Philip Howell

Philip Howell has worked with Matthew Barton at 25 Blythe Road since 2011.

Phil has been a specialist ceramics valuer and auctioneer for most of his career including thirty years at Sotheby’s, where he was head of the European Ceramics and Glass department. Phil oversaw a number of flagship sales including The Chatsworth House attic sale, The Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie sale of 18th century Meissen porcelain, The Grant-Dixon collection of 18th century Worcester porcelain, The Lambray collection of English delftware and The Colin Hanley collection of 18th century teapots. 

Phil is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and has served on the Vetting Committee at the London Olympia Antiques Fair.