Recent discoveries, projects and news from Michael Mays.

• Birds fly high - a rare and important collection of 18th century ornithological pictures comes to the market
• Fancy Dress - a fine Chinese silk robe
• Out of the garden. A rediscovered Roman urn
• A rare cabinet piece - A notable Egyptian antiquity in Leicestershire
• Textiles in the attic - Arts & Crafts in Hampstead
• Printed Parables - Rare Old Master prints
• Old Master portraiture by private treaty
• Say it with flowers - An important British watercolour at auction