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A temporary export bar has been placed on Banquet Still Life by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz. de Heem
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Consumers and antique industry advised to check latest CITES guidance ahead of 1 January 2021
A temporary export bar has been placed on a 500 year old late Gothic statuette of St Christopher worth £10 million
A temporary export bar has been placed on a rare ebony longcase clock dating to the 17th century
The new measures target antique firearms used in violent crime and mean that up to 26,000 guns will now require firearms licences.
From 22 September, owners of certain firearms previously regarded as antique will require a licence.
A temporary export bar has been placed on painting The Nativity by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi worth over £460,000
A temporary export bar has been placed on a watch owned by King George III worth more than £2 million
A temporary export bar has been placed on Algernon Marsden by Jacques Joseph 'James' Tissot
A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting The Earl of Dalhousie by John Singer Sargent, a leading portrait painter of his generation
A temporary export bar has been placed on View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi by Bernardo Bellotto
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