TODAY (Thursday, July 6) the spotlight will fall on 20th Century design at The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton.

The regular monthly antiques auction staged by Greenslade Taylor Hunt will feature the usual fine selection of jewellery, paintings, ceramics and furniture, but it will be augmented by a substantial selection of 20th Century design.

This section of the sale has been put together by auctioneer Simon Rayner, who was behind a similar successful sale earlier in the year.

Hghlights in the 20th Century design section include a “Helix” sideboard designed in 1950 for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The work by David Booth and Judith Ledeboer for Gordon Russell features a pair of rosewood veneered doors with ring handles and incised vertical interwoven lines revealing birch beneath, opening to an interior with fitted drawer, on tapering legs. It has a pre-sale guide of £150-£200.

There is good range of Danish furniture including a set of six teak model 75 dining chairs, circa 1954 by Niels Moller for J. Moller. They are guided at £300-£500.

Continuing the Scandinavian theme there is a modern Danish sideboard, with sliding doors enclosing birch interior with adjustable shelves, on slightly tapering supports, Danish Furniture Makers Control label inside, makers stamp to reverse. It has an estimate of £300-£400.

Certain to garner interest is a rare Lalique glass vase decorated in the ‘Beauvais’ style and engraved ‘R LALIQUE FRANCE’ to the base. It is estimated at £200-£300.

Another eye-catching item is a globe on stand. This attractive article is guided at an affordable £50-£80.

The sale will run throughout the day and commences at 10am with the jewellery section.