Finch & Co’s feast of objets d’art

Mirabilia is Latin for marvels – an apt title for Finch and Co’s Summer Exhibition, a treasure chest of objets d’art showing at Masterpiece London, the international fair for arts, antiques and design.

Today, we keep dogs as pets and we bet on the horses. In 18th century China, every child had a pet cricket, and movers and shakers made huge sums betting on their champion fighting crickets. These were transported in ivory ...