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VISITING THE WONDERFUL Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Massachusetts in America, I got to chat to ‘genuine’ sailors from 1620 aboard the Mayflower II as they got ready to sail home to England. I also spoke to the Pilgrim settlers they brought over, just a few hundred yards and a couple of years away, in the rough wooden village they’d built since their arrival. But when you meet the traditionally dressed native peoples in the Wampanoag Homesite, you find that you’re all conversing together in the 21st century. Which is just as well really – it would be almost impossible to talk to a native-born Wampanoag as if it was the 1620s without shouting, “No! Forget Thanksgiving! Get shot of those damn English double-quick, before it’s too late!” My visits, back on this side of the Atlantic, to the Golden Hinde II in Thamesside Southwark are always equally thought-provoking. Yes, colonial adventurers like Francis Drake got up to a lot that’s questionable in pursuit of profit and glory. But when you look at the size of the tiny wooden cockleshell that he and his crew entrusted their lives to on the oceans, for their perilous round-theworld trip... you can’t help being awe-struck by men of such immense bravery, ingenuity and skill. How this ambivalence about our imperial past plays out for the Antiquexplorer venturing into the rich territory of colonial antiques is entirely down to your own tastes and desires. You’ll see from this issue that, certainly, as the Empire ebbed and flowed across the globe, there is plenty to choose from. From dawn of Empire to its sunset; from the traditional cultures that were colonised to the home-far-from-home comfort created by the colonisers and the spartan lives of those who fought their battles – all have their stories, and their appeal. Colonial narratives change over time. We aren’t as gung-ho about our own ex-Empire as we used to be, but it’s rare to find anyone these days who still truly despises the Romans as hated oppressors. Many of us even feel a certain rueful affection for the rough, rampaging Vikings – though, as historian Michael Wood once pointed out, most of us still can’t help thinking of the Norman Conquest as a win for “them”, rather than “us”. I see that October this year marks the 950th anniversary of 1066 – still too soon to forgive and forget?
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Collecting antiques with a colonial heritage takes you on a dizzying world history lesson. By Margaret Gaskin
12 The Colonial Home
Long before the package tour and the gap year, Brits were travelling to Colonial India and collecting some wonderful objects there...
24 Bath’s Fair with Flair!
The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion for the 27th time this March
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17 Auction Explorer Welcome to our specialist section for forthcoming auctions, sale results and news
19 Saleroom Summary 27 AE News 33 January/ February Fairs Calendar
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THE EMPIRE
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Collecting antiques with a colonial heritage inevitably becomes a dizzying world history lesson. How and why did a small island send its ships and soldiers out to conquer the globe? By Margaret Gaskin
THE FIRST EMPIRE
Sir Walter Raleigh made the first attempt at a colony in the 1580s. Though, as it went down in history as “the Lost Colony”, you can tell that didn’t end well. The Virgin Queen had given Sir Walter rights to territory that he tactfully named “Virginia” after her. But he lost them again under her successor and it was Jamestown that – thanks to a little light cannibalism – scraped through “the Starving Time” of 1609-10 to be-
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Sold at Bonhams: An iconic Paul Revere engraving of the Boston Massacre, reached an impressive £100,000, while the 18th century powder horn shown below, with scrimshaw map of Albany from the French and Indian Wars, sold for £8,125
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LOOKING AT THE British Empire, one Victorian historian famously said that, “we seem, as it were, to have conquered half the world in a fit of absence of mind.” In modern parlance it might be better described as “mission creep”, as one territory became seen as vital to protecting another or – oh lordy look! – someone has just discovered gold, or oil, or diamonds that really ought to be British. History is often intricately bound up in colonialism – so where do you start?
come the first permanent English settlement. John Rolfe founded a viable basis for the economy of the “South” growing tobacco, while the “North” was launched at Plimoth, Massachusetts in 1620 by the religious self-exiles now known as Pilgrims. Gradually, the eastern seaboard filled in – a Williamsburg or Maryland here, an Annapolis or Georgia there – amid periodic battles with the French, in which native tribes joined on one side or the other. Finally, with the French defeated, George III signed a treaty with the Indians promising never to colonise west of the Appalachian Mountains, and issued a tax demand to the existing colonists to help pay for the army that had protected them. And that should have been that. But, as it turned out, it was not...
THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN
Gold, land and trade were the three main strands in the rope that dragged the British out to settle around the world. Bristol and Plymouth vied with London in merchant adventurer schemes to monopolise a particular commodity or territory, and on 31st December 1600 the “Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies” received their Royal Charter from Elizabeth I. The British Government had no shares in the joint-stock East India Company which, until it was nationalised in the wake of the “Mutiny” of 1857, effectively became the British presence in India. The Company had its own administrators, policies and army, both British and indigenous, defending trading monopolies in everything from cotton to opium and employees ranged
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A MARITIME EMPIRE
The historic need for command of the seas that protected Britain became a worldwide ambition as the Empire grew. Captain Cook’s discovery of Australia on the other side of the world in 1770 did not seem very lucrative initially (gold was not discovered there until 1851) but it proved a useful place to transport the British penal system’s ne’er-do-wells when it lost the American colonies it had been using for the purpose. Though less distant, voyages to and from India round the Cape of Good Hope took months, so required stops along the way to replenish food (and later coal) supplies. To protect trade routes, handy ports, islands and whole nations across the globe were snapped www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk
Above left: Watercolour on ivory c.1794 of an East India Company infantry officer, price £3,250. Above right: Watercolour on ivory c.1854 of Lt Campbell of the 39th Bengal Native Infantry, price £2,700. Both from Phillip Mould & Co Left: From an album of photographs of the Hong Kong Regiment, 18921902, for sale at Chiswick Auctions, London, estimate £200-£300
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from Major-General Robert Clive to London clerk (writer and essayist) Charles Lamb. After the First War of Indian Independence, the British Raj ruled India from 1858 to 1947, though Queen Victoria was only named Empress of India in 1876, after Wilhelm I of Germany declared himself Kaiser in 1871. India-raised regiments fought across the Empire. Khudadad Khan became the first Indian VC, in Belgium, one of more than half a million Indian soldiers who fought in the Great War. More than two and a half million fought in World War II, including 30 VCs.
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Above: Sail and Steam, Low Tide, by Claude Thomas Stansfield Moore,1870. Available from Richard Gardener Antiques, price £9,800. Left: Atlas Major by Joannes Blaeu, 1662, in 11 volumes, showing what was known of Australia at the time, sold at Sotheby’s for £320,000
up to provide safe havens and to keep them out of the hands of the dastardly French, Spanish, Portugese, Dutch etc. With the opening of the Suez canal in 1869, cutting many weeks off voyage times, the Mediterranean and Middle East became crucial. Cyprus was leased in 1878, and annexed in 1914 – when Egypt was also declared a British protectorate – in response to the Ottoman Empire’s siding with the Kaiser. A SOLDIER’S LIFE
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Over the course of a long career, a British soldier might find himself in many remote parts of the world and, for the officer class at least, there was a whole industry dedicated to ensuring a chap could take a decent level of comfort with him, no matter what the terrain. The quality and ingenuity of Campaign Furniture, as it is known, still makes it very desirable man-cave kit today. By 8 January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer
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Above: One of two lithographs from 1842-9 by David Roberts (1796-1864), sold at Sotheby’s for £118,750
Campaign bootjack with original steel tools, c.1820. Available from Walpoles, price £725
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A Soldier’s Life and Experiences by William Young, 1871, sold at Sotheby’s for £2,625
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the way, the easel shown previously wasn’t just for fun; before photography, accurate sketching of terrain was a vital form of intelligence back at HQ. “THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA”
Sub-Saharan Africa came in to the British Empire rather late in the day. Rivalries over the continent’s territory really began in the 1880s, as its mineral and strategic importance was discovered, and the “Scramble for Africa” saw new nations like Italy and Germany as well as the usual suspects seeking their share of the pie. Britain, which had taken over the Cape Colony in 1806, suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Zulu nation in 1879, but it was its struggle to beat the Boers, Dutch colonist farmers, that suggested that the nature of warfare was changing. The long, drawn-out trench warfare contributed to the landslide victory of the Liberals at home in 1906. British protectorates also spread across North Africa and the Middle East – which became crucial in its own right, strategically, with the switch to oil-powered transportation.
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Above: Queen’s South Africa Medal with four clasps. Available from Parade Antiques, price £250. Below: Egypt Railways poster, c.1925, one of three lithographs sold at Bonhams, New York for $2,000 (£1,322)
Rudyard Kipling
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Unparalled narrator of the British Empire
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IF ONE MAN STANDS for the colonial legacy in all its complexity, it is Joseph Rudyard Kipling. And while the Empire is long gone, Kipling colonises our imaginations still. This year we get yet another Disney take on The Jungle Book – while in scout huts across Britain Akela the Wolf Pack leader still commands our little Cubs. If we know how the elephant got his trunk or the camel his hump, then it’s thanks to Kipling. And children still play “Kim’s Game” (where you have to recall which item has been removed from a collection) just how Kim O’ Hara was taught to play it while training to be a boy-spy in India. Not only is Kim Kipling’s masterpiece, without it we would have no other Kims at all – as with his contemporary J. M. Barrie’s Wendy from Peter Pan, the name just ‘caught on’! The Errol Flynn Kim is just one of many Kipling-inspired movies that turn up on TV. Look
out for Gunga Din with Cary Grant, Captains Courageous with Spencer Tracey, or, best of all, John Huston’s magnificent The Man Who Would Be King, in which Michael Caine and Sean Connery capture perfectly and memorably all the greed and glory of the Imperial adventure. Then there are his poems. “If” was voted the nation’s favourite in 1995, and they also provide song lyrics, from “The Road to Mandalay” to Billy Bragg songs! Yet English was not Kipling’s first language. Born in Bombay in 1865 and cared for by native servants, he recalled the English he spoke to his parents was “haltingly translated out of the vernacular idiom that one thought and dreamed in.” Though his sculptor father taught at the local college, Rudyard was returned to England aged five for his schooling, as colonial children often were, spending Christmases with his aunt and
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uncle, the painter Edward Burne-Jones. Until, at 16, he was appointed assistant editor on a paper in Lahore where, he wrote, “My English years fell away, nor ever, I think, came back in full strength.” At 21, his first book of poems introduced the English public back home to all the colour and variety of the jewel in Victoria’s crown. Short stories followed before he decided to try his luck in the heart of Empire. Returning via Japan and the United States – where he met his idol Mark Twain – he took rooms across from Charing Cross Station and wrote his first novel, The Light That Failed (also later filmed, starring Ronald Colman). But when, at 26, he married an American, they moved to the USA, seemingly for good. It was amid the Vermont snows that he wrote a story about an Indian boy brought up by wolves. But the American idyll turned sour when a political crisis caused strong anti-British sentiment in America, prompting a move back to England. He had returned a famous man and two new poems, “Recessional” and “The White Man’s Burden” cemented his reputation – for good or ill – as the poet of Empire. He wintered every year in South Africa, becoming a friend and admirer of Cecil Rhodes, and wrote poetry in support of the British cause
during the Boer War. In 1907 he became the first English-language winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. Professionally Kipling was invincible; personally, more vulnerable. The death of his six -year-old daughter Josephine prompted the now-famous Just So Stories addressed to “O Best Beloved”. His other daughter Elsie was just three when Josephine died and his son John one – and just a fortnight shy of his 17th birthday when Britain joined the Great War on 4th August 1914. Kipling enthusiastically supported the UK’s stand against the Kaiser and, when John’s poor eyesight denied him the chance to fight, his father pulled strings. He was sent to France on his 18th birthday and, within the month, declared missing believed killed at the Battle of Loos. It was Rudyard Kipling who suggested “Known unto God” as the epitaph that appears on the gravestones of all unidentified British Empire and Commonwealth soldiers – including his only son. Equally antagonistic to Bolshevism and “Hitlerites”, Kipling still saw the British Empire as the primary force for good in the world after the War. In 1932, he wrote the script for his friend George V’s first-ever Christmas broadcast. “I take it as a good omen,” said the King, “that wireless should have reached its present perfection at
Left: A first edition of The Just So Stories sold for £812 in March 2015. Right: This copy of The Jungle Book sold for £1,375 in November 2013
a time when the Empire has been linked in closer union, for it offers us immense possibilities to make that union closer still... “I speak now from my home and from my heart to you all,” he continued, “To men and women so cut off by the snows, the deserts or the seas, that only voices out of the air can reach them...” Just over three years later, both King and author were dead. But though his ashes now lie in Poets’ Corner, Kipling’s voice
continues to reach us out of the air through technologies he could only dream of. George Orwell – as far to the left as Kipling was to the right – noted that, though “every enlightened person has despised him ... nine-tenths of those enlightened persons are forgotten and Kipling is in some sense still there... Even his worst follies seem less shallow and less irritating than the ‘enlightened’ utterances of the same period.”
Right: Cartoon in pencil and watercolour by Charlie Johnson Payne (better known as Snaffles) c.1913, “I dont know whose dam column I’m in, Nor where we’re trekkin nor why.” (Kipling). It sold for £2,125 in May 2013
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Left: Portrait of Rudyard Kipling used as the frontispiece in a limited edition book of his poems published in 1929. The etching is by the ill-fated British artist Francis Dodd (1874-1949)
Kipling’s imprints Letters of Marque (six volumes in total) sold for $3,500 (£2,309) in New York on 25th June 2013
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The Colonial Home Long before the package tour and the gap year, Brits were travelling to Colonial India and collecting some wonderful objects there
THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN to visit India – or at least the first to make it home again to tell the tale – was one Ralph Fitch, who arrived back in London in 1591. Everything that has passed between Britain and the Subcontinent in the intervening four centuries, and what it has meant to each of them – politically, spiritually and practically – is enough to fill several libraries. But to the antique collector, who deals in physical objects, there is a bewitching wealth of relics of this rich and complex relationship, marking a constant ebb and flow of fashion and desire. And with the British presence in India lasting so long, and covering all ranks in society, there are items full of history for all tastes and pockets.
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1 & 2) Once the British had put down roots in India – and especially after they had brought over the memsahibs – there was a need to recreate the fashionable interior from back home. The cost of transporting any large item from Britain was prohibitive but, with a picture to go by, skilful local craftsmen could reproduce European styles in local woods. In time, the process reversed with Indian styles and scenes influencing colonial homes and, in due course, fashions back in Britain. This Anglo-Indian rosewood chaise longue with blue and cream silk cushions is from the third quarter of the 19th century sold for £1,125 and the teak occasional table from the late 19th/early 20th century, £2,500. www.christies.com 3) In 1801 Lady Clive, wife of the son and heir of Clive of India, bought two games boxes on a visit to Vizagapatam near Madras, which was famous for wood and ivory ware. This Vizagapatam inlaid ivory work and games box, which sold for £8,125, is even older and had been in the owner’s family since 1795. www.bonhams.com
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4 4) Late 19th century Hoshiarpur ivory inlaid wood table and three chairs, sold for £8,750. www.bonhams.com
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5) Queen Victoria commissioned Rudolf Swoboda to paint a series of portraits for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. He later travelled to the Indian subcontinent at her request to produce sketches of the local population. Oil on panel, sold for £6,500. www.bonhams.com
6) Campaign furniture was not always designed for spartan conditions: these bird’s eye maple chairs c.1855, once assembled, would grace any dining room, £750. Similar collapsible chairs were made in Dublin and Manchester at this time to be shipped abroad. www.campaignfurniture.com 7) Where it all began, in one sense. This Georgian travelling spice box, £140, contains six of the precious commodities that drove merchant
adventurers of all European nations East to trade their own local goods for exotic spices, bypassing the Arab traders that had been their only supply. Kerala’s reputation as the Spice Garden of India dates back thousands of years, while nutmeg, mace and cloves in particular were so keenly sought that the Indonesian islands where they were found became known as the Spice Islands. www.jonnywilliamson.com
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8) This 19th-century silver-sheetcovered Indian bed sold for £51,650 as part of Bonhams’ 2011 sale of the contents of Lord Glenconner’s property in St Lucia, and came complete with a photograph of Lady Glenconner reclining on it! www.bonhams.com 9 & 10) Other Indian items in the Glenconner sale included this hanging temple to Vishnu, which sold for £8,125 and a pair of elephant head covers, selling for £3,125. www.bonhams.com
11) Before the arrival of the Europeans, beds were not really used in India – a mat or carpet, or perhaps a four-footed woven charpai was used by all classes. But again, local craftmen could adapt their traditional skills to the market, producing magnificent hybrids. The luxurious Anglo-Indian wooden four-poster bed from 1870 (opposite), priced at £29,000, bears the insignia of the family the bed was commissioned by. www.windsorhouseantiques.co.uk
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tunities for international collectors, who otherwise probably wouldn’t have been aware of such items coming up for grabs. Another of their recent sales included an auction of work by Line Vautrin, the “Poetess of Metal” (shown below left). From a private collection, the sale featured jewellery, compacts, boxes and mirrors dating from 1943 to the late 1960s, with estimates ranging from £200 to £8,000. The sale showcased Line Vautrin’s mastery to work different materials, whether it be bronze, talosel resin or mirror fragments. Then there’s the likes of Roseberys London, who launched Vertu at Roseberys a short while ago (shown above) to specifically handle online only auctions. Very clear and easy to use, their site allows you to bid online in sales that may last from a week to a month in length. Currently live is their ‘Modern Prints’ auction which started on 11th December and runs until 11th January 2016, so there is plenty of time for you to register and bid. With a total of 179 lots, there is a real mixture of styles and artists for you to choose from artists like Sir Peter Blake, Alphonse Mucha, Jeff Koons and Beryl Cook, as well as lesser-known artists. Sotheby’s recently joined forces with Japanese designer, music producer and entrepreneur NIGO® to stage an online auction totally devoted to Star Wars collectables. Items from the iconic movies included more than 600 original action figures (including a rare Luke Skywalker with “double-telescoping” Lightsaber), Darth Vader and Stormtrooper helmets, complete sets of collectable ‘Power of the Force’ coins, limited edition toys and autographed rarities, such as a Count Dooku Lightsaber signed by Sir Christopher Lee. The sale was extremely popular and realised $502,202 (around £332,140)!
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Bids Galore 2015 was an exciting year for online auction platform Bid on This. It saw an increasing number of auction houses sign up to use the online platform to sell exceptional items to a wider and ever-increasing number of auction enthusiasts registered to buy from the comfort of their own homes! December highlights included Dinky and Corgi collectable toys, gadgets and electricals and stunning homeware pieces at fantastic prices,
even with the auction house fee. 2016 is set to be no different, January is already jam-packed with sales of antiques, furniture, fine art and jewellery from industry favourites Stacey’s Auctioneers & Valuers based in Essex, and Kingsley Auctions based in the Wirral, Liverpool. So, join the online community and never miss out on unique items at spectacular prices. Start the year as you mean to go on, and register for free. www.bidonthis.co.uk Above: Lot 51: A good quality silver-plated candlestick and snuffer. Estimate £40-60. Left: Lot 26: A 9ct gold lady’s Rotary wristwatch. Estimate £60-80. Below: Lot 56: A 9ct gold and opal set ring with one other 9ct gold ring set. Estimate £80-120
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Lot 1 A box of silver plated cutlery items. Estimate: £60-100 Lot 34 A cased Royal Mail 1980 commemorative proof coin set celebrating The Queen Mother’s 80th birthday. Estimate: £50-80 Lot 13 An 18ct gold and diamond cluster ring. Estimate: £80-100 Lot 58 A silver plated biscuit barrel. Estimate: £40-80
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Recent Auction House results supplied by UKAuctioneers.com Sunday 13th December Paul Beighton Ltd A collection of old cricket related photographs including W. G. Grace etc. Estimate: £15-30 Hammer Price: £1,400 Thursday 10th December Adam Partridge A large Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre pedestal bowl designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, the interior possibly decorated with a version of “Garden of Paradise”pattern, the exterior decorated with “Fairies Catching Bubbles” within a floral gilt decorated border and raised on a circular foot. Estimate: £2,000-2,500 Hammer Price: £2,700
Tuesday 8th December Campbells An Italian 17th century walnut and mother-of-pearl box, rectangular panelled form, top with inset ivory plaque sepiaengraved with figures on horseback and damsel in distress. Mother-of-pearl parquetry throughout, The interior has gilt-brass strap hinges. 13in wide. Estimate: £300-400 Hammer Price: £380
Monday 14th December Boningtons A Clarice Cliff ‘House & Bridge’ pattern preserve pot. Estimate: £80-120 Hammer Price: £140
Tuesday 1st December Capes Dunn & Co Oil portrait of a noblewoman on an oak panel. Circle of Francois Clouet (c.1510-72) Indistinctly inscribed in later hand verso. 26.5 x 21cm. Estimate: £1,500-2,500 Hammer Price: £3,800
Thursday 10th December Mallams Ltd A gold and enamel necklace by Archibald Knox (British, 18641933) for Liberty & Co, c.19001904. Provenance: Direct descent from Viscountess Hilda Runciman, Liberal Member of Parliament for St Ives, Cornwall in 1928, one of the first female MPs. By repute, this necklace was given by Girton College, Cambridge, to Viscountess Runciman in appreciation of her fundraising endeavours for the college. Estimate: £5,000-7,000 Hammer Price: £31,000
Saturday 28th November Michael J. Bowman A Chinese 19th century embroidered silk dragon robe showing Imperial dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst clouds and waves. Estimate: £1,000-2,000 Hammer Price: £2,600 www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk
Thursday 3rd December Bushey Auctions An oval Edwardian silver cake basket with pierced sides and applied floral border. London 1901, (approx 61oz). Estimate: £700-1,000 Hammer Price: £700
Wednesday December 2nd Peter Francis A German silver Alange & Sohne U-Boat pocket watch. Estimate: £150-250 Hammer Price: £1,150
Friday 11th December Adam Partridge A late Victorian hallmarked silver fronted shaped picture frame with repoussé design of figures and birds among scrolls, with easel back, Chester 1900, height 21.5cm. Poor condition. Estimate: £20-40 Hammer Price: £60
Saturday 28th November Bishop & Miller 19th century Smith & Son sixinch terrestrial globe “Showing the latest discoveries to the present time” on a mahogany base. Estimate: £100-150 Hammer Price: £380
Thursday 26th November Locke & England A 19th century Chinese ivory figure modelled as Buddha seated on a lotus leaf, bearing signature marks to base, on a hardwood stand, 12cm high. Estimate: £100-150 Hammer Price: £400
Saturday 5th December Fielding’s Ltd A Victorian hallmarked silver and clear cut glass claret jug, bulbous diamond cut body below embossed silver collar, hinged cover, plain hinged spout and scroll handle. 23cm high, Birmingham 1893, Plante & Co. Estimate: £300-400 Hammer Price: £340
Wednesday 25th November Chorley’s ‘Chickens in a Barn with Basket of Leaves and Broom’ oil on canvas by Edgar Hunt (British, 1876-1955). Signed and dated 1912. Estimate: £4,000-5,000 Hammer Price: £4,000
Tuesday 8th December Thomas Watson Swiss tortoiseshell singing bird automaton box, 19th century, decorated with pique work and a hinged oval enamel painted with figures at rest, in a fitted case with its key. Estimate: £800-1,200 Hammer Price: £3,000
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Beaker and Saucer fit for a Palace A rare Meissen armorial two-handled beaker and saucer, which had been entered into the Bonhams Fine European Ceramics sale on 2nd December, was bought by the Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, a historical building complex in Brühl, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The site belonged to the Elector Clemens August of Cologne (1700-1761),
and is the original home of the service to which this beaker and saucer belonged! Estimated at £50,000-60,000, the lot sold for £74,500. Bonhams Head of European Ceramics, Nette Megens said, “It’s very satisfying to know that this wonderful beaker is going back to its first home and will be re-united with other pieces from the same service in the Brühl Palaces’ collection.” Two other Meissen pieces were bought by major international museums confirming the manufactory’s importance in European cultural history. The Victoria & Albert Museum purchased a large Meissen figure of Paris from a table centerpiece for £4,750, while the Palace Het Loo bought a Meissen soup plate for £6,875, more than double the lot’s pre-sale estimate
Meissen amorial twohandled beaker and saucer, 1735
Early 1770s Meissen soup bowl
of £3,000-5,000. The plate, made in the early 1770s, is from the service of Willem V of Orange, Stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. The service consists of 435 pieces, which over the centuries have been dispersed across a range of museums and private collections. The plate will now join the Het Loo’s collection of around 170 pieces as, little by little they bring the service back together again. www.bonhams.com
A Touch of the Exotic
Scenes of Snow Set the Tone
Bellmans Auctioneers of Wisborough Green, West Sussex, saw out 2015 in style, with their last auction of the year including an oil painting by Sir John Lavery (18561941) of ‘The Soko, Marrakech’, which realised an exceptional hammer price of £14,500. After intense competition – which saw all of the Bellmans phone lines being booked well in advance of the sale – the painting was eventually purchased by a private buyer in the UK. The vendors, who live locally, were delighted to be present in the saleroom, albeit “a little pale and shaky”, to see their lot succeed.
Most Czechs will be familiar with the work of Josef Lada, an artist whose self-taught folksy style has delighted children and adults alike since the first decades of the 20th century. Best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek‘s First World War novel The Good Soldier Švejk, and the pen behind the adventures of Mikes – a little black cat who could talk. But if Lada is perennially popular in Prague – where he moved from the small rural village of Hrusice to learn the trade of a bookbinder at the age of 14 – then it is most unusual for his work to appear for sale outside his own country. The graphite, watercolour and gouache scene of a snow-capped village offered at Roseberys London on Tuesday 1st December came over the counter from a couple who had researched a little of its history. Signed and dated (19)38, it depicts the artist’s warm memories of Hrusice and the simple childhood joys of a wooden sledge and the promise of a warm fire. According to a label to the reverse it had been sold through the Edinburgh dealer Aitken Dott & Son. A rarity at a UK saleroom, it was estimated to sell between £2,000-3,000 but boosted by bidders from the Czech Republic it sold for an amazing £8,610!
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Above: Coming up for sale on 21st January this early 20th century European gold, emerald and diamond set brooch, in a pierced scroll and stylised foliate design. Estimate: £2,000 3,000. Below: ‘The Soko, Marrakech’, by Sir John Lavery, sold for £14,500
www.roseberys.co.uk ‘A Village in Winter’ by Josef Lada (1887-1957), graphite, watercolour and gouache, 1938. Sold at Roseberys for £8,610
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Brace for a Bidding War
Specialist Sales Soar! You’ll no doubt remember Mr Hogarth, the near-life-size artist’s lay figure from our November/December issue? Well he found a new home with a buyer who paid a sale-topping price of £7,000 at Tamlyn’s on 24th November. The same day, they also held their very first dedicated sale of 20th century design, which was a huge success. Their specialist, Chris Marks, had put together a good mix of lots including ceramics, studio pottery, homewares, lighting, works of art and furniture. The sale attracted interest
from all over the country and abroad with many people using the live bidding system to compete for the assorted items. Who would have thought that a teak sideboard would sell for £900? Such is the strength of this market that this stylish, comparatively modern furniture is streets ahead of what the Victorian equivalent will sell for! The sideboard in question was a Stag ‘S Range’ designed by Sylvia and John Reid; bidding was fierce on this one, with a London buyer eventually being successful. An Art Deco stacking, sectional bookcase and cocktail cabinet sold for £420; an early 20th century leather upholstered arm chair £220; an Arkana tulip base dining table £110; a Heals 1950s teak double bedstead £280, while in the ceramics section a Lotus pottery bull by Elizabeth Skipworth sold for £110. Their next sale to include 20th century design will be 16th March – a two-day sale, with the second day devoted to children’s books. Anyone interested in entering items into either sale can contact the saleroom on 01278 445251.
Featuring in the 14th January auction of Antique & Modern Jewellery at Fellows, is this brooch believed to have been gifted to Ellen Stuart, by her husband General Robert Stuart who fought in the American Civil War. It dates from the mid-19th century and features a large oval-shape aquamarine set in an 18ct gold scrolling border. There’s a personal engraving to the
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Robert Stuart
Stag ‘S Range’ sideboard designed by Sylvia and John Reid
reverse which reads, “To Ellen Stuart, from General Robert Stuart”. The estimate is £1,200-1,800. Robert Stuart fought in various battles for the Union army throughout the American Civil War, being commended for gallantry at Brandy Station, Virginia in 1863 as Lieutenant. He acted as Officerof-the-day at the Battle of Cedar Creek where he drowned in July 1863. Contact Fellows for more information about the sale by calling 0121 212 2131, and if you’d like to sign up to bid. www.fellows.co.uk
Dam Fine Result! On 15th December, London auctioneers Morton & Eden, offered the Superb Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, awarded to Flight Lieutenant John Vere ‘Hoppy’ Hopgood, 617 Squadron, late 106 and 50 Squadron, R.A.F.V.R. – one of the central figures of the legendary ‘Dambusters’, and second-in-command of the famous attack on the Möhne Dam in ‘Operation Chastise’ on 16th/17th of May, 1943. Flying in the first wave, and attacking immediately after Guy Gibson’s ‘G-George’, he pressed home the attack in his already damaged aircraft ‘M-Mother’ in the face of the recently alerted enemy guns, and despite his own serious head wound, he released his bomb successfully toward the dam wall, but just fractionally late, and it agonisingly bounced over the dam face. Knowing that www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk
his damaged and blazing Lancaster could not struggle much further – and arguably aware of his own approaching fate - he committed himself to one final and desperate climb, al-
lowing his remaining crew time to attempt to bail out of the stricken aircraft, prior to a final descent in which he was killed – at the age of just 21. The medals were put up for sale by a direct descendent of Hopgood’s to benefit the charity Water Aid. The hammer fell at a very respectable £24,000. David Kirk from Morton & Eden said: “Flight Lieutenant Hopgood's family agonised over the decision to part with the medal but feel that John Hopgood himself would approve. He was evidently a very thoughtful and idealistic young man who, we believe, would be glad to know that the proceeds from the sale of his medal will go towards the building of a much-needed sand dam to benefit thousands of people in Uganda.” www.mortonandeden.com January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer 21
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Superb Antiques with Impeccable Heritage A single owner collection from Angmering Park House, the home of the Late Baroness Herries of Terregles went up for sale at Toovey’s West Sussex salerooms on Monday 7th December. Baroness Herries of Terregles (1938-2014) was the 14th holder of the barony, and had inherited the title from her late father, the 16th Duke of Norfolk and 13th Lord Herries of Terregles, upon his death in 1975. Some interesting lots were sold including a set of four George II silver Rococo candlesticks, measuring 27cm high, dated and marked London 1751 and 1752 by Alexander Johnston. Estimated at £3,000-5,000, fetching £5,400 on the day. However, this beautiful Gillows Regency rosewood and gilt metal
mounted writing table (left), with the familiar anthemion key escutcheon and six point star handles, was estimated at £1,500-2,500 and fetched well above estimate at £11,000. www.tooveys.com
Railway buff’s lifetime collection steams ahead! Canterbury man John Hiscott lived for his trains and trams. On December 8th and 9th December his lifetime collection of iconic railway travel posters, railway books and magazines, and rail-related ephemera were offered at The Canterbury Auction Galleries. The sale drew interest from like-minded transport buffs from across the UK and beyond. Posters did particularly well, all reaching above their initial estimates. Other ephemera for sale included tickets, postcards and timetables and even a bus conductor’s ticket machine. www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com
Colour lithograph by Verney L. Danvers, from 1929 by the Southern Railway, titled ‘Folkestone – The Gem of the Kentish Coast’. Estimate: £750-1,000, sold for £1,300
Southern Railway poster designed by Charles ‘Shep’ Shepherd titled ‘Canterbury by Southern Railway’. Estimate: £750-1,000, sold for £1,300 22 January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer
NCR poster titled ‘Dungeness by the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway’. Estimate: £250-350, sold for £420
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This Flag will Fly
Showroom Stopper Sworders’ recent sale, ‘The Winter Country House’, held at their Stansted showroom on 8th December, saw this late 18th century portrait of an old man leaning on a stick realise well over its estimate of £600-800 with a hammer price of £56,000! In an ornate gilt frame with a plaque bearing the word ‘Zucchero’, the painting measures 75cm x 62cm. www.sworder.co.uk
Firing on all Cylinders in 2016
In March 2016, a rare Union Jack said to have been flown by one of Nelson’s warships at the Battle of Trafalgar is expected to fetch up to £50,000 at auction. After having spent decades folded in a damp cupboard in a castle, it’s believed to be one of only three surviving from the battle. Measuring 14 by seven feet the flag is said to have flown above HMS Leviathan during the clash and was then given to the present owner’s family 170 years ago, as thanks for help winning a sporting bet! The owner, Arthur Cory said he had been forced to put the heirloom up for sale to pay for repairs to his family’s home, Penllyn Castle near Cowbridge in Wales. The flag is dotted with holes from musket balls and has been dated by one maritime fabric expert to around the time of the 1805 battle. Lord Nelson ordered his ships to fly Union Jacks to reduce the chances of them bombarding each other during the fighting. HMS Leviathan was in the thick of the battle for three hours, positioned behind HMS Victory toward the front of one of two columns of British warships. Roland Elworthy, of Norfolk-based Holt’s auctioneers said: “The flag had been given a pre-sale estimate of £30,000 to £50,000, but it could easily go for six figures!” and continued: “A great deal of research coupled with the opinion of independent specialists indicates that we have a genuine Trafalgar Union Flag. That makes it terribly rare. Some of the holes are from mothballs, but some were caused by musket balls and some are from bits of wood splinter. Leviathan escaped quite intact, but lost most of her rigging in the battle. The flag has enormous historic value and I anticipate great interest in it.”
Auctioneers Peter Francis from Carmarthen in west Wales are anticipating a busy start to 2016 after a record second half of 2015. They report full storerooms as Christmas approaches – a situation which is always a relief as sales start again early in the New Year. The first auction is on 13th January featuring Antiques and Collectables with Modern Interiors, which will be followed by a similar sale on the 27th January with the addition of two classic cars. A Mark 4 Triumph Spitfire and similar age Triumph 2000, that have been consigned from a local home by a family relative living in the USA. Both cars have stood for a few years and are described as restoration projects, sold as non-runners. The little Spitfire sports car appears the easiest to improve and a good winter project for the summer; the saloon is for more significant restoration or parts. The year in prospect has a full calendar of 25 fortnightly auctions, all live online, plus the annual Classic Car sale and will again include a number of online only timed sales which were introduced with some success in 2015.
The Quarterly Antiques & Fine Art sales which reached record totals last year will commence on 24th February with good furniture, including Irish, paintings, clocks, silver and jewellery, plus ceramics and glass. The final lots from a significant collection of Chinese ceramics from a London Estate will also appear in this auction, plus another lot, already to hand, is the 18th century English silver snuff box featuring a rare micro mosaic study of a leopard on its lid (shown below). The estimate is £2,500-3,500. www.peterfrancis.co.uk
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If it’s Spring, then it’s Bath Time, and The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion for the 27th time on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th March
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Chloe Antiques, Mary Hossack, The Trading Room and Wigs on the Green. Retuning after some years absence will be several dealers from Lorfords, the antiques hub near Tetbury, including Roderick Haugh, Mal Connell Antiques, Peter Whipps who trades as Arabesque and Town & Country Antiques.
T’S A FAIR that defies being pigeonholed; with Scandinavian and French painted furniture, Mid-century Modern, Art Deco and 20th Century Industrial Chic, sitting alongside early English and Continental folk art, country furniture, Arts & Crafts, textiles, paintings, prints and a good dash of Georgian and Victorian town furniture. “It’s the flair and imagination of our exhibitors who together create such an inspiring show,” comments the organiser, Sue Ede. Held in the Pavilion building, just a few minutes walk from the centre of Bath, with an adjacent car park and close to so many of the city’s top restaurants and bars. “It’s a must-go-to fair for the West Country and London antiques market. This is a fair that sets agendas and delights the home interior market,” says Sue.
DEALER DEBUTS
Several dealers will be making their debut, notably Bath dealers Waterfall Antiques with furniture; Saunders Fine Art from London with a mix of Scandinavian and British 20th century art; Decorative & Modern from the Cotswolds with furniture, notably mid-20th century; Branching Out Antiques from Kent with French decorative pieces; Lisa Lloyd of Hand of Glory Antiques from Devizes with furniture and lighting (also known from TV’s Antiques Roadshow). As usual, the fair will have it’s own bistro, run by local bespoke caterers, Baraka, offering a range of lunchtime goodies and afternoon treats. The fair opens with a Trade-Only day on Thursday 10th March – free with card, by Invitation or £10 on the door – many pay to get in early to get their hands on the rarest of treasures!
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“It’s the flair and imagination of our exhibitors who together create such an inspiring show” – Sue Ede
WHEN: 11th-12th March 2016 WHERE: The Pavilion, Bath BA2 4EU OPEN: TRADE PREVIEW – Thursday 10th March: 12 noon-5pm (Admission with Trade Invite or Trade Business Card. Otherwise £10) Normal Admission, Friday-Saturday 11am-5pm £5 CAR PARKING: NCP adjacent to The Pavilion and at Bath Cricket Ground opposite. CONTACT: Sue & Pete Ede – Tel: 01278 784912 www.bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk
Not Wanted On Voyage
More than 40 dealers take part, bringing the most eclectic and interesting range of stock you are likely to find at any event outside London. All kinds of collectables combine to provide a head-turning mixture of styles and colours, with many of the exhibitors spending months acquiring fresh stock especially for Bath. A host of dealers return to the fair, including Jackdaws, Elham Antiques, Molly & Maud’s Place, No.1 Lewes, T. & M. Kelly, C. & M. Todd, Aspire, Paul Burnett Interiors, Amy Perry & Lynda Townsend, Appledore Antiques & Winfield Canes, D.J. Green, Burgett Langfield, Erna Hiscox and John Shepherd, Bohms Antik, Nikki Page, Greenpark Art, Not Wanted on Voyage, Emily’s House, Susannah, Candice Horley Glamour, A.J.Art, Brian Ashbee,
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TRADE-ONLY DAY
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Emily’s House
THURSDAY 10th MARCH
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CREWKERNE ANTIQUES CENTRE
16 Market Street, Crewkerne TA18 7LA We buy and sell Antique furniture, Ceramics, Art, Jewellery, Gold and Silver Open Monday-Saturday 9.30am- 4.30pm. Tel: 01460 77111
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Market Cross Antiques A Great Centre for Antiques and Collectables Over 95 traders at one large venue, trading 7 days a week
The Old Textile Mill, South Street, Crewkerne TA18 8AG Tel 01460 77121 CAFÉ • FREE PARKING
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TEL: 01458 274005 30 dealers offering a range of Antiques, Decorative Furnishings and Collectables Plus an in-house jewellery repair workshop Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
NEW YEAR SALE BARGAINS WEST STREET, SOMERTON, SOMERSET TA11 7PS
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BATTERSEA PARK LONDON The Winter 2016 Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair will have a fascinating selling exhibition in its foyer: Take A Seat: Three Hundred Years of Chair Design will be a display of chair styles from the 1700s and 1800s, through Arts & Crafts, Modernist and the Memphis Group, to architect-designed pieces. All of the chairs are supplied by the exhibitors can be bought. This popular and well established fair – the first of three sheduled for 2016 – takes place from the 19th to the 24th of January.
BOOK REVIEW Ivory has been held in the highest esteem for millennia and a new book provides a global history – from the myths and beliefs held by prehistoric man, through its utilitarian uses in the Arctic and the beautiful carvings in medieval Europe, to its links with war, the slave trade, and religion. Covering in detail its composition, properties and its sources in the animal kingdom – and their conservation status – the book demonstrates how ageing, different types and imitations can be tested for and identified with confidence. Ivory also explores how it
has been worked by craftsmen and used over the years, from carving and marquetry to the manufacture of black paint, as well as the methods employed. Sound advice and useful tips are provided on caring for ivory and on how to deal with damage such as stains, scratches, cracks, or dirt. Lavishly illustrated throughout with colour photographs, this is an invaluable guide for all who love this attractive material. Published by Robert Hale Publishing, price: £41.99. To order your copy call 01672 520320.
Below: A walnut circular throne chair c.1902 by Carlo Bugatti (18561940). With a calf vellum seat and hand painted illumination, inlaid with pewter and brass and with applied hand beaten copper. This impressive chair has its original silk tassels and Bugatti label from Milan. Available from Callaghan Fine Paintings, price: £25,500
CHESTER CHESHIRE A fabulous collection of antique loving cups goes on sale just in time for Valentine’s Day at The Chester Antiques Show at the County Grandstand, Chester Racecourse from 11th to 14th February. Belonging to Shropshire antique dealers Richard and Susannah Midwinter, the collection of some 60 cups features pieces by many of the major pottery factories of the 18th and 19th centuries including Worcester, Crown Derby, Mason’s, Doulton, Davenport and the form of pottery known as Jasperware. A loving cup is a large, two-handled or three-handled mug usually decorated and bought for a celebratory occasion such as a wedding, christening or anniversary. In the mid-19th century loving cups were also used for other purposes. One might be shared by a number of persons for ceremonial drinking and they were also presented as trophies.
The collection on offer ranges in price from £60 to £300. Says Richard Midwinter: “A loving cup is an ideal Valentines gift that demonstrates a genuine heart-felt gesture. Not only is it sure to be loved but is a valuable collectable in its own right.” The Chester Antiques Show takes place every February and features approximately 50 dealers from across the UK. A vast range of period and 20th century antiques, fine art and collector’s pieces go on sale and all exhibits are vetted for quality and authenticity. www.penman-fairs.co.uk
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A small selection of the loving cups on sale at The Chester Antiques Show. Available from Richard and Susannah Midwinter
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MAYFAIR LONDON For the fourth year in succession, The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited presents its flagship event, The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square. Taking place over four days, from Thursday 7th until Sunday 10th January, this boutique event has around 44 specialist dealers, exhibiting a superb array, including many rare items. Ingrid Nilson, director of the fair, said: “We are fortunate that the first three fairs have been extremely well received by an international audience, members of the trade, interior designers, the media and other discerning people, since we launched in January 2013. We are also supported by the British
KNEBWORTH HERTFORDSHIRE
A parcel gilt bronze inlaid miniature cabinet on self-stand, c.1900. The golden latch opens to reveal three drawers decorated with scenes from nature and imperial dragons on the reverse of the doors, measuring 12cm high. Available from Hickmet Fine Arts, price: £8,850.
Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) and The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers (LAPADA) and, of course, by Wetherell and the hotel itself, all of which help us in our aim to provide an accessible event full of choice with high quality art and antiques, in a friendly atmosphere.” www.mayfairfair.com
A mid-19th century campaign reclining mahogany armchair with brass ratchet, £2,600 from Walton House Antiques
The next Glass Fair at Knebworth will take place on Sunday 21st February with around 70 exhibitors and a special in-fair exhibition. Knebworth House is set in parkland providing an impressive backdrop to the fair which will take place in the barn complex, which comprises two 400-year-old tithe barns complemented by two purpose-built modern barns, all positioned around a ‘Anchovy’ dated 1785. Available from Neil Chaney central courtyard. at the fair The venue benefits from a very good location just 29 miles from London and situated directly off the A1(M) at J7, Stevenage. It is also well signed in its own right. Stevenage can be reached by train from King’s Cross or Cambridge and is also on the East Coast Line from Leeds, York etc. Exhibitors bring their most desirable and collectable items and visitors can be assured of benefiting from their experience and passion. Glass from all periods and genres will be for sale: from fine quality antiques to Continental high design; from retro collectables to pressed glass and paperweights; from glittering jewellery to Georgian drinking glasses. Contemporary studio glass is another field of great interest to collectors and is always well represented by a number of highly skilled glass artists. There will also be the added attraction of a glassblowing demonstration by E&M Glass and the founders of a new museum of Isle of Wight Studio Glass will be there to promote their opening in March. Open from 10.30am until 4pm, admission is £5 with free entry to accompanied children under 16. There is on-site licensed catering and plenty of free parking. www.cambridgeglassfair.com
WILTON SALISBURY The Annual Wilton House Antiques Fair, one of the highlights of the South West antiques calendar, opens on Friday 4th March, and ends on Sunday 6th March. Held at the Palladian home of the Earl & Countess of Pembroke, the fair will host over 45 specialist dealers offering a mix of fine, country and early 20th century furniture, rugs, Oriental and European porcelain, alongside a selection of glass, silver, jewellery, bronzes, oils, watercolours and prints. This is a dateline, vetted fair, ensuring high quality, accurately described antiques, which may be bought with confidence by the serious collector and the novice enthusiast. As well as the longstanding dealers exhibiting at Wilton House there will be a number of new stallholders this year. They are all experts in their own field and happy to discuss pieces with buyers and browsers alike. Full details of the fair can be found on page 32. www.wiltonhouse.com 28 January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer
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CARMARTHEN WALES A trip to the first Carmarthen Antiques & Flea Market of 2016 on Sunday 21st February, will offer you the chance to get your hands on a fantastic piece of Welsh motor sport history. An original press photograph taken moments before a famous car crash on Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire will be sold at the highly regarded fair. Signor Foresti was an Italian racing motorist who made a failed attempt to break the world land speed record on the 26th November 1927 in his car Djelmo. He was travelling at 150mph when the car skidded and somersaulted twice. The vehicle was wrecked, but miraculously Foresti emerged from the remains of his car with just a cut over his eye and an injured arm.
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Another year starts with lots more great fairs and markets to come from Hyson Fairs. The 2nd February will see the first Textiles, Costume & Decorative Items Fair at the Mackarness Hall, Honiton, and with some of the best textile dealers in the country exhibiting you are sure to have a great day out. The Exeter Flea Markets do not start until March but they are something to look forward to and of course there are the weekly markets in Chagford every Friday, open till 1pm. For more information visit Hyson Fairs Facebook page or their website. www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk
The first person to use Pendine Sands for a world land speed record attempt was Malcolm Campbell. On 25th September 1924 he set a record of 146.16mph in his Sunbeam 350HP car Blue Bird. Last year actor Idris Elba used the same location to break the historic ‘Flying Mile’ record set by Malcolm Campbell. He was driving a Bentley Continental GT Speed and reached an average speed of 180.361mph. In addition to fascinating photographic ephemera, the Carmarthen Antiques & Flea Market has much more to offer, including vintage jewellery and clothing, gardening and
agricultural tools, toys and military memorabilia as well as modern art. You’ll also find thousands of interesting and unusual decorative items on hundreds of stands both indoors and out. For more information and a full set of dates for 2016 visit the Towy Events website. www.towyevents.co.uk
GUILDFORD SURREY Closing on 19th February, don’t miss Brothers in Art: Drawings by Watts and Leighton, a special exhibition at The Watts Gallery in Guildford. The artists, G. F. Watts and Frederic Leighton, were friends for 40 years, and enjoyed one of the Victorian era’s longest and most productive artistic partnerships. Although both men were celebrated painters, drawing was the skill they most admired in one another, their drawings are imaginative records of their artistic ideals
and reveal the pair's extraordinary technical ability. Some of their finest drawings have been brought together for the first time, with seventy works on paper from the Watts Gallery Collection and Leighton House Drawings Collection. The exhibition sheds new light on one of the period’s most fascinating artistic and intellectual partnerships and helps reveal the richness, diversity and wide significance of Victorian drawing. www.wattsgallery.org.uk
WADEBRIDGE CORNWALL A new Antiques Centre is opening in Wadebridge this January (SatNav PL27 7AT). AFC fair organiser Alex Robins hopes the centre will become as popular as Antiques Alley in Par, which she closed earlier in the year. Wadebridge is probably Cornwall’s busiest market town, and is part of the famous Camel Trail, the third largest attraction in the region, so the Centre should attract a lot of interest. For more information about the new centre call Alex on 07887 753956 or keep an eye on the AFC website for updates. www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk
Left: A study for Return of Persephone (1891) by Frederic (Lord) Leighton. Right: Detail of a bust length study of a youth, c.1854, by George Frederic Watts
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Busy start for B2B in 2016 First up is the Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair on Sunday 3rd January. Held 11 times a year at the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire, it’s the largest flea in the UK offering an abundance of choice, from kitchenware to furniture, vintage clothing to house clearance and everything in between. Take your loved one, as it returns to the showground for its second outing on Valentine’s Day. Also in January, on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th, the Detling Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair is held at the Kent County Showground in Maidstone. Featuring goods with a flavour of the continent, you’ll discover a strong offering of antiques, rustic country kitchenwares and garden goods. B2B return to the Three Counties Showground at the end of the month for their Malvern Antiques & Collectors Fair on Sunday 24th. The first of three events during the year, buyers will find a range of excellent quality art, antiques, decorative collectables and more. February is rounded up with a trip north for the largest antiques event in Scotland. The Edinburgh Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair is one not to miss, hundreds of stalls feature high quality ceramics, art, vintage clothing, and jewellery – to name but a few. www.b2bevents.info
GREENWICH LONDON The UK’s only museum dedicated to the history of fans and the craft of fan making celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2016. To mark the occasion, an exhibition of the Museum’s finest fans, Treasures of The Fan Museum, will run from 16th January to 5th June. For this celebratory show, the museum’s curators have delved deep into the collections, handpicking a remarkable array which showcase the extraordinary diversity of the museum’s holdings. Exhibition highlights include fine examples of English fan making such as two mid-18th century folding fans – one painted with a detailed view of Ranelagh Gardens, the other capturing a market scene set within Inigo Jones’ Covent Garden piazza. From France, generally regarded to be the epicentre of European fan making and fan use, the exhibition includes 17th century fans richly painted with mythological subjects, elaborately carved and gilt rococo confections, and dating from the early 20th century, fans made from ostrich and bird of paradise feathers.
Ivory brisé fan painted in the style of Hondecoeter. Dutch, c.1700
From the East, the exhibition shows an outstanding Chinese ceremonial fixed fan of richly carved lacquer and a number of Japanese fans fashioned from ivory with exquisite sprinkled gold designs. The Fan Museum occupies two beautifully restored Grade II listed Georgian townhouses and holds more than 5,000 objects – arguably the UK’s largest collection of its kind – including fans dating from the 12th century onwards and works by Salvador Dali, Paul Gauguin and Walter Sickert. The Museum has cultivated a special atmosphere in which visitors are treated like members of an extended family and is perhaps unusual in actively promoting a traditional attitude to learning, research and customer care – perhaps redolent of times past. In conjunction with a varied temporary exhibition programme the Museum holds regular literary and theatrical events, offers fan making workshops, educational visits and operates a conservation unit. www.thefanmuseum.org.uk
PETERSFIELD HAMPSHIRE A rare German dolls’ house from the late 19th century will be among the many antiques and collector’s items going on sale at The Petersfield Antiques Fair at The Festival Hall, from 5th to the 7th February. The dolls’ house is a superb example of its kind, made from wood with a spiral staircase, original printed wallpaper and furniture. It was made by the famous German manufacturer, Moritz Gottschalk and is one of the blue roof series, produced from about 1880 to 1910. (From 1910 the company more commonly made houses with red roofs.) Gottschalk along with other companies of the same period such as G & J Lines in the UK and the Bliss company in the USA, all contributed to the rise in popularity of dolls’ houses which, due to their smaller size, made them more affordable for a 30 January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer
wider number of children around the turn of the century. This example belongs to regular exhibitor Sue Killinger who sells a range of period furniture and unusual objects - it’s priced at £1,800. The Petersfield Antiques Fair is organised by Caroline Penman: “I am always amazed and delighted by the superb antiques and works of art that our exhibitors constantly seem to find. It’s a great pleasure to see such fabulous things and the reason why our visitors return time and again to the fair!” The fair is distinguished by the vetting process so that buyers can make their purchases confident in the knowledge that exhibits are vetted for quality and authenticity by a panel of experts before sale. www.penman-fairs.co.uk www.antiquexplorer.com www.vintagexplorer.co.uk
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EVERY MONDAY Somerset Taunton Antiques Market, 25-29 Silver Street, Taunton, TA1 3DH. Tel: 01823 289327 EVERY TUESDAY Devon Antique & Collector’s Fair. Tavistock Pannier Market, Tavistock, PL19 0AL. Tel: 01822 611003 www.tavistockpanniermarket.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques & Collectors Market. High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1QN. ANTIQUE FORUM GROUP: 01782 393660 www.antiqueforumgroup.com EVERY WEDNESDAY Leicestershire Antiques & Vintage Market. Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HD. ANTIQUES2GO: 01327 871797 www.antiques2go.co.uk EVERY THURSDAY Devon Fleamarket. The Public Hall, Station Road, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6RJ. HYSON FAIRS: 01647 231459 www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk Devon Grand Flea Market. Town Hall, Torquay, TQ1 3DR. Tel: 01548 561419 Somerset Antiques & Collectables. Chard Guildhall, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP. Tel: 01460 239567 London Antique Market. Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, E1 6EW. leegraham@wellingtonmarkets.co.uk www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com Norfolk Antiques, Collectables, Vintage Fair. The Friends’ Meeting House, Goat Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EW. Tel: 01603 630763 EVERY FRIDAY Devon Fleamarket. The Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13 8BW. HYSON FAIRS: 01647 231459 www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk Devon Collectors Fleamarket. Totnes Civic Hall, Totnes, TQ9 5SF. Tel: 01803 526214 www.totnesfleamarket.co.uk Gloucestershire Antiques & Collectables Market. The Corn Hall, 26 Market Place, Cirencester, GL7 2NY. Tel: 01264 393225 Worcestershire Antique & Collectors Fair. All Saints Church Hall, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove, B60 1AF. WAVERLEY FAIRS: 0121 550 4123 Northamptonshire Flea Market. The Town Hall, 86 Watling Street, Towcester, NN12 6BS. ANTIQUES2GO: 01327 871797 www.antiques2go.co.uk FRIDAY 1st JANUARY Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Civic Hall, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5DG. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Tyne & Wear Antiques & Vintage Fair. Gateshead Stadium, Gateshead, NE10 0EF. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net SATURDAY 2nd JANUARY Cornwall Antiques Fair. The Falmouth Hotel, Castle Beach, Falmouth, TR11 4NZ. AFC FAIRS: 07887 753956 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Prestwood Centre, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD. NUMBER ONE EVENTS: 01785 66 02 36 www.numberoneevents.co.uk SUNDAY 3rd JANUARY Cornwall Antiques Fair. The Falmouth Hotel,
TD5 8LS. Tel: 01573 228583 www.buas.org Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair, Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2QL. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk
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Fairs Calendar Castle Beach, Falmouth, TR11 4NZ. AFC FAIRS: 07887 753956 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair. Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EE.CAMEO FAIRS: 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk Somerset Giant Flea & Collectors Market. Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN. Tel. 01278 784912 www.sheptonflea.com Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk West Sussex Antique & Collectors Fair. Woodland Centre, Rustington, BN16 3HB. ARUN FAIRS: 01903 734112 www.arunfairs.com Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Leigh Sports Village, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 4JY. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Cheshire Antiques Fair. Wilmslow Leisure Centre. Rectory Fields, Wilmslow, SK9 1BU. PROSPECT PROMOTIONS: 01625 574649 www.prospectpromotions.co.uk Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Cameo Hotel, Old London Road, Copdock, Ipswich, IP8 3JD. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Worcestershire Flea Fair. Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Prestwood Centre, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD. NUMBER ONE EVENTS: 01785 66 02 36 www.numberoneevents.co.uk
FRIDAY 8th JANUARY London Antiques & Fine Art Fair. The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, Duke Street, W1K 6JP. ADFL: 01797 252030 www.adfl.co.uk Cheshire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. Tatton Park, Knutsford, WA16 6QN. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com North Yorkshire Antiques & Fine Art Fair. The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, HG1 2SR. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SATURDAY 9th JANUARY Devon Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Matford Centre, Exeter, EX2 8FD. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com London Antiques & Fine Art Fair. The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, Duke Street, W1K 6JP. ADFL: 01797 252030 www.adfl.co.uk Kent International Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Kent County Showground, Detling, Maidstone, ME14 3JF. B2B: 01363 676531 www.b2bevents.info Cheshire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. Tatton Park, Knutsford, WA16 6QN. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com North Yorkshire Antiques & Fine Art Fair. The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, HG1 2SR. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk Wales Antiques Fair. National Botanic Garden of Wales. Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG. DERWEN FAIRS: 01267 220260 www.derwenantiques.co.uk Scotland Antique Collectors Table Top Flea Market. BUAS, Springwood Park, Kelso,
TUESDAY 5th JANUARY West Sussex International Antique & Collectors Fair. The Showground, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TL. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk
TUESDAY 12th JANUARY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com Northumberland Antiques & Vintage Fair. Wentworth Leisure Centre, Wentworth Park, Hexham, NE46 3PD. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net
WEDNESDAY 6th JANUARY West Sussex International Antique & Collectors Fair. The Showground, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TL. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk THURSDAY 7th JANUARY London Antiques & Fine Art Fair. The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, Duke Street, W1K 6JP. ADFL: 01797 252030 www.adfl.co.uk
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All kinds of wonderful things at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on the 9th and 10th January
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Grade II* listed Stockport Town Hall in Cheshire hosts a one day antiques and collectables fair on 23rd January SATURDAY 16th JANUARY Somerset International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk SUNDAY 17th JANUARY Somerset International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk Devon Flea Market. Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, Tavistock, PL19 0AU. Tel: 01822 617232 www.tavistocktownhall.co.uk Surrey Fine Antiques Fair. Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, RH4 1SG. DOVEHOUSE FAIRS: 07952 689717 www.dovehousefineantiquesfairs.com London Antiques Fair. Lindley Hall at The Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, SW1 2PE. ADAMS ANTIQUE FAIRS: 020 7254 4054 www.adamsantiquesfairs.com West Sussex Antique & Collectors Fair. Westgate Leisure Centre, Via Ravenna, Chichester, PO19 1RJ. EMMOTT PROMOTIONS: 01243 788596 www.emmottpromotions.co.uk Buckinghamshire Antiques Fair. The Gateway Conference Centre, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Bedfordshire Antiques Fair. The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH. MADISON EVENTS: 01480 382432 www.madisonevents.co.uk Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Trafford Soccerdome, Trafford Way, M17 8DD. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Cheshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Knutsford Leisure Centre, Westfield Drive, Knutsford, WA16 0BL. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Cheshire County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, Upton, Chester, CH2 1PR. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Lancashire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Hilton, North Promenade, Blackpool, FY12JQ. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Derbyshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. 34 January-February 2016 Antiquexplorer
Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church Street, Alfreton, DE55 7BD. Tel: 0114 2356727 Cumbria Antiques & Vintage Fair. Shepherds Inn, Carlisle, CA1 2RS. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Bellahouston Leisure Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk TUESDAY 19th JANUARY London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com WEDNESDAY 20th JANUARY London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com
300 years of chair design is the foyer display at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea Park, London. The fair runs for five days from the 19th January
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THURSDAY 21st JANUARY London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com North Yorkshire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. The Pavilions of Harrogate, Railway Road, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com SATURDAY 23rd JANUARY Dorset Vintage, Antiques & Flea Market. Digby Church Hall, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. Tel: 01963 250108 www.sherbornevintageantiquesmarket.co.uk London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Stockport Town Hall, Wellington Road, Stockport, SK1 3XE. Tel: 07803 543467 Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair. Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. Suffolk Showground, Trinity Park, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP3 8UH. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk West Yorkshire Antiques Fair. Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, LS22 5EJ. JAGUAR FAIRS: 01332 830444 www.jaguarfairs.com North Yorkshire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. The Pavilions of Harrogate, Railway Road, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com SUNDAY 24th JANUARY London Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair. Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ. Tel: 020 7616 9327 www.decorativefair.com Worcestershire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. Suffolk Showground, Trinity Park, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP3 8UH. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com West Midlands Antiques & Collectors Fair. Coventry Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3F2. Tel: 07939 445024 www.gjfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk West Yorkshire Antiques Fair. Wetherby Racecourse, Wetherby, LS22 5EJ. JAGUAR FAIRS: 01332 830444 www.jaguarfairs.com Yorkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Grandstand, Doncaster Racecourse, Leger
Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk North Yorkshire Antiques, Decorative & Fine Art Fair. The Pavilions of Harrogate, Railway Road, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ. COOPER EVENTS: 01278 784912 www.cooperevents.com North Yorkshire Antiques & Vintage Fair. Rainbow Leisure Centre, Coulby Newham, TS8 OTJ. CC EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net MONDAY 25th JANUARY Derbyshire Antiques Market. Donington Park, Castle Donington, DE74 2RP. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com TUESDAY 26th JANUARY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com SATURDAY 30th JANUARY Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, CM15 9NN. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Cheshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Northgate Arena, Victoria Road, Chester, CH2 2AU. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Citadel Leisure Centre, South Harbour Street, Ayr, KA7 1JB. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 31st JANUARY Cornwall Antique & Collectors Fair. Millennium House, Pensilva, Nr Liskeard, PL14 5NF. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk Surrey Antiques, Collectables & Vintage Fair. Lingfield Park Resort, Lingfield Common Road, Lingfield, RH7 6PQ. Tel: 01293 690 777 www.lovefairs.com Hertfordshire Antiques Fair. Berkhamsted Sports Centre, Lagley Meadow, Douglas Gardens, Berkhamsted, HP4 3QQ. MARCEL FAIRS: 07887 648 255 www.marcelfairs.co.uk Gloucestershire Antiques Fair. Beckford Inn, Cheltenham Road, Nr Tewkesbury, GL20 7AN. Tel: 01544 267033 www.antiquesintents.co.uk Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, CM15 9NN. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Nottinghamshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Magnus Sports Hall, Bowbridge Road, Newark, NG24 4AB. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com West Yorkshire Antique & Collectors Fair. North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, HX3 6TE. DUALCO FARS: 0161 283125 www.dualco.co.uk County Durham Antiques & Vintage Fair. New College Durham, Durham, DH1 5ES. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net
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Fairs Calendar MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show. Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com TUESDAY 2nd FEBRUARY Devon Textiles, Costume & Decorative Items Fair. Mackarness Hall, Honiton, EX14 1PG. HYSON FAIRS: 01647 231459 www.hysonfairsltd.co.uk Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show. Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Surrey Antique, Home & Vintage Show. Epsom Racecourse, Epsom Downs, KT18 5LQ. CONTINUITY FAIRS: 01584 873634 www.continuityfairs.co.uk THURSDAY 4th FEBRUARY Nottinghamshire International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Newark & Notts Showground, Newark, NG24 2NY. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY Hampshire Antiques Fair. The Festival Hall, Heath road, Petersfield, GU31 4EA. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com Nottinghamshire International Antiques & Collectors Fair. Newark & Notts Showground, Newark, NG24 2NY. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY Devon Antiques & Collectables Fair. Newton Abbott Racecourse, Newton Road, TQ12 3AF. Tel. 01626 353235 www.newtonabbotracing.com Hampshire Antiques Fair. The Festival Hall, Heath road, Petersfield, GU31 4EA. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com Norfolk Antique & Collectors Fair. Norfolk Showground, Nr Norwich, NR5 0TT. AZTEC EVENTS: 01702 549623 www.aztecevents.co.uk Wales Vintage & Retro Fair. St Peter’s Civic Hall, 1 Nott Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PG. DERWEN FAIRS: 01267 220260 www.derwenantiques.co.uk Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair, Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2QL. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 7th FEBRUARY Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair. Village Hall, East Street, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EE.CAMEO FAIRS: 01202 893942 www.cameofairs.co.uk Dorset Antiques & Collectors Fair. Highcliffe Castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LE. GRANDMA’S ATTIC FAIRS: 01590 677687 www.grandmasatticfairs.co.uk Somerset Vintage & Antiques Market. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath, BA1 1JB. Tel: 07711 900095 www.vintageandantiques.co.uk
Hampshire Antiques Fair. The Festival Hall, Heath road, Petersfield, GU31 4EA. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk West Sussex Antique & Collectors Fair. Woodland Centre, Rustington, BN16 3HB. ARUN FAIRS: 01903 734112 www.arunfairs.com West Sussex Antique & Collectors Fair. The Grange Centre, Bepton Road, Midhurst, GU29 9HD. EMMOTT PROMOTIONS: 01243 788596 www.emmottpromotions.co.uk London International Antique & Collectors Fair. Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AY. IACF: 01636 702326 www.iacf.co.uk Norfolk Antique & Collectors Fair. Norfolk Showground, Nr Norwich, NR5 0TT. AZTEC EVENTS: 01702 549623 www.aztecevents.co.uk Staffordshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Leisure Centre, Enville Road, Kinver, DY7 6AA. ROMAN FAIRS: 07771 725302 www.romanfairs.co.uk Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Macron Stadium, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6SF. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Suffolk Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Cameo Hotel, Old London Road, Copdock, Ipswich, IP8 3JD. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Bingley Hall, The County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 OBD. BOWMAN FAIRS: 01274 588505 www.antiquesfairs.com Wales Antiques & Collectables Fair. Llangollen Pavilion, Abbey Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 8SW. Tel: 01490 450338 Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Meadowbank Stadium, London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com Northumberland Antiques & Vintage Fair. Wentworth Leisure Centre, Wentworth Park, Hexham, NE46 3PD. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net THURSDAY 11th FEBRUARY Cheshire Antiques Fair. County Grandstand, Chester Racecourse, Watergate Square, Chester, CH1 2LY. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY Cheshire Antiques Fair. County Grandstand, Chester Racecourse, Watergate Square, Chester, CH1 2LY. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk SATURDAY 13th FEBRUARY Dorset Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair. The Town Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminster, DT8 3EF. MEADOW FAIRS: 01297 24446 Devon Antique, Home & Vintage Show. Devon Counties Showground, Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ. CONTINUITY FAIRS: 01584 873634
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www.continuityfairs.co.uk Cheshire Antiques Fair. County Grandstand, Chester Racecourse, Watergate Square, Chester, CH1 2LY. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk SUNDAY 14th FEBRUARY Devon Antique, Home & Vintage Show. Devon Counties Showground, Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ. CONTINUITY FAIRS: 01584 873634 www.continuityfairs.co.uk Hampshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Ferneham Hall, Osborn Road, Fareham, PO16 7DB. EMMOTT PROMOTIONS: 01243 788596 www.emmottpromotions.co.uk Surrey Flea Market & Collectors Fair. Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking, GU22 9BA. TAKE FIVE FAIRS: 020 8894 0218 www.antiquefairs.co.uk Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Leigh Sports Village, Atherleigh Way, Leigh, WN7 4JY. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Cheshire Antiques Fair. County Grandstand, Chester Racecourse, Watergate Square, Chester, CH1 2LY. PENMAN FAIRS: 01886 833091 www. penman-fairs.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Park Royal Hotel, Stretton, Warrington, WA4 4NS. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Leicestershire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Kube, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, LE2 4AL. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Lancashire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Hilton, North Promenade, Blackpool, FY12JQ. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Lincolnshire Antiques Market. Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-Lings, LN2 2NA. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com Lincolnshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Springfields Event Centre, Spalding, PE12 6ET. Tel: 01754 811897 www.springfieldsfair.co.uk Worcestershire Flea Fair. Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info Scotland Antique & Collectors Fair. Bellahouston Leisure Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Glasgow, G52 1HH. SCOTFAIRS: 01764 654555 www.scotfairs.co.uk
THURSDAY 18th FEBRUARY Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Civic Hall, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5DG. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY Lancashire Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Stonyhurst College, Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SATURDAY 20th FEBRUARY Dorset Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Pavilion, Bournemouth, BH1 2BU. GRANDMA’S ATTIC FAIRS: 01590 677687 www.grandmasatticfairs.co.uk Devon Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Matford Centre, Exeter, EX2 8FD. DCAF: 01363 776600 www.antiques-fairs.com Essex Antiques & Collectors Fair. Chelmsford City Racecourse, Braintree Road, Chelmsford, CM3 1QP. GNB FAIRS: 01702 410171 www.gnbfairs.com Lancashire Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Stonyhurst College, Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 21st FEBRUARY Devon Flea Market. Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, Tavistock, PL19 0AU. Tel: 01822 617232 www.tavistocktownhall.co.uk Devon Antique Fair. The Pannier Market, The Square, South Molton, EX36 3AB. Tel: 07973 803740 www.pannierantiques.com Dorset Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Pavilion, Bournemouth, BH1 2BU. GRANDMA’S ATTIC FAIRS: 01590 677687 www.grandmasatticfairs.co.uk Surrey Fine Antiques Fair. Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, RH4 1SG. DOVEHOUSE FAIRS: 07952 689717 www.dovehousefineantiquesfairs.com Kent Vintage, Retro & Antique Fair. Whitstable Castle, Tower Hill, Whitstable, CT5 2BW. Tel: 01227 277202 Bedfordshire Antiques Fair. The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH. MADISON EVENTS: 01480 382432 www.madisonevents.co.uk Herfordshire Glass fair. Knebworth House, Stevenage, SG1 2AX. Tel: 07887 762872 www.cambridgeglassfair.com Greater Manchester Antiques & Collectors Fair. Edgeley Park Stadium, Hardcastle Road,
Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fairs The Town Hall, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3EF
Saturday 13th February Small Furniture, Textiles, China, Glass, Silver, Jewellery, Books, Pictures etc... 10am - 3pm Refreshments available
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Stockport, SK3 9DD. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Lancashire Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Stonyhurst College, Nr Clitheroe, BB7 9PZ. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk Lincolnshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Petwood Hotel, Stixwould Rd, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QF. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Derbyshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church Street, Alfreton, DE55 7BD. Tel: 0114 2356727 Yorkshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Grandstand, Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Cumbria Antiques & Vintage Fair. Rheged Centre, Penrith, CA11 0DQ. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Wales Antiques & Flea Market. The United Counties Showground, Llysonnen Road, Carmarthen, Dyfed, SA33 5DR. TOWY EVENTS: 01267 236569 www.towyevents.co.uk TUESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY Greater London Antiques Market. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. Tel: 01932 230946 www.sunburyantiques.com FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY Somerset Postcard Fair. Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN. Tel: 01278 445497 www.2015.festivalofcards.com Scotland Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Scone Palace, Perth, PH2 6BD. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SATURDAY 27th FEBRUARY Dorset Vintage, Antiques & Flea Market. Digby Church Hall, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. Tel: 01963 250108 www.sherbornevintageantiquesmarket.co.uk Somerset Postcard Fair. Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN. Tel: 01278 445497 www.2015.festivalofcards.com Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Prestwood Centre, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD. NUMBER ONE EVENTS: 01785 66 02 36 www.numberoneevents.co.uk Cheshire Antique & Collectors Fair. Northgate Arena, Victoria Road, Chester, CH2 2AU. SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS: 07748 972938 www.swfairs.co.uk Cambridgeshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Holmewood Hall, Church Street, Holme, Peterborough, PE7 3BZ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk Scotland Antique Collectors Table Top Flea Market. BUAS, Springwood Park, Kelso, TD5 8LS. Tel: 01573 228583 www.buas.org Scotland Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531
www.b2bevents.info Scotland Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Scone Palace, Perth, PH2 6BD. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk SUNDAY 28th FEBRUARY Cornwall Antique & Collectors Fair. Millennium House, Pensilva, Nr Liskeard, PL14 5NF. AFC FAIRS: 01872 519011 www.antiquefairscornwall.co.uk Somerset Giant Flea & Collectors Market. Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6QN. Tel. 01278 784912 www.sheptonflea.com London Antiques Fair. Lindley Hall at The Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, SW1 2PE. ADAMS ANTIQUE FAIRS: 020 7254 4054 www.adamsantiquesfairs.com Staffordshire Antiques Fair. Prestwood Centre, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD. NUMBER ONE EVENTS: 01785 66 02 36 www.numberoneevents.co.uk Cheshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. The Leisure Centre, Selkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel, CW4 7DZ. V&A FAIRS: 01244 400006 www.vandafairs.com Merseyside Antiques & Collectors Fair. Liverpool Exhibition Centre, The Waterfront, Kings Dock, L3 4FP. DUALCO PROMOTIONS: 01612 831255 www.dualco.co.uk Cambridgeshire Antiques & Collectors Fair. Holmewood Hall, Church Street, Holme, Peterborough, PE7 3BZ. FIELD DOG FAIRS: 07772 349431 www.fielddogfairs.com Derbyshire Antique & Collectors’ Fair. The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton, SK17 6BE. UNICORN FAIRS: 07800 508 178 www.unicornfairs.co.uk Tyne & Wear Antiques & Vintage Fair. Gateshead Stadium, Gateshead, NE10 0EF. COLIN CAYGILL EVENTS: 0191 261 9632 www.ccevents.net Scotland Antique Collectors Table Top Flea Market. BUAS, Springwood Park, Kelso, TD5 8LS. Tel: 01573 228583 www.buas.org Scotland Antiques & Collectors Fair. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB. B2B EVENTS: 01636 676531 www.b2bevents.info Scotland Antiques & Fine Art Fair. Scone Palace, Perth, PH2 6BD. GALLOWAY FAIRS: 01423 522122 www.gallowayfairs.co.uk MONDAY 29th FEBRUARY Derbyshire Antiques Market. Donington Park, Castle Donington, DE74 2RP. ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS: 01298 27493 www.asfairs.com
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