Hampshire

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.

Hannam’s in Selborne, Hampshire, has achieved a new house record with the sale of this Qing famille rose vase for £520,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

The Petersfield Antiques Fair, which was scheduled to take place in Hampshire this September, has been called off.

Updates from two events taking place in the south of England.

Two very good pieces of English treen were offered by Hannam’s (23% buyer’s premium) at a recent auction in Selborne.

A double-gourd dragon vase was one of two excellent Chinese pieces to emerge from a deceased Hampshire estate into Selborne auction house Hannam’s (23% buyer’s premium) rooms on May 4.

Wick Antiques has opened a new showroom in Lymington dedicated to maritime objects.

Filigree or micro-carving was hugely popular among fashionable English society in the late 18th century.

Soldiers are often associated with hard drinking – but rarely temperance.

A late 19th century christening bowl offered by Hampshire auction house Hannam’s (23% buyer’s premium) was admired both for its artistry and ownership history.