The 20th-century studio pottery you need to collect
If you thought British studio from the 20th century begins and ends with leading lights Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, demand for other names shows collectors are extending their reach
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Ceramics
Pair of Chinese millefleurs vases in Dorset sale
A pair of antique Chinese millefleurs vases that was shipped to Britain during World War II is to go under the hammer in Dorset next month
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World record for Hans Coper pottery
An Exeter auction house has set a new world record for a piece of Hans Coper studio pottery – discovered inside a shoe box
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Louis Osman golden collection in sale
The personal collection of designer and goldsmith Louis Osman is set to be sold at a London auction house this month
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18th-century John Bartlam teapot sells for £460,000
A rare and significant ceramic 18th-century John Bartlam teapot that was bought for just £15 from a recent general sale
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Country House sale draws bidders in Yorkshire
Yorkshire auction house Tennants has reported strong interest from bidders at its recent Country House Sale of antiques earlier this
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Chinese bowls bring Christmas windfall
A Midlands couple is celebrating an ‘absolutely amazing’ Christmas windfall after three small Chinese bowls they thought might fund a new stair carpet made thousands
Read moreCushion cover causes stir in Shropshire
An early 19th-century Chinese silk cushion cover caused a stir when it sold at a Shropshire auction house recently
Read moreLooted censer steals the show
Chinese works of art were in demand at a recent Kent sale, with a Chinese imperial bronze censer, looted from the emperor’s Summer Palace in the 19th century, doubling its estimate
Read moreSale of fine British studio pottery collection
One of the finest private collections of British studio pottery is coming to auction at Woolley & Wallis next month
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