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VOL 57 NO 9 MARCH 2022

MEET THE COLUMNISTS: LENNOX CATO MARC ALLUM CHARLES HANSON

MARCH 2022

GOING FOR A SONG

The world’s best porcelain

Discover why now is the time

to buy Nantgarw pottery

Christina Trevanion Celebrates the joy

of the medieval

misericord

Victorian Women 7

Whose collections inspired generations

RECORD BREAKER ARTS & CRAFTS

The Cotswold School furniture maker Ernest

Barnsley hits a new

auction high

ALSO INSIDE Pearls are back in fashion • Watch special • Pembroke tables in focus

COVERThe Minoprio Collection, which included Ernest Barnsley’s record-breaking piece, see the story on page 12. Image by Alex Robson, Lyon & Turnbull

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe

introduces the March magazine with

a focus on International Women’s Day

and St David’s Day

6 Antique News: Five Monets go

on sale, a metal detectorist unearths a

record-breaking coin and there’s a

spate of letterbox thefts

10 Lots of Love: Christina Trevanion

praises the medieval misericord

12 Around the Houses: Jewellery is

flying out of the UK’s salerooms, while

the arts and crafts furniture maker

Ernest Barnsley sets an auction record

16 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey is in a

flap over a stunning Pembroke table

23 Your Letters: A nit comb gets one

reader out of a scrape

28 Profile: Behind the scenes with

Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam, head of

Christie’s Islamic and Indian Art department

29 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles

Hanson reveals how George Formby’s

kimono appeared in his saleroom

30 Saleroom Spotlight: A preview

of a single owner collection of

Russian decorative arts going under

the hammer this month

41 Gem of the Month: Cool blue

aquamarine dazzles in March

THIS MONTH

42 Without Reserve: The nest of tables

is as useful and elegant today as it

ever was, writes Lennox Cato

48 Puzzle Pages: Fire up the little

grey cells with this month’s quiz and

head-scratching crossword

54 Book Offers: Discover the latest

exclusive deals from our sister

publisher ACC Art Books

56 Top of the Lots: Possessions once

owned by the Hollywood actor and

swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks Snr

go under the hammer in Essex

58 Fairs Calendar: Keep up to date

with the latest listings

60 Auction calendar: Never miss

another sale with our regional guide

66 Marc My Words: Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum turns rock

god when he appraises a rare guitar

FEATURES 18 Meiji Day: Duncan Phillips considers

why the Meiji period in Japan may

have given rise to the best decorative

arts man has ever produced

24 Poster Boy: The talents of the unsung

graphic designer A. E. Hailliwell are put in the spotlight ahead of a sale of his work next month in Kent

34 Mighty Oak: On its 50th-anniversary

Sarah Fergusson puts Audemars

Piguet’s iconic watch the Royal Oak in

the spotlight

38 Pearl Power: Once out-of-fashion

pearls are making headlines in and

out of the saleroom. We report on

what the boom means for collectors

44 Welsh Rare Bits: Porcelain by the

Welsh manufactory Nantgarw is

among the best ever produced but

currently undervalued, Ben Rogers

Jones reports on how to start a collection

50 Against the Odds: Meet seven

intrepid Victorian women whose

collections kickstarted some of the

best UK museums

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