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A vesta case decorated with a campaigning Suffragette is among the highlights at the Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

With very few exceptions, the French artist Victor Philippe Lemoine-Benoit devoted almost all of his painting career to one subject: hot-air balloons of the Montgolfière type.

This large silver zoomorphic aquamanile Caquesseitão (a vessel designed for the ceremonial washing of hands at the table) will feature as a highlight of the May sale to be held by Veritas Art Auctioneers in Lisbon.

The latest regional event for members of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers (SOFAA) took place in a Somerset country home to preview a private collection of Oriental works.

The Scottish sculptor Amelia Robertson Hill (1821-1904) was surrounded by artistic family members.

Practical campaign furniture is one of the stars as West Sussex event reaches its 10th anniversary

Some 50 years ago, indeed prior to the beginning of my subscription with the ATG in 1971, I acquired this oval silver plaque, dateable to the late 18th/early 19th century on stylistic grounds, measuring 29 x 89mm and weighing 44gms, with a plain reverse.

To understand how European audiences viewed the Middle East in the 19th century, you could do worse than look at the body of work produced by Belgian artist Jan-Baptist Huysmans (1826-1906)*.

It has often been said that no other work of art encompasses the spirit of the Bauhaus more perfectly than Marianne Brandt’s tea-infuser or Teeextraktkännchen MT49, as it was officially called.

Ben Haynes, chairman of Dawsons Auctioneers, recently presented the AH Baldwin Salver to David Hughes in his first event as captain of the Fine Art Golfing Society (FAGS) in 2024.

A book on bicycle lights and one on SCotish furniture are among the latest books to be published in the world of art and antiques.

Many regular readers of the ATG would recall Ronald Benjamin’s reminiscences about his singular life and career which appeared in May last year (Letters, ATG No 2591).

On page 29 of ATG No 2637 there was an incorrect version of an advertisement relating to stolen items.

Around 200 lots of clocks and watches feature in a strong section as part of a four-day sale

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales