Meet the mitchell-hedges crystal skull

Hannah Betts lucks out with a neckful of bijoux boho jewels

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

The piece I’d never part with

My spirit companion had a shock when we visited the cemetery together.

The fate of an Elizabethan hoard

Maddie set the hammered silver dish at the back of the cabinet and arranged the utensils around it, a double-ended spoon-fork, knives and a long-handled ladle. Beside each, she put a description card,