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ContentsVOL 59 NO 2 JUN/JUL 2024
AUCTION PREVIEWS VLADIMIR TRETCHIKOFF IN FOCUS YOUR LETTERS
JUNE/JULY 2024
BOOMING MARKET
INDIAN SUMMER
How Cutch silver from Gujarat is taking the world by storm
Gillow Talk A stunning library desk in the spotlight
Early oak pieces 5Every collector should
know about – from buffets to coffers
Inside: BROTHERS IN ARMS SIBLING ARTISTS GILBERT AND
STANLEY SPENCER JACK THE RIPPER REVEALED
THE COLLECTION BEHIND
A NEW THEORY ON THE INFAMOUS KILLER
Miner Victory Works by the pitman-turned- artist Tom McGuinness
SPOUT
and ABOUT The London fair celebrating the 2,000-
year history of the
humble teapot
ALSO INSIDE A Coronation Robe up for Sale • Best Puzzles • Book Offers
COVERA two-handled vase with red lustre, c. 1900, by the Italian maiolica maker Cantagalli, on show at this month’s London Art Week (LAW) from Justin Racanello, see page 58 for more details, image courtesy of Justin Racanello/ L AW
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3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the joint June-July issue
6 Antiques News: Five pages of things to see and do this summer, including six must-see exhibitions
12 Around the Houses: A round-up of the latest headline-making sales from the UK’s salerooms, including a watch worn on the Titanic and a collection of unusual
and rare potato flasks
16 Waxing Lyrical: Fine English furniture specialist David Harvey shines a light on
a stunning secretaire desk by the legendary maker Gillows
20 Saleroom Spotlight: A collection
of early oak including ornatelycarved pieces that would have graced an Elizabethan home goes under the hammer in Doncaster
22 Lots to Talk About: Catherine Southon unveils a work by the South African painter Vladimir Tretchikoff, the artist best known for his portrait Chinese Girl
32 Your Letters: This month’s postbag includes more correspondence on one of the UK’s most celebrated murders and some special memories of Tonka toys
34 Lots of Love: Irita Marriott delves into the history of Kutch silver and its Indian makers who are increasingly popular with collectors
42 Subscription Offer: Save more than a third on the annual price and receive a
free book worth £40 and the magazine delivered straight to your door
43 In the Knowles: Eric Knowles discovers a treasure trove of country estate clothing
including an aristocrat’s coronation robe
52 Puzzle Pages: Put your feet up this summer while perusing this month’s quizzes, courtesy of resident editor Peter Wade-Wright
54 Top of the Lots: We preview some of the
UK salerooms’ most exciting upcoming sales, including four evocative works by the miner-turned-artist and former Bevin boy Tom McGuinness
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56 Book Offers: This month’s selection of titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books includes a publication celebrating New York’s party scene in the ‘80s
58 Fairs News: Behind the scenes at this month’s high-profile events, with a
focus on the second edition of the Treasure House Fair in London
59 Fairs Calendar: Keep up to date with the latest events taking place in June and July around the UK
60 Auctions Calendar: Never miss another sale with our regional roundup detailing all the best upcoming sales
66 Marc My Words: The Antiques Roadshow expert and dapper dresser Marc Allum reports from this year’s Savile Row Concours
FEATURES 26 Steeped in Time: No other piece of tableware has had the same effect on the British ceramics industry as the teapot. Antique Collecting reports on 200 years of the famous vessel
36 Brothers in Arms: The light of the artist Gilbert Spencer, sibling of the more famous Stanley, is set to shine more brightly in the wake of a new exhibition on his war-time work and a new biography
44 Sofa So Good: Today’s collectors can learn much from furniture manuals of yesteryear, writes Professor Mark Westgarth curator of a new exhibition on early pattern books
48 Why I Collect: How author and historian Tony McMahon’s 19th-century collection of newspapers on Jack the Ripper informed his new
and compelling theory on the identity of the notorious killer
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