Today, November 30, 2024, marks the 200th anniversary of the hanging of the banker and forger, Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824). Rumoured at the time to have squandered £250,000 in total on homes for his ...

A set of five photographic prints donated by model and photographer Pattie Boyd to a charity are bei… ...

While flower paintings by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) are now a familiar sight at auction and invariably a valuable proposition, his depictions of fruit and vegetables ...

The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...

Up to the mid-1670s, English glasses, like their Continental counterparts, were made of soda glass producing thinly constructed, lightweight vessels of fluid design. The patenting by George ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

"In their view, we Londoners know little about God, and nothing about pottery". Royal Doulton's rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries ...

Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...

If you are new to the art market you may find this list of terms frequently used by Antiques Trade Gazette helpful. Living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are ...

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Adam Partridge is selling one of the most stand-out pieces of pop culture fashion to come to market: John Lennon’s black velvet jacket he often wore (and was seen in the ‘Imagine’ film). The estimate ...

This enamel sign – possibly an early AA tourist sign – is thought to have been displayed at Temple Meads Train Station to direct arriving passengers to The Clifton Zoo. The black on yellow text reads ...