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Mark Hargreaves will be arranging a Study Day for October and details will be published in the August/September Newsletter
These study days are generally held at the Village Institute in
Ashford-in-the-Water, Nr Bakewell ~ STUDY DAY REPORT “What’s it worth?” On Friday 19th February 27 of us repaired to our favoured Study Day venue of the Ashford Village Hall, which has all the facilities we need (including car parking and the presence of Pat Paulett to deal with mid-morning coffee) and is not expensive to hire. The title of our day was “What’s it worth?”. In this we were led by Vivienne Milburn, whose expertise in these matters is regularly demonstrated in the magazine “Reflections”. Vivienne’s illustrations were presented digitally by James Kellie – a “first” for a Study Day. Vivienne briefed us thoroughly on the three important factors of provenance, authenticity and condition, and then set us a quiz covering the value of a wide range of items. Your Study Day organiser was ashamed when he was told his marks. After the usual buffet lunch at the Ashford Arms (‘hearty’ rather than ‘nouvelle cuisine’, but appropriate to a chilly day), we returned to the highlight of the proceedings – the appraisal and valuation by Vivienne of items brought by members. These included Lalique dishes, a Georgian silver teapot, a beautiful Ashford marble broach, some Royal Doulton figures, a sketch by David Hockney, and a cavalry bugle from the Franco-Prussian war (hardly decorative art, but it was that war which drove some of the French Impressionist painters briefly over to England). This was all great fun, and some members were pleasantly surprised at the value of their possessions. All in all, I am grateful to Vivienne Milburn, who has been in the throes of moving house, for finding the time to give us such an enjoyable day. MARK HARGREAVES |
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