Dorset

Porcelain from the Staffordshire factory takes up half a sale – and it’s just the first part of a huge collection

The opening section of Duke’s latest Art & Design post 1880 sale was devoted to the ‘forgotten’ artist Kathleen Muriel Scale (1913-2006).

More paintings on offer in Dorest saleroom from the Cornish ‘school’ show the market strength

Simon Lamb of The Swan Gallery in Sherborne works with his wife Kristina and their son Chris specialising in oil paintings and watercolours 1800-1950, along with antique prints and early maps.

Archive sold in Somerset and bugle offered in Dorset reflect the first organised cycling clubs

This impressive clock featured in the sale held by Dorset firm Busby (25% buyer’s premium) on April 18.

The Art & Design post 1880 sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on April 25 included 44 lots of William De Morgan tiles consigned by descendants of Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Earl of Balfour and prime minister from 1902-05. He is understood to have bought them directly from De Morgan in Fulham.

The distinctive Anglo-Japanese tables designed by the architect GW Godwin in the later part of the 19th century are known as Smallhythe tables, after the example found in Smallhythe Place in Kent which was the home of the actress Ellen Terry.

Country house contents, global interest and a packed room of bidders - what more could an auctioneer wish for?

The Germans began firing V1 flying bombs at Britain in June 1944 and V2 rockets followed that September.

Grandma’s Attic Fairs will be very busy on Monday, April 1, with two of the organiser’s most popular fairs running on the same day.

Organiser and dealer whose previous experience was putting on a 1990s gig tries running an antiques fair

There is a huge disconnect today between the best and rest in the sampler world.

A group of Modern and Impressionist pictures provided a significant boost to the latest Art & Design post 1880 sale held at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).

Only 155 Arctic Medals 1875-76 were issued, with 59 of those being to HMS Discovery.

Duke’s Asian Art sale in Dorchester on November 29 features works from the family of the late John Walden, an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society from the 1950s.