MARK HILL

Antiques Roadshow specialist, consultant at Dawson’s Auctioneers, author and publisher, markhillpublishing.com

SAM HERMAN ART GLASS

Sam Herman is one of the most important living artists and makers in British and international art glass. If you look at his recent work, in comparison to other modern media, it’s so a ordable! To get a piece of contemporary pottery or a painting by an artist at the equivalent level, you would have to pay many times more.

POST-WAR CZECH GLASS

You’ll find a great selection in this vibrant area priced at around £300, so you can get a superb piece by a significant designer within budget. Czech glass today is about where Murano glass was 20 years ago, and the market is still growing.

COMPLEX VICTORIAN GLASS

A lot of Victorian glass seems totally out of fashion, but when you look at a complex example, the level of work is fascinating and shouts the style of the day. This black glass vase is covered with these crazy enamelled and gilded details. It’s the most curious, cool thing.

LEFT A 1960s Skrdlovice ‘Red Core’ cased vase, designed by Jan Beránek in 1959 (pattern 5988)

LEFT A unique Sam Herman studio glass vase, made at Loco Glass in Cirencester, signed and dated

LEFT You can get a mid to late Victorian enamelled and gilded vase like this for around £ 30. This example was probably produced by Harrach c1860s