Antique Collecting November 2021 issue

THE EXPERT COLLECTOR Chinese ceramic marks

Making a Mark For the collector of Chinese ceramics a knowledge of marks can be the difference between a car boot sale dud and a piece worth thousands, Gerald Davison deciphers the script

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Marc My Words: Antiques

Fairs Calendar: The latest events around the UK

Top of the Lots Jewellery: Two

Saleroom Spotlight: In our second

Porcelain Miles: How chinoiserie Meissen porcelain once stolen by the Nazis has made its way home to a Dutch museum

Profile: Antique’s Roadshow’s

Eastern Eyes: Sarah Wong celebrates

Stable Returns: Allen Wang takes up the charge for Tang horses

Without Reserve: Antiques

Animal Magic: Quirky and charming some 20 hardstone carved animals by Fabergé come up for sale

Hot Desks: Collecting scholar’s desk pieces has never been more exciting, writes Lazarus Halstead

Looks Famille: Natalie Merchant on what makes famille verte such an attractive ceramics style

Around the Houses: Our round-up

Freedom Fighters: Why abolitionist artefacts, including Wedgwood’s famous medallion, are making waves at auction rooms around the world

Making a Mark: Gerald Davison’s guide to deciphering seemingly impenetrable Chinese marks

Ming’s Dynasty: An exclusive

Saleroom Spotlight: Behind the

Your Letters: The best of this month’s postbag, including memories of a childhood fan club

Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey

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