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VOL 57 NO 5 OCTOBER 2022

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the issue including tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II

BEST COLUMNISTS UNMISSABLE UPCOMING LOTS LATEST UK FAIR LISTINGS

CROWNING GLORYOn the dawn of the next Carolean age, we profile Charles II furniture

Best of Britsh Discoverthe Englishwatch brandmakinga

comeback

OCTOBER 2022

collection up for sale Chic Peek

A stylish country house

Inside: MOORCROFT MINIATURES WHY SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL DARK AGES THE BOOM IN MACABRE COLLECTING

How jewellery has marked generations of death, from monarchs to loved ones Good Mourning

ALSO INSIDE An unsung British artist • Auction results • Studio pottery special

COVERTwo George II walnut and parcel gilt dining chairs bearing the arms of the Altieri family. The set of eight has an estimate of £10,000£15,000 at Dreweatts’ sale on October 3

6 Antique News: All the latest from the

world of fine art and antiques, including the sale of an important collection for charity and details of three exhibitions

10 Your Letters: Memories of an exhibition

at the British Museum and calls for some energy-saving tips are in the postbag

12 Around the Houses: A film prop sells

for close to £1m, while a prototype Apple computer makes a killing in the US

22 Waxing Lyrical: With the nights drawing

in, David Harvey lifts the covers on three spectacular antique beds

38 Saleroom Spotlight: Furniture

commissioned for a country house by the renowned theatre designer Oliver Messel goes under the hammer

45 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson

pays tribute to the late Queen as an item belonging to her great great grandmother appears for sale

46 Puzzle Pages: Settle down with a quiz

and crossword from our guessing guru Peter Wade-Wright

52 Top of the Lots: The art collection of the

former prime minister Antony Eden goes under the hammer, along with a rare seascape by LS Lowry

54 Fair News: Behind the scenes at the UK’s

leading fairs taking place in London, Chester and Warwickshire

56 Fairs Calendar: Th e latest listings of the

unmissable events in your region and around the rest of the UK

58 Saleroom Spotlight: A collection

of Moorcroft miniatures goes under the hammer in Berkshire this month at a sale of 100 years of design ranging from art deco to Modernism

60 Auction Calendar: Never miss

another sale with our up-to-date listings from the country’s top auction houses and salesrooms

64 Book Offers: Save more than a third

on the latest titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books

66 In Loving Memory: The magazine

honours Queen Elizabeth II and thanks her for a lifetime of devotion to the nation and the Commonwealth

FEATURES 16 The Dark Age: From mummified

cats to witches’ mirrors, snapping up of objects of the macabre has never been more popular. Antique Collecting goes over to the dark side

24 West Meets East: Discover why the

West Sussex village of Ditchlng was so important to two of the 20th-century’s most important ceramicists

30 Mourning Time: How jewellery

has been used to mark death throughout the centuries from monarchs to loved ones

34 The Time has Come: Why an out-offavour English watch brand, which went out of production in the 1970s, is back in vogue

40 Sweet Carolean: On the dawn of

a new reign, Edward Rycroft looks back on the furniture of the King’s predecessor Charles II

48 Denis the Menace: Discover the work

of an unsung hero of 20th-century art, Denis Wirth-Miller, whose work goes on show this month

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