Almost every sporting activity you can think of is represented in the memorabilia market and many sectors of the antiques industry have their own sporting sub-sector: silver, ceramics, paintings, ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Cartier Egyptian revival jewel being rediscovered and heading to auction this month. We apologise for the inconvenience.

It was very much a local concern and local is the best word to describe the scope of factory and its wares, the geographical spread of its original clientele and, by and large, the nature of its ...

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 ...

Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which has undergone a year-long authentication process is being offered at a Shropshire auction.

Over a 30-year period Edward Curtis (1868–1952) published the largest volume of work photographing indigenous Americans. Between 1900 and 1930, the photographer travelled across US states west of the ...

This is how Holbrook Jackson described his first visit to a small pottery dealership situated in Brownlow Street, Holborn, in 1910. He was not the first, nor the last, to be captivated by the ...

A football collection of shirts, medals and international caps belonging to Britain’s first million-pound player, Trevor Francis, was on offer at Piers Motley (18% buyer’s premium) in Exmouth, Devon, ...

A long-lost Cartier Egyptian revival jewel, previously known from an advert in ‘The Illustrated London News’, has been ...

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 ...

Holkham Hall is one of the great English estates. The 18th-century Palladian country house near the Norfolk Coast has a long history going back to the 1720s when it was built by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl ...