Antiques to Vintage & Everything In Between

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Antiques to Vintage & Everything In Between

from the editor

Curios • a name in antiques… sibyl dunlop

Australian Pottery Takes Flight • IF THE SUCCESS OF A SPECIALIST SALE CAN BE USED AS AN INDICATION OF THE STATE OF THE MARKET, IT LOOKS LIKE AUSTRALIAN POTTERY IS IN A VERY GOOD PLACE,

Miniature Titans • ‘THE ART OF THE MASTER AND THE IMITATION OF NATURE ARE SO GREAT IN IT, THAT THE LARGEST MAGNIFYING GLASS ONLY CALLS OUT NEW BEAUTIES.' SO WROTE HORACE WALPOLE IN 1762. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORK OF ISAAC OLIVER.

Hairwork Jewels • OF ALL THE MATERIALS USED IN JEWELLERY, PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING IS HUMAN HAIR. ANNE SCHOFIELD ELABORATES.

it's a snippet • Snatches of information too small for a feature and too interesting to ignore…

movers and shakers

Uranium Glass: A Glowing Market • RECENTLY WE'VE READ REPORTS OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND ANTIQUE CENTRES AND OP SHOPS WITH LITTLE FLASHLIGHTS. IT'S A BIT ODD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SO DARK IN THERE YOU NEED A TORCH. UNLESS, WRITES JULIE CARTER, YOU'RE ON THE HUNT FOR URANIUM GLASS.

Exploring a Classic: The Rolex Explorer • ‘WHEN A MAN HAS A WORLD IN HIS HANDS, YOU EXPECT TO FIND A ROLEX ON HIS WRIST.'

Animal Charm • WITH THEIR APPEALING FORMS INSPIRED BY DERBY FIGURINES AND THE TRADITIONAL IMARI PALETTE, ROYAL CROWN DERBY PAPERWEIGHTS HAVE ENJOYED ENORMOUS APPEAL SINCE THEIR INCEPTION. BUT AS ELIZABETH CHEUNG AND BILLY ROBERTSON FROM CACHE ANTIQUES IN SYDNEY EXPLAIN, THEIR STORY ONLY BEGAN AS RECENTLY AS THE 1980s.

Luxury in Travel • THE DRESSING CASE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR THE UPPER CLASS TRAVELLING GENTLEMAN, BUT AS SANDRA D'ANGELO WRITES, WHEN THE FEMALE ELITE ALSO BEGAN TO TRAVEL IN THE EARLY VICTORIAN ERA THEY BECAME LUXURIOUS WORKS OF BEAUTY.

Fine French Faience CELEBRATED IN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS • DID YOU KNOW THAT FAIENCE HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY, OVER MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS - LONG BEFORE IT WAS MADE IN EUROPE? AS WITH MOST DECORATIVE ANTIQUITIES OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, FAIENCE MORPHED AND DEVELOPED WITH VARIOUS CREATIVE ARTISTS' INFLUENCE. KATHRYN NICHOLLS EXPLAINS.

A Colt Behemoth That Went South • SOMETIMES YOU GET LUCKY AND PICK UP A REAL HISTORICAL GEM… SPECIALIST ANTIQUE ARMS DEALER JOHN LEHOCZKY EXPLAINS.

The Story of the Ginger Jar • THE EVER-POPULAR GINGER JAR IS STEEPED IN HISTORY… AND A MISNOMER, WRITES SHARON DOWLEY FROM THEODORE BRUCE AUCTIONS.

Give Us This Day… • MADELEINE NEAVE OPENED THE ANTIQUE BREADBOARD MUSEUM IN THE FRONT ROOM OF HER LATE MOTHER'S PUTNEY HOME IN LONDON SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD SHARE HER MUM'S LOVE AND INTEREST. THE MUSEUM LED TO A BOOK AND NOW A SERIES OF BREADBOARD SALES… MADELEINE EXPLAINS.

The Tiny World of Pendle Hall • RECREATING A GEORGIAN MANSION IN MINIATURE TURNED INTO A PROJECT OF 40 YEARS FOR FELICITY CLEMONS.

Mid Century Modern • “The work of a designer should be to better the world” ~ George Nelson

The Private World of Book Inscriptions • INSCRIPTIONS ARE THE HAIKU OF AN AUTHOR'S LIFE AND MINDSET AT THE TIME AND A REWARDING WAY TO COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS, SAYS SPECIALIST DEALER AND CONSERVATOR ANDREA BOLTRESZ.

The Mystery of the 1938 Scanlens Badges • SPECIALIST COLLECTOR NICK PEZIKIAN PRESENTS THE STORY OF A LITTLE-KNOWN SET OF BADGES MADE BY SCANLENS TO COMMEMORATE AUSTRALIA'S 150th ANNIVERSARY IN 1938.

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