TV PRESENTER and porcelain expert David Dickinson has helped launch the new Minton range of fine bone china at York's Mulberry Hall. Two hundred guests attended the UK re-launch of the Royal Doulton brand at the fine china shop in Stonegate.

Mr Dickinson presents TV's Bargain Hunt as well as appearing on the Antiques Roadshow as an authority on porcelain.

He is pictured with several Majolica Monkey Garden Seats, which were first produced for the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Nine hundred and fifty have now been reproduced exclusively for Mulberry Hall as a numbered, limited edition, retailing at £98.

Updated: 10:23 Saturday, November 24, 2001