Homes & Antiques

["Travel RomanceROOMS FOR If you\u2019re planning to whisk someone away for a Valentine\u2019s escape, think beyond merely a change of scene... from bedrooms with sea views to suites with showstopping four-posters, Rhiannon Batten has you covered A room with\u2026 lights, but there\u2019s nothing rustic 10-foot wide blue-and-gold bed. A ROLL-TOP BATH about the food. Dishes range from Don\u2019t be misled by the name; it hearty fish stews with local crab was Anne Boleyn who visited At The Cookie Jar, a smart bruschetta, to venison loin with Thornbury with Henry VIII, blue-hued boutique hotel in celeriac pur\u00e9e, roast potatoes and rather than Henry\u2019s first wife. Alnwick set within a former buttered spinach. thornburycastle.co.uk convent, the star suite is The SHOP: Barter Books, the town\u2019s Chapel. As the name suggests, vast second-hand bookshop, is EAT: Dinner at Thornbury Castle this is a hallowed Northumbrian set in a former railway station is a French-influenced affair space where guests get to drift off (barterbooks.co.uk). Settle into a (think confit chicken leg with to sleep in a huge sleigh bed before vintage armchair by an open fire truffles and girolles). If you haven\u2019t wandering down, the following and leaf through a spot of poetry, the energy to climb your way out morning, to a breakfast of before fuelling up on tea and cake of that giant bed, embrace your homemade granola, the full at the shop\u2019s cafe, the Station Buffet. inner Rapunzel and order plates English or local Craster kippers. DO: Visitors looking for a historic of date and ginger sponge on room The real USP, however, is the backdrop for their romantic service (then pity the poor soul suite\u2019s vast copper tub, set on a selfies are well catered for in whose job it is to transport them stage-like platform in the open- this Northumberland town; the up the 77 spiral steps to your door). sided bathroom. Draw yourself a hotel is opposite Alnwick Castle SHOP: There are a couple of gift bath, then lie back and soak up the (alnwickcastle.com), and 10 shops in Thornbury, plus The jewelled glow seeping through the minutes\u2019 walk from The Alnwick Art Barn community gallery suite\u2019s stained-glass windows. Garden (alnwickgarden.com). (artbarnthornbury.com), but you\u2019re cookiejaralnwick.com also 30 minutes\u2019 drive from A room with\u2026 Bristol, or 40 from the antiques EAT: If you want to stay within A FOUR-POSTER shops and art galleries of Tetbury. stumbling distance of that tub, DO: If the 15 acres of grounds the hotel\u2019s bistro serves elegant Check into Thornbury Castle\u2019s aren\u2019t enough to entertain you, date-night dishes in equally plush Catherine of Aragon Suite and drive over to nearby Newark Park surroundings. For extra magic, you get not just a showstopping to enjoy the carpets of snowdrops though, it\u2019s worth booking The four-poster bed to sleep in, but one and aconites (nationaltrust.org.uk). Treehouse Restaurant at The that\u2019s squirreled away in a tower to Alnwick Garden (alnwickgarden. boot. Fittingly for a stronghold built A room with\u2026 A VIEW com). Open for dinner on weekend in Henry VIII\u2019s reign \u2013 Thornbury evenings, the interior may be all is the UK\u2019s only Tudor castle hotel Open for a decade now, the rough-hewn timber and fairy \u2013 the focus at this Gloucestershire bohemian energy of Penzance\u2019s fortress is on indulgence. The Artist Residence is still palpable, FACING PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM hotel reopened last year after a but the original artist-decorated TOP Champagne and canap\u00e9s at substantial renovation and its rooms have grown into a more Thornbury Castle; The Chapel, Alnwick is richly decorated interiors now pair sophisticated style. A serious decorated in restful shades of blue; the history with 21st-century bling. collection of art lines the walls Catherine of Aragon Suite\u2019s luxury Nowhere more so than in this lofty and there\u2019s a shipwrecked vibe to four-poster; rich furnishings contrast with suite, where a huge stone fireplace proceedings, with mismatched the stone walls of the tower; sink into this and a bathroom big enough to wooden cladding, tea chests indulgent bath at The Cookie Jar. swing a tiger are matched with a as bedside tables and framed February 2023 Homes & Antiques 101","Travel vintage maps. Modern castaways Perthshire\u2019s Dunkeld House FACING PAGE, TOP ROW Snuggle up can enjoy plenty of luxury, too; Hotel, this dramatic centrepiece is in The Lookout \u2013 a perfectly private suite rooms come with espresso an unusual choice for a landlocked on the third floor of the Artist Residence; machines, digital Roberts radios property. Especially one which is its chic bathroom. MIDDLE ROW You\u2019ll and Bramley bath products. For now fairly modern in style, despite never forget the boat bed at Dunkeld ultimate romance, make like an having originally been designed House Hotel. BOTTOM ROW Prosecco 18th-century sea captain and hole for the Duke of Atholl at the turn time at the House of Gods; luxe velvet away in The Lookout, a third-floor of the 20th century. It\u2019s a haven for interiors inspired by the Orient Express. suite with a gleaming copper tub, a weekend of pampering, though. a private kitchenette and views out And a great starting point for copper and ruby velvet, the to sea. Enjoy the panorama with charting a course around the overall approach is \u2018more is more\u2019. a cocktail on the balcony before hotel\u2019s 280 acres of heritage Available in three categories of tiptoeing inside to snuggle up by gardens and woodlands (or, size and grandeur, the smallest, the log-burning stove. alternatively, steering a steady most affordable rooms are artistresidence.co.uk course to the hotel spa). dubbed Cabins. Inspired by dunkeldhousehotel.co.uk sleeping compartments on the EAT: The hotel\u2019s restaurant has Orient Express, these compact its own smokehouse and makes EAT: A dedicated cheese menu but opulent spaces still have much of local produce in global deserves special mention at the room for oversized sleigh beds. dishes such as Balinese vegetable hotel\u2019s restaurant, but it\u2019s worth For marginally more than the curry with sticky rice, and beer- strolling along the riverbank to standard room rate, you can can chicken with house slaw. The grab a cardamom bun from The upgrade to a Locked Up Like I\u2019m Aussie-influenced breakfasts are Great British Bake Off finalist Flora Famous package and \u2018live like worth getting out of bed for, too. Shedden\u2019s Aran Bakery (aran- the worshipped\u2019 with chocolates, Venture out to 45 Queen Street bakery.com). For dinner, linger balloons, rose petals, a Civerinos for Cornish rose-gin cocktails and over Shetland mussels with Lost pizza, midnight milk and cookies bowls of Dorset clams with cider Orchard cider cream followed and morning mimosas all and leeks (@45queenstreet). by poached pear crumble at The included. Plus unlimited prosecco SHOP: From galleries like Newlyn Taybank (thetaybank.co.uk) or visit delivered to your door by a 24-hour & The Exchange (newlynartgallery. Redwood Wines for its beautifully butler. houseofgodshotel.com co.uk) to shops such as Daphne\u2019s presented small plates and zingy Antiques (01736 361719) and wines (redwoodwines.co.uk). EAT: For a buzzy atmosphere Handworked (thehandworkedshop. SHOP: Browse baskets, bowls, head to The Broughton, a com), which stocks clothing, jams, honey and more at Flora gastropub on the edge of the ceramics and household goods Shedden\u2019s L\u00f2n Store (lon-store. New Town serving Isle of Mull by artisan makers, Penzance co.uk), ethical homewares at the Cheddar hash browns with is a souvenir-hunter\u2019s dream. Corbenic Shop (corbeniccamphill. caramelised apple and chervil, or Pure Nuff Stuff sells hair- and co.uk) and artisan chocolates, smoked haddock with crushed skincare from the town\u2019s glorious books and skincare at The Blue potato, poached egg and mustard Grade I-listed Egyptian House Magpie (thebluemagpie.co.uk). Rait (thebroughtonbar.com). (purenuffstuff.co.uk). And it\u2019s worth Antiques Centre is a 30-minute SHOP: You\u2019ll find everything heading just out of town, to St Just, drive (raitantiquescentre.co.uk). from jewellery and textiles to to browse the maritime trinkets DO: It\u2019s all about romantic weaving kits and ceramics in and antiques at Cape Cornwall riverside walks in this part of the shop at Dovecot Studios (01736 438073). Perthshire. At The Hermitage, (dovecotstudios.com). Generally, DO: The South West Coast Path a stretch of forest originally however, Stockbridge and the New runs along the nearby seafront cultivated as a pleasure ground Town are better shopping territory (look out for Gwelen, a new for the Dukes of Atholl, you can than the Old Town. Stop at The sculpture trail, along the way). At wander below Giant Douglas firs Scottish Gallery (scottish-gallery. low tide, walk out along the cobbled to Ossian\u2019s Hall, a picturesque co.uk) and Open Eye Gallery causeway to St Michael\u2019s Mount 18th-century folly looking out over (openeyegallery.co.uk) on your way. from neighbouring Marazion. Or the Black Linn Falls (nts.org.uk). DO: Stroll up the Royal Mile just wallow in the Jubilee Pool\u2019s to visit Edinburgh Castle geothermal lido (jubileepool.co.uk). A room with\u2026 (edinburghcastle.scot) or down it UNLIMITED PROSECCO to Holyroodhouse Palace (rct.uk). A room with\u2026 A BOAT Marvel at the exhibits spooling Accessed via a cocktail bar out from the National Museum If you\u2019re looking to push the boat along Edinburgh\u2019s party-focused of Scotland\u2019s spectacular Grand out this Valentine\u2019s Day, a ship- Cowgate, House of Gods is more Gallery (nms.ac.uk) or go for a shaped bed should do the trick. bar with rooms than conventional windswept walk up Arthur\u2019s Seat Moored up in the Bothy Suite at hotel. With its mix of marble, to blow off the cobwebs. 102 Homes & Antiques February 2023","","Six of the best CHOCOLATE SHOPS ABOVE FROM LEFT The brainchild of father and daughter Chris and Joanna Brennan, Pump Street is now known for its silky-smooth chocolate as well as its bakery; a visit to Saffron Walden wouldn\u2019t be complete without a stop at this chocolate shop, where \u2018elegance and intense flavour combinations are at the forefront\u2019; Charbonnel et Walker was Britain\u2019s first luxury chocolatier, established in 1875. Pump Street Hill St. Chocolates Charbonnel et Walker Yuki Sugiura; Tony French\/Alamy Stock Photo Mention this Suffolk bakery to A favourite with local boy done If Willy Wonka was setting up those in the know, and they\u2019re good Jamie Oliver, Hill St. may shop today he might avoid the likely to comment on either its now have a second branch in capital. From Rococo to William pink-washed walls or the fact Cambridge but its original shop Curley, London is so well stocked it produces chocolate as well as in Saffron Walden still ticks all with chocolate shops you almost baked goods. Made in small the right (chocolate) boxes. Slick expect the stuff to start spouting batches from beans imported pink-and-black branding and from the fountain in Piccadilly directly from family farms and sophisticated flavours \u2013 think Circus. The Champagne truffle of cooperatives, Pump Street Maldon salted caramel or orange the bunch, however, is Charbonnel Chocolate is best known for its and Earl Grey ganaches \u2013 set an et Walker\u2019s Old Bond Street store. beautifully packaged bars. Visit indulgent tone. Finely crafted Set within The Royal Arcade, the dedicated shop across the classics are done in fresh, modern which dates back to 1879, the square from the bakery and cafe ways here: branded bars, wafers, shop\u2019s elegant curved glass for the full range of chocolates, ganaches, marshmallows, nougat, windows encase a panoply as well as chocolate-themed hot chocolate and chocolate- of sweet treats; the heritage cookbooks, magazines, DIY enrobed fruits and nuts. Buy gift selections come quintessentially chocolate-making equipment and boxes to take away, or sit in the boxed with fine dark and milk a carefully chosen range of bars lounge and linger over homemade chocolates and the company\u2019s from other craft chocolate makers. cookies (chocolate, of course), iconic rose and violet creams. pumpstreetchocolate.com coffees or hot chocolates. hill.st charbonnel.co.uk 104 Homes & Antiques February 2023","Travel Driven by a passion for chocolate, these artisan makers are top of the chocs when it comes to flavour and design, and well worth stopping by for a truffle or two, says Rhiannon Batten ABOVE FROM LEFT Trained under Master Chocolatiers in France, Belgium and Switzerland, Iain Burnett\u2018s awards include Best Truffle in the World; at Bare Bones in Glasgow, the ethos is all about honouring the farmers, the cacao and the maker; assorted chocolates and truffles from Baravelli\u2019s, who specialise in beautifully hand-painted sculptural pieces, including edible chocolate boxes. HighlandChocolatier.com The Highland Chocolatier Bare Bones Baravelli\u2019s Scottish chocolatier Iain Burnett The clue is in the name at this Step inside the dapper shopfront of has been honing his craft for pared-back Glasgow chocolate this Conwy chocolatier and you\u2019ll decades; something apparent factory. Known for its sustainable find counters brimming with to all who enter his shop in the packaging and carefully sourced handmade hazelnut pralines, Perthshire village of Grandtully. ingredients, the micro-batch tiramisu truffles and bonbons in Made with an intense, fruity cocoa business also has a factory shop such out-of-the-ordinary flavours from the island of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 \u2013 where you can stop off to buy bars, as Herbes de Provence. Run by and the help of the dairies, berry mini bars, hot chocolates (or a husband-and-wife team Mark growers and beekeepers closer to combination of the above arranged and Emma Baravelli, the shop home \u2013 his collection of artisan in a \u2018cosy night in\u2019 hamper). On is best known for its seasonal chocolates focuses on truffles the more adventurous side are showstoppers. Easter might bring and pralines, but also extends to items including Madagascan hand-painted \u2018dragon eggs\u2019 or chocolate-dipped Florentines and vanilla marshmallows and 68 per versions of the classic seasonal jars of hazelnut and chocolate cent Dominican Republic salted treat decorated with bright spread. Beside the shop is the chocolate batons, purpose- plumage \u2013 the electric blue and Chocolate Lounge, a cafe serving designed for making your own bronze feathers of a kingfisher award-winning hot chocolates as pains au chocolat at home. The or the dazzling dreamcoat of a well as cakes, coffees, chocolate shop also has a counter serving Fischer\u2019s lovebird. Valentine\u2019s Day, tastings and even frozen ganache cups of its own bean-to-bar hot meanwhile, sees the focus switch ice cream. highlandchocolatier.com chocolate. bareboneschocolate.co.uk to truffles. baravellis.com February 2023 Homes & Antiques 105","","FAIRS & AUCTIONS Check ahead The best antiques fairs and auctions around the UK in Please contact event February. Plus we round up six dealers in antique and vintage organisers to check for postponements folk art, and Jo Lloyd tells us about her role at Roseberys & last-minute COMPILED BY ROSANNA MORRIS & CAROLINE WHEATER cancellations FAIRS AROUND THE UK Himley Hall, Himley Park, Dudley, Whitstable, CT5 1DD. 07903 286144 DY3 4DF. himleyhallandpark.co.uk 11th\u201312th Catford Vintage Fair, North & Scotland 20th Runway Monday Antiques St Dunstan\u2019s College, Stanstead Road, & Collectors Fair, Newark & London, SE6 4TY. solastcenturyfair.co.uk 10th\u201312th The Chester Decorative, Nottinghamshire Showground, Runway 14th & 28th Sunbury Antiques Antiques & Art Fair, The County Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. Market, Kempton Park Racecourse, Grandstand, Chester Racecourse, iacf.co.uk Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2LY. Middlesex, TW16 5AQ. cooperevents.com East sunburyantiques.com 12th Glasgow Antique, Vintage & 18th\u201319th Hackney Flea Market, Collectors Fair, Bellahouston Leisure 12th Antiques & Collectors Fair, Sarratt Abney Hall, 73a Church Street, Centre, 31 Bellahouston Drive, Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, Herts, Hackney, London, N16 0AS. Glasgow, G52 1HH. WD3 6AS. marcelfairs.co.uk hackneyfleamarket.com glasgowantiquefair.com 12th Newmarket Antiques & Collectors 19th Sandown Antiques Home & 19th Antique Home & Vintage Fair, Fair, Newmarket Racecourse, Rowley Interiors Fair, Sandown Park Beverley Racecourse, York Road, Mile Drive, Newmarket, CB8 0TF. Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QZ. newmarketantiquesfair.co.uk Surrey, KT10 9AJ. sunburyantiques.com antiquefairyork.com; @antiquefairyork 18th\u201319th St Ives Antiques Fair, 21st Epsom Racecourse Antiques 26th Vintage Flea Market, EXO Burgess Hall, Westwood Road, & Collectables Fair, Epsom Downs, Centre, Lincolnshire Showground, nr St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WU. Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5LQ. Lincoln, LN2 2NA. asfairs.com; @asfairs stivesantiquesfair.co.uk continuityfairs.co.uk 19th St Albans Antique and Vintage 22nd Wembley Park Antiques Market, Central Market, St Peters Street and Market Canada Lane, Canada Gardens, First Place, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3DH. Way, Wembley, London, HA9 0SJ. 5th Antiques & Collectors Fair at stalbansantiqueandvintagemarket.com; wembleyantiquesmarket.co.uk Bantock House, Bantock House @antiquevintagemarket_stalbans 25th The Vintage Home Show North Museum, Finchfield Road, 19th Antiques & Vintage Fair, Eagle London, St Mary\u2019s, Primrose Hill, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ. Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, London, NW3 3DJ. 07976 643174 SG18 8JH. marcelfairs.co.uk vintagehomeshow.co.uk 9th\u201310th Newark International 19th Ware Vintage & Retro Fair, 26th The Big London Flea, EartH, Antiques & Collectors Fair, Newark & The Drill Hall, 17 Amwell End, 13\u201315 Stoke Newington Road, Nottinghamshire Showground, Newark, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9HP. Dalston, London, N16 8BH. Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY. iacf.co.uk haddonevents.co.uk hackneyfleamarket.com 11th Cheltenham Antique & Vintage 25th\u201326th Long Melford Antiques & 26th Adams Antiques Fair, Lindley Street Market, The Promenade & Long Vintage Fair, The Old School, Long Hall, The Royal Horticultural Halls, Garden, Cheltenham, GL50 1NW. Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9DX. 80 Vincent Square, London, SW1P vintageandantiques.co.uk melfordantiquesfair.co.uk 2PE. adamsantiquesfairs.com 11th\u201312th Oswestry Antique and 26th Dorking Halls Antiques & Collectors Fair, Park Hall, Oswestry South Decorative Arts Fair, Dorking Halls, Showground, Oswestry, SY11 4AB. Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 jos-events.co.uk 5th Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair, 1SG. dovehousefineantiquesfairs.com 12th Malvern Flea & Collectors Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King\u2019s Road, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, London, SW3 5EZ. West & Wales Worcs, WR13 6NW. b2bevents.info frockmevintagefashion.com 19th Antiques and Collectors Fair, 11th Whitstable Brocante, The 11th\u201312th International Westpoint Umbrella Centre, Oxford Street, Antique Home & Vintage Fair, February 2023 Homes & Antiques 107","All the fun of the fair! Alice Roberton talks to Jonathan Nixon, owner and curator of Wembley Park Antiques Market, Bath V&A and Cheltenham V&A Coming from a family of ABOVE Wembley Park Antiques experienced fairs, event and market Market takes place every last operators, with many combined Wednesday of the month. years of knowledge, Jonathan Nixon ran his first vintage event at Tell us about your newest markets During 2022 just 19. He firmly believes that bringing together a diverse we acquired two established events \u2013 Bath Vintage & array of traders, each one with their own style, and buyers Antiques Market and Cheltenham Vintage & Antiques of all ages and from all walks of life, is what creates a Market. We are really excited about their future and are in successful event. Seeing an increase in young dealers and the process of reshaping them to reach their full potential. buyers and a trend towards mixing pieces from different countries and eras, he loves the way the wonderful world What are the standout pieces you\u2019ve seen of fairs continues to evolve. while running the markets? At each fair we see a vast range of amazing pieces pass through. However, what Tell us about Wembley Park Antiques sticks in my mind is a pair of stunning Howard & Sons club Market Launched in October 2021, this is an event chairs, a Howard & Sons corner sofa and the largest set of I would describe as an antiques fair with a stylish and Victorian apothecary drawers in the UK. Last March I was modern twist. There is something for everyone, from lucky enough to acquire a full collection of mint-condition decorative antiques, art, jewellery and mid-century to movie posters from the StudioCanal archives. Anyone who vintage fashion, furniture and gardenalia. Held on the last knows me is aware that these are my weakness! Wednesday of each month we host 125 dealers from wembleyantiquesmarket.co.uk across the UK and Europe at each event. It\u2019s been brilliant to see such a vast offering in the capital and great to see ALICE\u2019S TOP how the Market has established itself so quickly. Being FAIR BUY undercover with excellent lighting has made it a perfect all-weather destination for both traders and visitors. When I spotted this pair Having good transport links is also a huge bonus. of roll-top bath claw feet at a fair last summer, I Do you think a midweek crowd is different knew I wanted them. from a weekend crowd? From my experience, However I really wasn\u2019t visitors who venture out during the week are there to buy sure how to use them and network with the trade; a more targeted audience, as I don\u2019t own a roll- you could say. We have certainly noticed that they mean top bath! At first I business, which is great to see. Whether a weekend or thought they might make good door midweek visitor, I love meeting people from all walks of life stops, but I finally decided to use them, up-ended, who have different tastes and ideas about style. as book-ends \u2013 a job they do rather splendidly. What changes have you seen in fairs and markets over the years? Over recent years we have seen new and young traders establishing themselves. In the last two to three years we have seen decorative French pieces taking a firm hold, with mid-century modern creating a real buzz with buyers. Seeing how interior designers and homemakers are now confidently marrying design eras is really interesting. 108 Homes & Antiques February 2023","Fairs & Auctions Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, AUCTION INSIDER EX5 1DJ. continuityfairs.co.uk 12th Lostwithiel Antique & Collectors Jo Lloyd Fair, Lostwithiel Community Centre, Pleyber Christ Way, Lostwithiel, We peek into the career and busy working life of Jo Lloyd, Cornwall, PL22 0HE. antiquefairscornwall.co.uk head of decorative arts at Roseberys in London 18th Spring Vintage & Makers Market, The National Wool Museum, The fascination with At Roseberys we Drefach, Felindre, SA44 5UP. antiques has host three Design [email protected] always been 19th Salvage Fair, Broad Street, there. Even as Since 1860 sales South Molton, Devon, EX36 3AB. a very young a year and offer salvagefairs.com child I was a broad 25th Carmarthen Vintage, Antiques & intrigued by the spectrum of Makers Market, St Peter\u2019s Civic Hall, items that family pieces, from Nott Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PG. members and glass and lighting [email protected] friends would put to furniture, 25th Wilton Vintage Fair, Michael on display in their textiles, ceramics, Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton, homes. My grandparents jewellery and Wiltshire, SP2 0JS. @blandfordvintage took me around the antiques metalwares, representing 25th\u201326th Grandma\u2019s Attic Antique fairs and shops of Sussex and I styles from the Aesthetic & Collectors Fair, The Pavilion, tried to learn as much as I could Movement to the Arts and Crafts, Westover Road, Bournemouth, from their antiques books before Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras, BH1 2BU. grandmasatticfairs.co.uk heading off to car boot sales as well as a range of post-war 26th Bath Vintage & Antiques Market, looking for treasure! and contemporary designs. Green Park Station, Green Park Road, There\u2019s a lot of research Bath, BA1 1JB. vintageandantiques.co.uk It was only when my children involved in my job and I started school when I was in my love the fact that I\u2019m learning FEBRUARY AUCTIONS thirties that I started working at a something new every day. I\u2019m regional auction house. I think an auctioneer as well, which is 1st The Music Auction, Anderson the auction world was something another fun part of the job; in a & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin I was destined for and ceramics bidding battle, it can feel like Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, has become my favourite area; you\u2019re the conductor of an Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. anything from art pottery by orchestra. Whatever interior andersonandgarland.com William De Morgan to studio design you have at home, you\u2019ll 1st Scientific & Musical pottery. Prior to joining find something that will suit your Instruments, Cameras & Tools, Roseberys in April 2022, I decor at our sales. I think adding Tennants, The Auction Centre, Harmby worked at Bonhams, which gave that little bit of history and a Road, Leyburn, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk me access to some incredible link to the past gives rooms 2nd Fine Jewellery, Woolley & pieces. We sold a stunningly a touch of magic. Wallis, 51\u201361 Castle Street, Salisbury, elegant Lucy Rie bowl and SP1 3SU. woolleyandwallis.co.uk a rare, early Bernard Leach *Jo\u2019s next sale is 2nd Lalique in Colour: A Private charger that he\u2019d given to a Design Since 1860 Collection, Lyon & Turnbull, 22 friend. It was such an honour to on 22nd March. Connaught St, London, W2 2AF. sell both these things. roseberys.co.uk lyonandturnbull.com 7th Out of the Ordinary, Sworders, RIGHT A Carlo Bugatti octagonal side table, Cambridge Rd, Stansted Mountfitchet, c1900, had all the typical Bugatti attributes, Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk including hammered brass, vellum and ebonised 8th The Oxford Library Sale, wood, but wasn\u2019t in the best condition when it Mallams Auctioneers, Bocardo House, sold at Roseberys. Regardless, it made a St Michael\u2019s Street, Oxford, OX1 2EB. whopping \u00a320,800; part of Wedgwood\u2019s mallams.co.uk Fairyland lustre series by Daisy Makeig-Jones, 9th The Interiors Sale, Cheffins Fine this \u2018Temple on a Rock\u2019 ginger jar vase, c1920, Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, sold for \u00a37,800. It had been used as a doorstop! Cambridge, CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk 11th Costume, Accessories & Textiles, Tennants, The Auction Centre, February 2023 Homes & Antiques 109","Fairs & Auctions DEALER ROUND-UP Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk 6 dealers for vintage 14th Fine Art & Antiques, & antique folk art Chorley\u2019s, Prinknash Abbey Park, nr Cranham, Glos, GL4 8EU. chorleys.com Folk Art For Sale he finds makes up some of his 15th Fine Art & Antique Auction, This Insta-only business run by a inventory. His workshop and Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers, folk art collector is worth checking showroom are on the edge of The Joyce Building, Station Road, in on from time to time, as rare Bodmin Moor, and his online shop Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1RE. pieces from the collection are and Instagram account are a trevanion.com listed every few weeks and dream to pore over. Currently 15th Football in Focus & Sporting include na\u00efve paintings, woolwork there are vintage wooden pigeon Memorabilia Auction, Hansons, pictures, money boxes and decoys, sailor woolwork pictures Heage Lane, Etwall, Derbyshire, decoys. Click through to the linked and a pair of late Victorian brass DE65 6LS. hansonsauctioneers.co.uk account @folkartcollector for ornaments in the shape of a pair 16th\u201317th Back To The Future further marvels. @folkartforsale of boots. marckitchensmith.com; (1960s \u2013 modern day cool and @marckitchensmith retro), Fieldings, Mill Race Lane, The Home Bothy Stourbridge, DY8 1JN. Some wonderfully curious pieces Rag & Bone fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk of folk art appear on the website This Bristol and South Wales-based 21st Fine Pottery & Porcelain, of The Home Bothy. Latest stock store, which now operates online Woolley & Wallis, 51\u201361 Castle St, includes a primitive, c1840, and by appointment at the Salisbury, Wilts, SP1 3SU. fireside stick chair (\u00a31,600), bird showrooms, always has some woolleyandwallis.co.uk decoys for around \u00a3300, and a pieces of folk art in stock. Current 21st\u201322nd Interiors, Dreweatts, French c1780 slipware marriage offerings include two na\u00efve Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, plate (\u00a31,400). The showroom paintings of rural scenes (\u00a3625 RG14 2JE. dreweatts.com and warehouse in West Sussex each). ragandbonebristol.com; 22nd Jewellery, Sworders, are open by appointment, too. @ragandbonebristol Cambridge Rd, Stansted Mountfitchet, homebothy.co.uk; @thehomebothy Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk Tim Bowen Antiques 22nd Country House Sale, The House of Antiques From his headquarters near Mallams Auctioneers, Grosvenor Harry scours the land for Carmarthen, Tim sells Welsh and Galleries, 26 Grosvenor Street, extraordinary, decorative and rare British country furniture and folk Cheltenham, GL52 2SG. mallams.co.uk objects. Among the curiosities, art. Beautiful wooden love spoons 22nd Five Centuries, Lyon & fairground antiques and lighting feature often alongside carved Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, he sells, there are c1850 bone butter prints, knitting sheaths and Edinburgh, EH1 3RR. lyonandturnbull.com spillikins (\u00a3495), an American other wonders. timbowenantiques. 23rd The Pictures Auction, c1900 steamship diorama co.uk; @tim_bowen_antiques Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, (\u00a31,200), and an early Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, 20th-century English, scratch-built Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, pin ball games board (\u00a3495). 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