BRITISH STUDIO POTTERY ERIC KNOWLES EXCLUSIVE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER

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ENTER THE DRAGON Asian Art in London launches this month

Inside: OOH LA LA! SECOND EMPIRE FASHION SHELF LIFE A CHIPPENDALE- PERIOD BOOKCASE REVEALS ITS SECRETS

BAND WAGON

THE HISTORY OF RINGS IN THE

SPOTLIGHT

A touch of whimsy Staffordshire figures enchant buyers in

Derbyshire

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French mid-century

designers

Every collector

should know

Chinese Porcelain

How the country’s skilled potters mastered the craft in the 13th century

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