Alastair Dickenson is a silver expert. He has made regular appearances on the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow since 1992.[1] Educated at Epsom College, he began his career in the silver trade by joining one of London's major auction houses, Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, in 1971.[2][3] By 1983 he had been appointed Head of Antique Silver at Asprey, moving up to becoming a Director of the Antiques Department in 1994. In 1996 he started up his own business in Jermyn Street.[4]
He has lectured all over the world on 16th- to 19th-century silver and silver fakes.[5]
References
- ^ Milward, Charlie (9 November 2020). "Antiques Roadshow expert's warning against 'criminal offence' as item 'illegally altered'". Daily Express. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Alastair Dickenson". BBC One Antiques Roadshow. BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Retired Site | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Alastair Dickenson". Antiques Trade Gazette. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "VMFA: What's New: Bbc's ALASTAIR DICKENSON TO SPEAK OCT. 24 ON HISTORY OF SILVER FAKES AND FORGERIES". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
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