Persindo Ware: Its Origin and a History of Birks, Rawlins & Co.
November 3, 2022
Our November Fine Art auction will be featuring some wonderful Persindo ware pieces by Birks, Rawlins & Co. Here is the story of this venerable company and the origin of Persindo ware. Lawrence Birks, cousin of Alboin Birks, was a
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Mabel Lucie Attwell and Her Connection to Shelley China
October 25, 2022
In our Fine Art auction this November, we’ll be featuring a range of intriguing and valuable Shelley figures, including Boo Boos, designed by the illustrator Mabel Lucie Atwell, who had a long and successful career, producing work for magazines, children’s
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Highlights from our March 2022 Fine Art Sale
June 10, 2022
Take a look at some of the sale highlights that fetched a good price at our March Fine Art sale, including a large selection of rare British pottery, coins, art and more. These gorgeous William Moorcroft vases were very popular
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A Recap of Our November Fine Art sale
May 23, 2022
With our next Fine Art sale soon approaching on March 11th, we’d like to showcase some of our best results from our previous Fine Art sale from this past November. With our next Fine Art sale soon approaching on March
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Who was Reginald George Haggar? Plus Haggar’s Final Sketch in our November Fine Art sale
May 23, 2022
Reginald Haggar was a British artist that worked as a ceramic designer and later a teacher in Staffordshire, before becoming a full time artist. Find out more about his life and what is believed to be his final creation as
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We Auction Our Very Own Banksy at Louis Taylor
May 23, 2022
This graffiti tribute to the Stoke-On-Trent hero, Gordon Banks, by local artist ‘Professor Pigment’, was the star of our July 2019 Fine Art sale. If you’re local to Stoke-On-Trent, you may be familiar with the various pieces of Banksy-style graffiti
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