Silver and Metalwork
Antique Silver Monograms and Whether to Remove Them
You have found a lovely Georgian teaspoon or a Victorian salver at a fair, and right in the middle sits someone else's...
Ceramics and silver specialist
Sybil grew up in a family of dealers. Her first job was cataloguing a private collection of Staffordshire figures and sterling flatware, and she has been reading marks and assessing condition ever since. She has a particular patience for pieces that arrive with no paperwork.
Silver and Metalwork
You have found a lovely Georgian teaspoon or a Victorian salver at a fair, and right in the middle sits someone else's...
Ceramics and Porcelain
You have a blue and white plate with a bridge, three figures, a pagoda and two birds, and you want to know whether it is 200...
Silver and Metalwork
You have a heavy old spoon, a small tray or a pair of napkin rings, and you want to know whether it is solid silver before you...
Care and Preservation
You have an old pewter tankard or charger that looks dull, grey and a little grubby, and you want it to look cared for without...
Ceramics and Porcelain
You have turned over a heavy white platter at a house sale, found a printed mark with a crown and the words "Ironstone China",...
Silver and Metalwork
You polished the Georgian teapot for the holidays, put it back in the sideboard, and by spring it had gone golden brown again.