October's Item of the Month is an exceptional Kashmir painted papier-mâché tray, Srinagar, North India, circa 1880, painted with amorous slightly erotic scenes, dancing figures, tigers, a leopard, a snake, a fish, horses, a bear, and chickens, the tray of canted rectangular form, on an angled and shaped base with feet. The papier-mâché technique of [...]

September's Item of the Month is a rare New Zealand table cabinet, circa 1890, by William Norrie, unlabelled, the four interior drawers with pencil inscriptions identifying the timbers used. There are several notable features of this cabinet which confirm an attribution to William Norrie; in particular, the idiosyncratic elongated star inlay pattern to the door panels, [...]

June's Item of the Month is ‘Sport in the Shiney’, a rare picture by Charlie Johnson Payne, Snaffles (British, 1884-1967), circa 1913, signed, titled and inscribed in watercolour, printed and heavily hand coloured, in a later ebonised frame. Footnote Snaffles was born Charlie Johnson Payne in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire into a family of eight children. Although [...]

May's Item of the Month is a silver and gold mounted notelet case owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, by Cartier, hallmarked ‘J.C’ for Cartier, London, 1936, 6oz total, the gold cypher unmarked, in its original red Morocco leather case; with a related letter, hand written in black ink, from Queen Elizabeth II to Norman [...]

April's Item of the Month is a rare pair of carved Derbyshire veined alabaster spaniels by Bright And Sons of Buxton, circa 1835, of small size, on Ashford black marble plinths, each with a very rare printed paper label for ‘Bright And Sons’, Fancy Marble And Spar Manufactory, Centre Of The Crescent, Buxton, Inlaid Tables, [...]

March's Item of the Month is a large patinated electrotype bronze bust of Juno Ludovisi, England, circa 1870, after the Antique, attributed to Elkington & Co., finely cast and with a good patina. The Juno Ludovisi is a colossal Roman marble head of the 1st century, in the collection of the Palazzo Altemps, Museo Nazionale Romano, [...]

February's item of the month is an exceptional New Zealand dome top glove box, circa 1900, by William Seuffert, unlabelled, inlaid with flowering Manuka stems. Reference: Peet (B.): The Seuffert Legacy, New Zealand Colonial Master Craftsmen, The craft of Anton Seuffert & his sons William, Albert & Carl; particularly pages 137 & 138. There are [...]

Happy New Year from Mark Jones Antiques! January's Item of the Month is a large Grand Tour patinated bronze figure group The Abduction or Rape of a Sabine Woman, after the Antique by Giambologna, Italy, circa 1830, on a separate Cipollino mandolato verde marble socle base, the bronze finely cast and with a good colour [...]