Chiswick Auctions

Indian talismanic shirts or Qur’an jama were believed to carry protective powers.

Leading a recent Woolley & Wallis' (25/12% buyer’s premium) sale in Salisbury were two scroll paintings by well-known 20th century Chinese artists that came by descent from Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883-1950).

This Charles II silver mounted coconut cup is particularly rare on account of its marks for the Hull silversmith Edward Mangie (1634-85).

First sale put together by art world academic attracts encouraging overseas response

Maltese silver pieces auctioned in the UK return to the Mediterranean island.

Chiswick Auctions will hold two dedicated sales for the November season.

A couple of eastern European pictures were among the top-performing works at the Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) 19th and 20th Century art sale.

The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Chiswick Auctions on October 29 includes this gilt and painted shield made in north-western India (possibly Rajasthan) in the first half of the 18th century.

The Books and Works on Paper sale at Chiswick Auctions on November 9 includes a rather special copy of Sir William Gell and John P Gandy’s The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii.

Highlights of Chiswick Auctions earlier this summer

One of the most-represented names in the Fry collection was William Henry Hunt (1790-1864).

British watercolours and drawings amassed by dealer came under the spotlight at two salerooms

The Fry collection sold at Chiswick Auctions in London was reminiscent of the kind of auctions the dealer himself would attend

Pre-1950s Mary Fedden works are stylistically different to her later still-lifes and coastal subjects

As recently as a decade ago relatively little attention was paid to Iraqi niello silver.

The star of a recent Chiswick Auctions’ (25/12% buyer’s premium) Jewellery auction was an Art Deco diamond and rock crystal Cartier brooch, c.1925.

The collection of about 800 engraved gems formed by the nobleman and politician George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), was the largest and most important of the age.

Range of Sèvres highlights from ancien regime to the empire periods sold in UK auctions

Shown here are two highlights from sales of Islamic & Indian art held by London salerooms recently.