious metals. Many antique items were originally used for domestic purposes but are now collected on account of their craftsmanship, decorative quality and social interest.
Items can range from include pewter jugs, tin pots, brass bells, copper weathervanes and cast iron benches.
While this area offers plenty of affordable material, rare historical survivors can command high prices.
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Palace of Versailles buys Chinese silver ewer in private deal
24 September 2018A rare 17th century Chinese silver ewer has been acquired by the Palace of Versailles in a private treaty sale conducted by the auction firm Beaussant Lefèvre. It is the only known surviving piece of silverware from a lavish diplomatic gift presented to Louis XIV by the King of Siam (Thailand) in 1686.
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North London saleroom celebrates after Blue John urns stand out at auction
07 September 2018The sale of three Blue John and ormolu-mounted urns could mark a purple patch for a family-run north London auction house this month.
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Thomire candlesticks offered at Duran Subastas sale
14 May 2018This pair of ormolu candlesticks by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) will feature in the May 24 auction at Duran Subastas in Madrid.
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Derbyshire family and police call on antiques trade to help locate stolen artefacts from private chapel
10 May 2018A family are calling on the antiques trade to help them locate brass artefacts stolen from a private chapel in Walton upon Trent in Derbyshire.
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Art Nouveau centrepiece set to take prominence in Munich
07 May 2018A late 19th century Art Nouveau centrepiece is one of the highlights at Quittenbaum’s Munich sale on May 15.
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Postbox theft sparks fear of rising problem in the UK
08 August 2017The theft of a 19th century postbox in Asthall Leigh in west Oxfordshire earlier this year has led local councillors to fear criminals are targeting specific postboxes to sell on for hundreds of pounds.
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Somerset museum brings home 300-year old tankard after fundraising for auction bid
25 July 2017The Bruton Museum in Somerset has bought a rare silver tankard at nearby saleroom Lawrences of Crewkerne.
I want it Hall: club’s annual fair
10 July 2017Held in Staffordshire this Saturday (July 15) is the annual Old Hall Collectors’ Club Fair.
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Police appeal for help to find bronze sculptures stolen from Bath antiques dealer
23 May 2017Police are appealing to the trade to help find a number of bronze statues that were stolen from an antiques dealer in Bath.
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Early metalwork from the Golding Barrett Collection
05 April 2017Among the most eagerly contested sections of the Bonhams sale was the 22 lots from the Golding Barrett Collection.
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Burges chalice surfaces in Oxfordshire
06 November 2015Many who viewed a Barkentin and Krall chalice at JS Auctions in Bodicote, Oxfordshire will have hoped to win it close to its £300-500 estimate.
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Soldani bronze brings £320,000
29 April 2015This Italian baroque bronze depicting ‘Ganymede and the Eagle’ by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740) proved the highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s recent sale in Edinburgh.
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Striking Russian gold in Dorset
25 March 2015Two large 18th century gold medals depicting events from the reign of Catherine the Great sold for spectacular sums at Duke’s latest auction in Dorchester.
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Cromwell’s coffin plate on the auction block
03 December 2014This copper-gilt coffin plate, bearing an inscription in Latin with the dates of Oliver Cromwell’s birth, death and inauguration as Lord Protector and the arms of the Protectorate to the reverse, was found when his body was exhumed from the Henry VII chapel at Westminster Abbey on January 26, 1661.
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Scotland votes 'yes' for Brecbannoch of Columba in replica
22 August 2014With the Scottish referendum only weeks away, there could hardly be a better time to offer a replica of a reliquary which for centuries was a powerful symbol of Scotland’s national identity.
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Keeping your powder dry – a matter of life and death
08 August 2014In the days when muzzle-loaders were the only choice for shooters, the one essential accessory was a flask for the powder. Many a battle or huntsman’s quarry has been lost through poorly kept powder.
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Knox’s 150th anniversary brings keen interest
04 July 2014A strong selection of Tudric (pewter) and Cymric (silver) creations by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co was the focus of keen bidding at Bonhams’ decorative arts from 1860 sale in New Bond Street.
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Cast iron back in demand as Chinese bidders plough an unlikely new field
30 May 2014For a cast-iron sign that spring has brought a resurgence in the garden look to the results of the recent biannual sale of garden design at Summers Place Auctions where Coalbrookdale seats were back in the limelight.
Huge cache of Arts and Crafts wares emerge from bank vault
28 April 2014A massive cache of British Arts and Crafts metalware and ceramics stored in a bank for over 25 years will be sold by Bonhams through their forthcoming decorative arts auctions.
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