Where to BUY

AUCTION HOUSES

Look out for period porcelain and pottery at dedicated ceramics and glass sales, and also as part of quarterly Fine Antiques sales held by the leading regional auction houses. Sales of note include Woolley & Wallis’s thrice-yearly English & European Ceramics and Glass sales, Lawrences’ quarterly Fine Art sales, and Lyon & Turnbull’s quarterly Fine Furniture and Works of Art sales. Bonhams is the only London salesroom to hold regular standalone sales of European ceramics, dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

FAIRS

Find a concentration of specialist dealers at the Kensington Ceramics and

Glass Fair, held twice a year at Kensington Town Hall in London. The next one is on 20th June (twocsantiquesfairs.co. uk). The Art & Antiques Fair at London’s Olympia, from 17th-28th June, offers a wide selection of antique ceramics (olympia-art-antiques.com). Another lovely fair to browse at is Art & Antiques for Everyone at the NEC Birmingham, from 2nd-5th April (antiquesforeveryone.co.uk).

DEALERS

• Andrew Dando specialises in 18th and 19th-century English porcelain and Staffordshire figures, available to buy online and at fairs (01225 865444; andrewdando.co.uk).

• John Howard specialises in English,

Scottish and Welsh pottery from the 17th to 19th centuries. Visit the showroom at 6 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1TA (01993 812580; antiquepottery.co.uk).

• Stuart House Antiques is stacked with affordable antique china at its showroom on the High Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6HB (01386 840995).

• The Cotswolds is a great hunting ground for antique china – browse The Cotswolds Art & Antique Dealers’ Association’s website at cotswolds-antiques-art.com. The annual CADA Fair at Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ, runs from 15th-18th October.