The Sworders Fine Interiors Team are delighted to present a selection of lots from the collection of Antiques Roadshow legend, Bunny Campione in their 10 & 11 September sale.
9 September 2024
VIEW COLLECTION REQUEST A VALUATION CONTACT A SPECIALIST
A travelling birdcage, early 19th century (£2,000-4,000)
Bunny Campione is one of the best-known and most-loved faces from the long-running BBC series 'The Antiques Roadshow', where she specialises in dolls, doll's houses, automata, birdcages and corkscrews, amongst other esoteric fields. She gained a wide knowledge of antiques working at Sotheby’s for twenty-three years until 1996, firstly in the Furniture Department and latterly in the Collectors Department, followed by a stint as a Senior Consultant for Christie’s until 2002. The group of twenty lots included in this sale encompass two of her favourite disciplines - antique birdcages and miniature furniture - and include pieces she has enthusiastically collected throughout her life, from several prestigious outlets such as Jeremy Ltd.
A George III chinoiserie birdcage (£1,500-2,500)
fineinteriors@sworder.co.uk | 01279 817778
We are delighted to again be exhibiting at the 2024 Historic Buildings, Parks and Gardens Event on Tuesday 12 November, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
24 October 2024
Items of from the personal collection of renowned dealer Alberto Santos - all fit for the Royal collection – are included in our 8 November Asian art auction. Alberto has been dealing in Chinese porcelain since 1979 and – while his stock covers the full range of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties – he has a particular fondness for export wares from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
18 October 2024
Following on from the successful sale of a 1960s Grima and Omega collaboration piece, Sworders are delighted to present further works of Grima in our next Fine Jewellery sale on Tuesday 12 November.
18 October 2024