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    THE HOMES & ANTIQUES CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2020

    Nov 11, 2020 4 minutes
    COMPILED BY JANET GLEESON

    1. MYSTERY OBJECT

     What are these items?

    2. TECHNICAL TRIUMPHS

    a. What was remarkable about the Palladianstyle house designed by Edwin Lutyens and exhibited at the 1924 Empire Exhibition?

    b. Commissioned in 1726 by the 3rd Duke of Beaufort, what famous piece of furniture holds the record for the most expensive ever sold at auction?

    c. Which famous hard-paste porcelain was made in a fortress castle owned by Augustus, King of Poland?

    d. Who does the Victoria & Albert Museum describe as ‘the greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century’?

    e. Known as the Wedgwood of the glass industry, which long-running glass factory is associated with James Powell and Geoffrey

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