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  1. Which jewellery firm was founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia?
  2. What name is given to the small hammer used by an auctioneer?
  3. Old Sheffield Plate came about in the middle of the 18th century as a cheaper alternative to what?
  4. Can you name the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century?
  5. What is the name of the decorative technique involving inlaid wood, often used in antique furniture?
  6. The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area in the centre of which British city?
  7. Which dynasty, ruling China from 1368 to 1644, perfected the technological and design advances that led to the creation of milky white and cobalt-blue porcelain?
  8. Which type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s, usually described as stoneware, is commonly produced in "Wedgwood blue"?
  9. Who in 1754 published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director?
  10. Which German-based plush toy company claims to have made the world's first factory-made teddy bear?
  11. Cabriole Legs are associated with which quintessential style of 18th-century furniture?
  12. Which antiques expert, specialising in furniture, appeared on the Antiques Roadshow until 1983?
  13. What was Thomas Tompion best known for?
  14. What term was first used in the 1880s in the Belgian journal L'Art Moderne to describe the work of twenty painters and sculptors seeking reform through art?
  15. Johann Loetz Witwe was a manufacturer of what?
  16. Daguerreotype was the first process to create what?
  17. What name is given to the green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period?
  18. On what piece of furniture would you find a 'splat'?
  19. What term is applied to English furniture from 1800 to 1830?
  20. Which method of printing was invented by playwright Alois Senefelder in 1798 after writing his scripts in greasy crayon on limestone?
  21. What name is given to a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations?
  22. The Chandos portrait is the most famous of the portraits that are believed to depict who?
  23. The Hammer is an antique violin sold at Christie's auction in 2006 made by which Italian craftsman?
  24. A samovar is a metal container traditionally used to do what?/li>
  25. What was established on 11 March 1744 in London by bookseller Samuel Baker?
  26. Where in Germany was the first high-quality porcelain produced outside of the Orient?
  27. What type of furniture is a 'bonheur du jour'?
  28. Where is the nineteenth-century Resolute desk?
  29. In November 2017, the Salvator Mundi was sold at Christie's in New York for 450 million dollars. Who was the artist?
  30. The factory of Armand Couaillet, in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont, France, made thousands of what type of specific timepieces between 1880 and 1920?
  31. What word literally meaning "of age" do most antique dealers consider an item to be if it is at least 40 years old?
  32. Tudric is a brand produced from 1899 through the 1930s made of what, often polished, material?
  33. First appearing during the 15th century, an arquebusis is a form of long what?
  34. What name is given to a type of chain popular in the 19th century, traditionally used to secure a pocket watch?
  35. For coin collectors, a coin may be graded as MS, what does MS stand for?


Answers



  1. The House of Fabergé
  2. Gavel
  3. Silver
  4. Thomas Sheraton, Thomas Chippendale and George Hepplewhite
  5. Marquetry
  6. Nottingham
  7. The Ming Dynasty
  8. Jasperware, or jasper ware
  9. Thomas Chippendale
  10. Steiff
  11. Queen Anne furniture
  12. Arthur Negus
  13. English clockmaker, watchmaker, known as the "Father of English Clockmaking"
  14. Art Nouveau
  15. Art glass
  16. Photographs
  17. Patina
  18. Chair (a splat is the vertical central element of a chair's backrest)
  19. Regency
  20. Lithography
  21. Heirloom
  22. William Shakespeare (named after the 3rd Duke of Chandos, who formerly owned the painting)
  23. Luthier Antonio Stradivari
  24. Heat and boil water
  25. Sotheby's
  26. Meissen
  27. A type of lady's writing desk
  28. The Oval Office in The White House
  29. Leonardo da Vinci
  30. Carriage clocks
  31. Vintage
  32. Pewter
  33. Long gun
  34. Albert chain
  35. Mint State