Hampshire

English names from a defunct clock manufactory were used for familiarity in an export market

An antiques fair which was traditionally held on New Year’s Day in Winchester since 1985 has moved to a new venue.

Under the banner of Phoenix VAM Fairs, Sara Hughes’ vintage, antique and militaria fairs in Petersfield, Hampshire, are going from strength to strength, she says.

Chris Brown, co-organiser of the ever-expanding Grandma’s Attic Fairs, is on a roll.

In 1902 the author Booker T Washington sent a typed and handwritten letter to the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie regarding his recently published work.

Nestled in 400 acres of land in Hampshire is Heckfield Place, a Georgian manor house masterfully restored and renovated into a luxury hotel.

Grandma’s Attic Fairs has a high number of bookings at the next event in Winchester on Bank Holiday Monday, August 29.

Jackie Edwards launched her antiques and vintage street markets nearly 10 years ago as ACVR Events.

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

This rare doucai porcelain vase, with Qianlong marks and probably of period, provided a classic tale of discovery in the saga of the Chinese boom.

For many years the largest city outside London, Norwich had its own silver assay office during three periods from 1565-1702.

Petersfield Antiques Fair returns to the Hampshire town’s Festival Hall after two years’ absence, due to the NHS using the venue for Covid vaccinations.

This Japanese cloisonné casket bears the mark for the Ando Company of Nagoya.

Masoud Mazaheri of Bakhtiyar is among the dealers set to appear at LARTA this month.

A Basingstoke firm which recently celebrated 40 years in the business is “one of the few single-owner antiques shops left in Hampshire”, says its owner.

Estimated at £200-300 in the belief they were later copies, a pair of Sèvres dishes sold for £9500 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).

Petersfield event moves to Waterlooville after NHS bags hall

As an inventor and an entrepreneur, Dr John C Taylor feels a special affinity with the pioneering clockmakers of the English Golden Age. And it is this connection that has guided his collecting across several decades.