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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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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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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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 moreMarvellous menagerie at spring fair
The themed foyer at next April’s Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair at London’s Battersea Park will be An Ornamental Menagerie
Read moreThe ultimate Christmas antiques wish list
If you’re on the hunt for something special and unique this Christmas, snap up some antiques and artwork for presents to remember
Read moreRare Lowestoft porcelain in Norfolk saleroom
Four rare pieces of Lowestoft porcelain are to be sold in Norfolk later this month, with one lot estimated to fetch up to £9,000
Read moreIndustrial tea service in sale
Industrial motifs, such as cranes and lengths of chain, are the distinctive design features on an early Soviet porcelain tea service up for sale later this month
Read moreQuick guide to collecting Derby porcelain
Porcelain specialist Brad Dover reveals the current market for Derby and advice on how to start collecting
Read moreThe enduring pull of Poole Pottery
As the sun sets on the Poole Pottery Factory after 150 years, Michael Jeffery of Wiltshire auction house Woolley and Wallis reveals the style’s enduring popularity and current demand
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