Answers to Mark's 'Are You Sitting On A Fortune?' fun quiz.
5th December
Q: What does a notaphilist collect?A: Unsurprisingly bank notes or paper currency in general.
Q: The Thinker and The Kiss are the most famous works by what French sculptor born in Paris in 1840?A: Auguste Rodin
Q: Portico, Skeleton, Lantern and Mystery are all types or styles of what?A: Clocks
Q: Manufactured by Ridgway between 1957-1970, what was the name given to the iconic range of black and white tableware, the pattern of which illustrated contemporary furniture and cutlery?A: Homemaker
Q: Solve this cryptic clue ‘Rolo Pact may give you Shropshire ceramics’.
A: Coalport
28 November
Q: Often seen in 18th century Delftware, what is the distinctive feature of a ‘barber’s bowl’?A: A 'cut out' to the rim, into which the throat would be placed.
Q: St. Louis and Clichy are French glassworks associated with which specific ornamental items?A: Paperweights
Q: Fiddle, Queens and Hanoverian are all patterns or styles found in what?A: Cutlery or flatware
Q: The name of what enduringly popular style was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes which was held in Paris in 1925.
A: Art Deco
Q: Solve this clue ‘Disney’s cartoon chipmunks might give you an 18th century cabinet maker’.
A: (Thomas) Chippendale
22 November
Q: What is the popular name of the collectable metal plaques that throughout the 18th and 19th centuries insurance companies fixed to the front of buildings to indicate that they held insurance?
A: Fire marks
Q: Quite possibly Britain’s most famous artwork, who painted The Haywain?
A: John Constable
Q: Roquairol, a work by the German Expressionist artist Erich Heckel provided the inspiration for the cover art of what David Bowie album, the title track of which is often cited as a career highlight?
A: "Heroes"
Q: Often found in architecture and on furniture, what does the term ‘Linenfold’ refer to?
A: Carved or moulded motifs representing folds or scrolls of linen
Q: Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride was the first plastic made from synthetic components. Articles made from it can be rather sought after. What is it’s popular name?
A: Bakelite
14th November
Q: What is the most common colour of ‘Carnival’ glass?
A: Orange
Q: How many sides does a traditional Credence cupboard have?
A: If the back edge is included it's 6. But they are generally termed '5 sided' so either will do... as will 'half an octagon'!
Q: What was the name of Andy Warhol’s New York studio?
A: The Factory
Q: Carter, Stabler & Adams and Carter & co are previous names of which much loved pottery which prior to going into administration in 2006 was found on England’s south coast?
A: Poole Pottery
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘Ash heads up country for a little piece of wood’.
A: Treen
7 November
Q: What type of two flap tea/supper table which was popular throughout the Regency and Victorian periods, shares it’s name with a Welsh county?
A: Pembroke
Q: A prayer wheel is an often collectable cylindrical device, on the outside of which is written a mantra. Which religion are they associated with?
A: Buddhism
Q: The term ‘cabriole’ can refer to what part of a piece of furniture?
A: The legs or supports
Q: In what Russian city was the renowned jewellery manufacturers Faberge founded in 1842
A: Saint Petersburg
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘A regal coronet and a famous horse race work well together for fine porcelain’.
A: Royal Crown Derby
24th October
Q:What metamorphic rock is traditionally used in Inuit (Eskimo) carving?
A: Soapstone
Q: In April 1987 Sotheby’s held a $50 million record breaking single owner jewellery sale in Geneva. To what controversial lady who had passed away a year earlier did this lavish collection belong?
A: Wallis Simpson
Q: What BBC comedy drama series which ran from 1986-1994 revolved around an East Anglian based antiques dealer?
A: Lovejoy
Q: The ‘Jacobean Revival’ is synonymous with which decade of the 20th century?
A: 1920's
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘A fish followed Micheal for an American artist’.
A: Jackson Pollock
17th October
Q: An exhibition of what iconic rock star’s artefacts and life in general which opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in March 2013 holds the record for being the most visited in the museum’s history?
A: David Bowie
Q: What late Victorian English artist, whose decadent studies in pen and ink were a huge influence on the psychedelic illustrators of the 1960’s died aged just 25 in 1898?
A: Aubrey Beardsley
Q: What marine plant is often seen ‘topping’ oak stools from the 1920’s/1930’s?
A: Seagrass
Q: Bizarre and Fantasque were ranges created by what ever popular ceramic artist who was active from 1922-1963?
A: Clarice Cliff
Q: Vesta cases were pocket size portable boxes made to contain what?
A: Matches
10th October
Q: What is a daguerreotype?
Q: The Snuff Taker is one of the more common examples of what type of jug?
Q: What is usually the most obvious visible difference between a 30 hour and an 8 day long case clock?
Q: Where would a ‘bird cage’ be found on a snap top tripod table?
Q: What English city lends its name to a distinctive blue glassware?
3rd October
Q: What is the mark of the Birmingham silver assay office?
A: An anchor
Q: Name the poet, novelist and textile designer forever associated with Liberty fabrics?
A: William Morris
Q: Orrefors is a glassworks found in what Scandinavian country?
A: Sweden
Q: Sculptures by Henry Moore can be found in the grounds of what Norwich arts centre/museum?
A: Sainsburys Centre for Visual Arts
Q: Hester Bateman was perhaps the most famous 18th century British female what?
A: Silversmith
26 September
Q: When first put up for auction in 1985, whose custom painted Rolls Royce became the world’s most expensive car at $2.3million
A: John Lennon
Q: John Gould and John Audubon were artists who specialised in painting what?
A: Birds
Q: The term ‘Famille Rose’ is used to describe a type of porcelain from what country?
A: China
Q: What is the name of an auctioneer’s hammer?
A: Gavel
Q: Which modern artist created the controversial ‘My Bed’ in 1998
A: Tracey Emin
12 September
Q: What is a cricket cage?
A: A small cage or container in which the Chinese would keep a pet cricket.
Q: With which country do you associate the ‘Empire’ style?
A: France
Q: Ostensibly taking it’s name from the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn, what is the distinctive feature found on Lynn glass?
A: Horizontal ribbing or banding
Q: What is the popular name of the mineral traditionally used in the production of smoking pipes?
A: Meerschaum or if you're a clever clogs, sepiolite
Q: The terms verge and fusee are associated with what?
A: Clocks and watches
5 September
Q: Robert Thompson a fine furniture craftsman of Kilburn, North Yorkshire, used a very distinctive carved ‘signature’, leading to him being known by what name?
A: Mouseman
Q: Robert Whistler’s iconic painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 is better known by what name?
A: Whistler's Mother
Q: The sackbut is an early form of which popular brass musical instrument?
A: Trombone
Q: In terms of glassware, what does ‘historismus’ mean?
A: Glass manufactured in the antique style, often decorated in enamels
Q: In what year did BBC’s Antiques Roadshow first hit our screens?
A: 1979. Although it was based on a 1977 documentary so Quizmaster Mark will accept that answer.
29th August
Q: Name the company founded in Stoke On Trent in 1894 that became famous for their figures of horses and other animals as well as producing a best selling range of Beatrix Potter characters.
A: Beswick
Q: Harvested to virtual commercial extinction by the 1920’s, which member of the mahogany family was once the most prized by cabinet makers.
A: Cuban Mahogany
Q: Which Expressionist artist painted The Scream in 1893.
A: Edvard Munch
Q: The 20th century American visual artist Man Ray worked in which medium?
A: Photography
Q: Created by the sculptor F.W. Pomeroy, the Statue of Justice can be found atop which London building?
A: The Old Bailey or The Central Criminal Court
22nd August
Q: Made famous by the Staffordshire company of T.G.Green & Co, what is the name of the iconic tableware decorated with horizontal blue and white stripes?
A: Cornish Ware.
Q: In existence between 1919 and 1933, Bauhaus was an art school found in which country?
A: Germany
Q: Cello, gin, ahem! Is an anagram of the name of what artist and sculptor?
A: Michelangelo
Q: What is an etui?
A: A small case fitted with miniature implements such as scissors, bodkins etc.
Q; J.J.Kandler, perhaps the most celebrated of all 18th century modellers is associated with which German porcelain manufactory?
A: Meissen
15th August
Q: What is ‘trench art’?
A: Decorative items (not all made by soldiers!) produced during World War One and often repurposed from, for example, shell cases.
Q: Deruta and Urbino were major centres of pottery production in which country?
A: Italy
Q: What is a stilyard?
A: A simple weighing balance
Q: In what century was Leonardo da Vinci born?
A: The 15th Century (1452)
Q: In furniture terms, what is a Canterbury?
A: A low, open topped rack with slatted partitions intended to hold sheet music or magazines.
8th August
Q: Arne Jacobsen was responsible for some of the most iconic furniture designs of the mid twentieth century. What was his nationality?
A: Danish
Q: From what natural material were gramophone records made before being superseded by vinyl in the 1950’s?
A: Shellac
Q: The German company of Thonet were the originators of which type of cheaply produced chair which reached its peak of popularity during the late 19th and early 20th century?
A: The Bentwood chair
Q: Which member of the Royal Family who is 21st in line to the throne is a noted furniture maker?
A: Viscount Linley or David Linley
Q: Painted in 1930, Grant Woods’ study of two rather austere looking ‘country folk’ is titled American _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
A: Gothic
1st August
Q: Name the so called 'Big Two' auction houses
A: Christies & Sothebys
Q: What forename goes before Harmenszoon van Rijn to give you the rarely used full moniker of the 17th century Dutch master who is considered one of the greatest artists of all time?
A: Rembrandt
Q: Traditionally made from silver, what is a tastevin?
A: A shallow cup used for wine tasting.
Q: What name is given to pottery produced by the likes of Bernard Leach, Lucy Rie and Michael Cardew?
A: Studio pottery
Q: If the French use an Armoire, what do we use?
A: Wardrobe
18th July
Q: Famed for it’s glass making, what is the name of the string of Islands found within the Venetian Lagoon?
A: Murano
Q: Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet were central figures within which art movement?
A: Impressionism
Q: A 1959 Martin guitar recently sold in auction for a record 6 million dollars. To which late American guitarist did it belong?
A: Kurt Cobain
Q: Donald McGill is the most famous illustrator of what specific type of collectable postcard?
A: Saucy seaside
Q: Lesney Products were the original manufacturers of which popular collectable die cast toy/model car?
A: Matchbox
11th July
Q: What is a standish?
A: An inkstand or deskstand
Q: Which country within the United Kingdom is famed for it’s decoratively carved ‘love spoons’?
A: Wales
Q: A must for all collectors, what is a loupe, or loup?
A: A magnifying eyeglass
Q: The Fighting Temeraire is perhaps the best known work by which 18th/19th century English Romantic artist?
A: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Q: In Chinese culture and highly prized in some of their ceramics, what is the ‘Imperial’ colour?
A: Yellow
4th July
Q: What is a teapoy?
A: A small table or stand with a 'box top' that opens to reveal a fitted tea caddy
Q: Which architect and designer is seen as the father of the ‘Scottish School’ of Art Nouveau?
A: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Q: If traditional rocking chairs move back and forth on curved ‘rockers’, on what does an American style rocking chair rock?
A: Springs
Q: What precious hard stone has a colour variant known as Mutton Fat?
A: Jade
Q: What form of printing is synonymous with Japanese Art?
A: Woodblock
27th June
Q: Consisting mainly of tin, which grey metal alloy has traditionally been used to make tableware since Roman times?
A: Pewter
Q: Together with the American Jann Haworth, which famous British artist designed the sleeve for the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?
A: Peter Blake
Q: Collectors of needlework requisites will be more than familiar with Bodkin cases, but what is a bodkin?
A: A thick blunt needle
Q: A commonly seen 19th century lustre glaze used on ceramics and usually pink is generically named after which North Eastern English City?
A: Sunderland
Q: When talking antiques, what does an Horologist make?
A: Clocks or watches
20th June
Q: Which brand of furniture synonymous with mid 20th Century British design was manufactured by E. Gomme Ltd of High Wycombe?
A: G-Plan
Q: In which BBC antiques quiz which ran from 1965-1977 did Arthur Negus appear as resident expert?
A: Going for a Song
Q: Chiltern Toys, founded in 1908 are perhaps most famous for producing which nursery favourite?
A: The Teddy Bear
Q: We all know that gramophones (or record players!) play discs, but what shape were the records played on a phonograph?
A: Cylindrical
Q: Which Devon town gives its name to a particular lacework which originated in the 17th century?
A: Honiton
13th June
Q: The Wiener Werkstatte was an artistic co-operative established in which European city in 1903?
A: Vienna
Q: What is an Orrery?
A: A mechanical model of the solar system.
Q: For what type of glass was the French company Galle most renowned for? (Think of Granny's brooch!)
A: Cameo
Q: Which silver assay office which closed in 1701, used a castle above a lion as it's first town mark?
A: Norwich
Q: Which town in Kent gave it's name to a specific type of intricately inlaid woodwork?
A: Tunbridge, or Royal Tunbridge Wells.
6 June 2020
Q: Which city in central France is historically a centre of ceramic and enamel production?
A: Limoges
Q: Did J.M.W. Turner paint primarily in oils or water colours?
A: Watercolours
Q: Benin bronze originated in which modern day African country?
A: Nigeria
Q: David Andersen was a silversmith and Goldsmith from which country?
A: Norway
Q: Bog oak, used in Irish folk art ornamentation, is preserved in and retrieved from what?
A: Peat Bogs
30th May 2020
Q: What was the first name of the 18th century cabinet maker and designer Hepplewhite?
A: George
Q: What form of silver plating preceded the electroplating process?
A: Sheffield Plate
Q: Which cubist artist painted Guernica?
A: Picasso
Q: In medical terms, what was a fleam?
: A bloodletting tool
Q: In which Welsh city was the Cambrian Pottery founded in 1764?
A: Swansea
23rd May 2020
Q:What is treen?
A: Small household objects made from wood
Q:For what were the German company Armand Marseille famous for making?
A: Dolls
Q: What is the only English county in which the semi precious mineral Blue John is found?
A: Derbyshire
Q: What was the christian name of the French glass designer Lalique?
A: Rene
Q: How do you pronounce the name of the Scottish pottery Wemyss?
A: 'Weems'
16th May 2020
Q: Often seen in silver, what is a pap boat?
A: A boat shaped receptacle for feeding infants
Q: Tempera is a medium of painting often used in religious icons. What is usually mixed with the pigments to form it?
A: Egg yolks
Q: Geoffrey Baxter is a famous name in British modern design. For which company did he work?
A: Whitefriars
Q: ‘Birds Eye’ is a particularly figured form of which wood.
A: Maple
Q: Which area of South London was the capital’s main centre of delft ware production during the 18th century?
A: Lambeth
9th May 2020
Q. Rookwood and Grueby were pottery manufacturers found in which country?
A: USA
Q. What was a piggin?
A: A wooden pail with one stave longer than the others, meaning this could be used as a handle.
Q. To which artistic ‘brotherhood’ did John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti belong?
A: The Pre-Raphaelites
Q In which county is Nailsea, the site of a commercial glassworks that gave it’s name to a distinctive type of 19th century glassware?
A: Somerset
Q Of what piece of furniture are Glastonbury, Wainscot and Gainsborough types?
A: Chairs
2nd May 2020
Q: For what was the French ceramics manufacturer Samson well known for producing?
A: Reproductions of English, Continental and Oriental pieces.
Q: How would one describe a Wellington chest?
A: Tall and narrow, sometimes with a hinged vertical side bar that secured all of the drawers when locked in place.
Q: What is spelter?
A: A zinc alloy often patinated to give the impression of bronze.
Q: For what was the 18th/19th century craftsman Paul Storr known for?
A: He was a gold and silversmith.
Q: What was Parian porcelain intended to replicate?
A: Marble.
Q: What does a notaphilist collect?A: Unsurprisingly bank notes or paper currency in general.
Q: The Thinker and The Kiss are the most famous works by what French sculptor born in Paris in 1840?A: Auguste Rodin
Q: Portico, Skeleton, Lantern and Mystery are all types or styles of what?A: Clocks
Q: Manufactured by Ridgway between 1957-1970, what was the name given to the iconic range of black and white tableware, the pattern of which illustrated contemporary furniture and cutlery?A: Homemaker
Q: Solve this cryptic clue ‘Rolo Pact may give you Shropshire ceramics’.
A: Coalport
28 November
Q: Often seen in 18th century Delftware, what is the distinctive feature of a ‘barber’s bowl’?A: A 'cut out' to the rim, into which the throat would be placed.
Q: St. Louis and Clichy are French glassworks associated with which specific ornamental items?A: Paperweights
Q: Fiddle, Queens and Hanoverian are all patterns or styles found in what?A: Cutlery or flatware
Q: The name of what enduringly popular style was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes which was held in Paris in 1925.
A: Art Deco
Q: Solve this clue ‘Disney’s cartoon chipmunks might give you an 18th century cabinet maker’.
A: (Thomas) Chippendale
22 November
Q: What is the popular name of the collectable metal plaques that throughout the 18th and 19th centuries insurance companies fixed to the front of buildings to indicate that they held insurance?
A: Fire marks
Q: Quite possibly Britain’s most famous artwork, who painted The Haywain?
A: John Constable
Q: Roquairol, a work by the German Expressionist artist Erich Heckel provided the inspiration for the cover art of what David Bowie album, the title track of which is often cited as a career highlight?
A: "Heroes"
Q: Often found in architecture and on furniture, what does the term ‘Linenfold’ refer to?
A: Carved or moulded motifs representing folds or scrolls of linen
Q: Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride was the first plastic made from synthetic components. Articles made from it can be rather sought after. What is it’s popular name?
A: Bakelite
14th November
Q: What is the most common colour of ‘Carnival’ glass?
A: Orange
Q: How many sides does a traditional Credence cupboard have?
A: If the back edge is included it's 6. But they are generally termed '5 sided' so either will do... as will 'half an octagon'!
Q: What was the name of Andy Warhol’s New York studio?
A: The Factory
Q: Carter, Stabler & Adams and Carter & co are previous names of which much loved pottery which prior to going into administration in 2006 was found on England’s south coast?
A: Poole Pottery
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘Ash heads up country for a little piece of wood’.
A: Treen
7 November
Q: What type of two flap tea/supper table which was popular throughout the Regency and Victorian periods, shares it’s name with a Welsh county?
A: Pembroke
Q: A prayer wheel is an often collectable cylindrical device, on the outside of which is written a mantra. Which religion are they associated with?
A: Buddhism
Q: The term ‘cabriole’ can refer to what part of a piece of furniture?
A: The legs or supports
Q: In what Russian city was the renowned jewellery manufacturers Faberge founded in 1842
A: Saint Petersburg
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘A regal coronet and a famous horse race work well together for fine porcelain’.
A: Royal Crown Derby
24th October
Q:What metamorphic rock is traditionally used in Inuit (Eskimo) carving?
A: Soapstone
Q: In April 1987 Sotheby’s held a $50 million record breaking single owner jewellery sale in Geneva. To what controversial lady who had passed away a year earlier did this lavish collection belong?
A: Wallis Simpson
Q: What BBC comedy drama series which ran from 1986-1994 revolved around an East Anglian based antiques dealer?
A: Lovejoy
Q: The ‘Jacobean Revival’ is synonymous with which decade of the 20th century?
A: 1920's
Q: Solve this cryptic clue. ‘A fish followed Micheal for an American artist’.
A: Jackson Pollock
17th October
Q: An exhibition of what iconic rock star’s artefacts and life in general which opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in March 2013 holds the record for being the most visited in the museum’s history?
A: David Bowie
Q: What late Victorian English artist, whose decadent studies in pen and ink were a huge influence on the psychedelic illustrators of the 1960’s died aged just 25 in 1898?
A: Aubrey Beardsley
Q: What marine plant is often seen ‘topping’ oak stools from the 1920’s/1930’s?
A: Seagrass
Q: Bizarre and Fantasque were ranges created by what ever popular ceramic artist who was active from 1922-1963?
A: Clarice Cliff
Q: Vesta cases were pocket size portable boxes made to contain what?
A: Matches
10th October
Q: What is a daguerreotype?
Q: The Snuff Taker is one of the more common examples of what type of jug?
Q: What is usually the most obvious visible difference between a 30 hour and an 8 day long case clock?
Q: Where would a ‘bird cage’ be found on a snap top tripod table?
Q: What English city lends its name to a distinctive blue glassware?
3rd October
Q: What is the mark of the Birmingham silver assay office?
A: An anchor
Q: Name the poet, novelist and textile designer forever associated with Liberty fabrics?
A: William Morris
Q: Orrefors is a glassworks found in what Scandinavian country?
A: Sweden
Q: Sculptures by Henry Moore can be found in the grounds of what Norwich arts centre/museum?
A: Sainsburys Centre for Visual Arts
Q: Hester Bateman was perhaps the most famous 18th century British female what?
A: Silversmith
26 September
Q: When first put up for auction in 1985, whose custom painted Rolls Royce became the world’s most expensive car at $2.3million
A: John Lennon
Q: John Gould and John Audubon were artists who specialised in painting what?
A: Birds
Q: The term ‘Famille Rose’ is used to describe a type of porcelain from what country?
A: China
Q: What is the name of an auctioneer’s hammer?
A: Gavel
Q: Which modern artist created the controversial ‘My Bed’ in 1998
A: Tracey Emin
12 September
Q: What is a cricket cage?
A: A small cage or container in which the Chinese would keep a pet cricket.
Q: With which country do you associate the ‘Empire’ style?
A: France
Q: Ostensibly taking it’s name from the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn, what is the distinctive feature found on Lynn glass?
A: Horizontal ribbing or banding
Q: What is the popular name of the mineral traditionally used in the production of smoking pipes?
A: Meerschaum or if you're a clever clogs, sepiolite
Q: The terms verge and fusee are associated with what?
A: Clocks and watches
5 September
Q: Robert Thompson a fine furniture craftsman of Kilburn, North Yorkshire, used a very distinctive carved ‘signature’, leading to him being known by what name?
A: Mouseman
Q: Robert Whistler’s iconic painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 is better known by what name?
A: Whistler's Mother
Q: The sackbut is an early form of which popular brass musical instrument?
A: Trombone
Q: In terms of glassware, what does ‘historismus’ mean?
A: Glass manufactured in the antique style, often decorated in enamels
Q: In what year did BBC’s Antiques Roadshow first hit our screens?
A: 1979. Although it was based on a 1977 documentary so Quizmaster Mark will accept that answer.
29th August
Q: Name the company founded in Stoke On Trent in 1894 that became famous for their figures of horses and other animals as well as producing a best selling range of Beatrix Potter characters.
A: Beswick
Q: Harvested to virtual commercial extinction by the 1920’s, which member of the mahogany family was once the most prized by cabinet makers.
A: Cuban Mahogany
Q: Which Expressionist artist painted The Scream in 1893.
A: Edvard Munch
Q: The 20th century American visual artist Man Ray worked in which medium?
A: Photography
Q: Created by the sculptor F.W. Pomeroy, the Statue of Justice can be found atop which London building?
A: The Old Bailey or The Central Criminal Court
22nd August
Q: Made famous by the Staffordshire company of T.G.Green & Co, what is the name of the iconic tableware decorated with horizontal blue and white stripes?
A: Cornish Ware.
Q: In existence between 1919 and 1933, Bauhaus was an art school found in which country?
A: Germany
Q: Cello, gin, ahem! Is an anagram of the name of what artist and sculptor?
A: Michelangelo
Q: What is an etui?
A: A small case fitted with miniature implements such as scissors, bodkins etc.
Q; J.J.Kandler, perhaps the most celebrated of all 18th century modellers is associated with which German porcelain manufactory?
A: Meissen
15th August
Q: What is ‘trench art’?
A: Decorative items (not all made by soldiers!) produced during World War One and often repurposed from, for example, shell cases.
Q: Deruta and Urbino were major centres of pottery production in which country?
A: Italy
Q: What is a stilyard?
A: A simple weighing balance
Q: In what century was Leonardo da Vinci born?
A: The 15th Century (1452)
Q: In furniture terms, what is a Canterbury?
A: A low, open topped rack with slatted partitions intended to hold sheet music or magazines.
8th August
Q: Arne Jacobsen was responsible for some of the most iconic furniture designs of the mid twentieth century. What was his nationality?
A: Danish
Q: From what natural material were gramophone records made before being superseded by vinyl in the 1950’s?
A: Shellac
Q: The German company of Thonet were the originators of which type of cheaply produced chair which reached its peak of popularity during the late 19th and early 20th century?
A: The Bentwood chair
Q: Which member of the Royal Family who is 21st in line to the throne is a noted furniture maker?
A: Viscount Linley or David Linley
Q: Painted in 1930, Grant Woods’ study of two rather austere looking ‘country folk’ is titled American _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
A: Gothic
1st August
Q: Name the so called 'Big Two' auction houses
A: Christies & Sothebys
Q: What forename goes before Harmenszoon van Rijn to give you the rarely used full moniker of the 17th century Dutch master who is considered one of the greatest artists of all time?
A: Rembrandt
Q: Traditionally made from silver, what is a tastevin?
A: A shallow cup used for wine tasting.
Q: What name is given to pottery produced by the likes of Bernard Leach, Lucy Rie and Michael Cardew?
A: Studio pottery
Q: If the French use an Armoire, what do we use?
A: Wardrobe
18th July
Q: Famed for it’s glass making, what is the name of the string of Islands found within the Venetian Lagoon?
A: Murano
Q: Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet were central figures within which art movement?
A: Impressionism
Q: A 1959 Martin guitar recently sold in auction for a record 6 million dollars. To which late American guitarist did it belong?
A: Kurt Cobain
Q: Donald McGill is the most famous illustrator of what specific type of collectable postcard?
A: Saucy seaside
Q: Lesney Products were the original manufacturers of which popular collectable die cast toy/model car?
A: Matchbox
11th July
Q: What is a standish?
A: An inkstand or deskstand
Q: Which country within the United Kingdom is famed for it’s decoratively carved ‘love spoons’?
A: Wales
Q: A must for all collectors, what is a loupe, or loup?
A: A magnifying eyeglass
Q: The Fighting Temeraire is perhaps the best known work by which 18th/19th century English Romantic artist?
A: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Q: In Chinese culture and highly prized in some of their ceramics, what is the ‘Imperial’ colour?
A: Yellow
4th July
Q: What is a teapoy?
A: A small table or stand with a 'box top' that opens to reveal a fitted tea caddy
Q: Which architect and designer is seen as the father of the ‘Scottish School’ of Art Nouveau?
A: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Q: If traditional rocking chairs move back and forth on curved ‘rockers’, on what does an American style rocking chair rock?
A: Springs
Q: What precious hard stone has a colour variant known as Mutton Fat?
A: Jade
Q: What form of printing is synonymous with Japanese Art?
A: Woodblock
27th June
Q: Consisting mainly of tin, which grey metal alloy has traditionally been used to make tableware since Roman times?
A: Pewter
Q: Together with the American Jann Haworth, which famous British artist designed the sleeve for the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?
A: Peter Blake
Q: Collectors of needlework requisites will be more than familiar with Bodkin cases, but what is a bodkin?
A: A thick blunt needle
Q: A commonly seen 19th century lustre glaze used on ceramics and usually pink is generically named after which North Eastern English City?
A: Sunderland
Q: When talking antiques, what does an Horologist make?
A: Clocks or watches
20th June
Q: Which brand of furniture synonymous with mid 20th Century British design was manufactured by E. Gomme Ltd of High Wycombe?
A: G-Plan
Q: In which BBC antiques quiz which ran from 1965-1977 did Arthur Negus appear as resident expert?
A: Going for a Song
Q: Chiltern Toys, founded in 1908 are perhaps most famous for producing which nursery favourite?
A: The Teddy Bear
Q: We all know that gramophones (or record players!) play discs, but what shape were the records played on a phonograph?
A: Cylindrical
Q: Which Devon town gives its name to a particular lacework which originated in the 17th century?
A: Honiton
13th June
Q: The Wiener Werkstatte was an artistic co-operative established in which European city in 1903?
A: Vienna
Q: What is an Orrery?
A: A mechanical model of the solar system.
Q: For what type of glass was the French company Galle most renowned for? (Think of Granny's brooch!)
A: Cameo
Q: Which silver assay office which closed in 1701, used a castle above a lion as it's first town mark?
A: Norwich
Q: Which town in Kent gave it's name to a specific type of intricately inlaid woodwork?
A: Tunbridge, or Royal Tunbridge Wells.
6 June 2020
Q: Which city in central France is historically a centre of ceramic and enamel production?
A: Limoges
Q: Did J.M.W. Turner paint primarily in oils or water colours?
A: Watercolours
Q: Benin bronze originated in which modern day African country?
A: Nigeria
Q: David Andersen was a silversmith and Goldsmith from which country?
A: Norway
Q: Bog oak, used in Irish folk art ornamentation, is preserved in and retrieved from what?
A: Peat Bogs
30th May 2020
Q: What was the first name of the 18th century cabinet maker and designer Hepplewhite?
A: George
Q: What form of silver plating preceded the electroplating process?
A: Sheffield Plate
Q: Which cubist artist painted Guernica?
A: Picasso
Q: In medical terms, what was a fleam?
: A bloodletting tool
Q: In which Welsh city was the Cambrian Pottery founded in 1764?
A: Swansea
23rd May 2020
Q:What is treen?
A: Small household objects made from wood
Q:For what were the German company Armand Marseille famous for making?
A: Dolls
Q: What is the only English county in which the semi precious mineral Blue John is found?
A: Derbyshire
Q: What was the christian name of the French glass designer Lalique?
A: Rene
Q: How do you pronounce the name of the Scottish pottery Wemyss?
A: 'Weems'
16th May 2020
Q: Often seen in silver, what is a pap boat?
A: A boat shaped receptacle for feeding infants
Q: Tempera is a medium of painting often used in religious icons. What is usually mixed with the pigments to form it?
A: Egg yolks
Q: Geoffrey Baxter is a famous name in British modern design. For which company did he work?
A: Whitefriars
Q: ‘Birds Eye’ is a particularly figured form of which wood.
A: Maple
Q: Which area of South London was the capital’s main centre of delft ware production during the 18th century?
A: Lambeth
9th May 2020
Q. Rookwood and Grueby were pottery manufacturers found in which country?
A: USA
Q. What was a piggin?
A: A wooden pail with one stave longer than the others, meaning this could be used as a handle.
Q. To which artistic ‘brotherhood’ did John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti belong?
A: The Pre-Raphaelites
Q In which county is Nailsea, the site of a commercial glassworks that gave it’s name to a distinctive type of 19th century glassware?
A: Somerset
Q Of what piece of furniture are Glastonbury, Wainscot and Gainsborough types?
A: Chairs
2nd May 2020
Q: For what was the French ceramics manufacturer Samson well known for producing?
A: Reproductions of English, Continental and Oriental pieces.
Q: How would one describe a Wellington chest?
A: Tall and narrow, sometimes with a hinged vertical side bar that secured all of the drawers when locked in place.
Q: What is spelter?
A: A zinc alloy often patinated to give the impression of bronze.
Q: For what was the 18th/19th century craftsman Paul Storr known for?
A: He was a gold and silversmith.
Q: What was Parian porcelain intended to replicate?
A: Marble.