South-west England

A clockmaking industry thrived in the Chew Valley of Somerset in the second half of the 17th century.

After the James Macintyre & Co factory was awarded a gold medal at the St Louis International Exhibition in 1904, Moorcroft pottery was sold in the US by a number of boutique retailers including Shreve & Co of San Francisco and Tiffany in New York.

In 2010 The National Gallery held the first exhibition of works by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) in the UK for 30 years.

Antarctic maps take highest prices in collection relating to key Terra Nova crew member

Your starter for 10 – can you identify the artist of these still-lifes? Samuel Peploe, right?

Two micro-mosaic pictures took a six-figure sum at a Cirencester saleroom – 10-times their low estimate.

Emile Berliner (1851-1921), a German clerk in a Washington DC haberdashery, is credited with inventing both the first commercially successful disc record and the first machine to play it.

Stand-out cartographic lots sold in Gloucestershire include a string of early rarities

Closed for almost two decades, a shop in the Cotswolds town of Dursley has been brought to life as an art and antiques business.

Duke’s sale in Dorchester on November 25 includes this pair of Yongzheng period (1723-35) famille rose fish bowls.

This 7½in (19cm) Japanese wood netsuke shows the standing figure of Ashinaga with his arms outstretched.

This Ming period bronze weight comes in the form of a recumbent mythical beast.

This 17th century Japanese lacquer cabinet was made for the Western market, c.1680.

New to Asian Art in London this year is the Frome saleroom Dore & Rees, now owned by Asian art specialist Lee Young.

Republican plaques bought at Hong Kong dealership take top price in Chinese art sale.

A Maori hei-tiki pendant offered in Cheltenham on September 16 had an old paper label verso stating that it originally belonged to Makoare Te Taonui.

Including seafaring, tin, copper, studio potteries and fishing, a Penzance sale covered just about everything from the region bar pasties.

Relaxed atmosphere of event held in the historic city wins praise from traders.

This 3ft 7in x 24in (1.08m x 60cm) ink and colour on paper of mandarin ducks swimming amid lotus blooms is by Chen Zhifo (1896-1962).

A Paula Rego (b.1935) print was among the works bringing interest at a charity sale held by Dorchester saleroom Duke’s to support a disability centre.