A group of 30 Old Masters, including pictures by Fragonard and Watteau, held in a private collection for decades and rarely seen in public will be offered at Christie’s Paris this spring. Many of the ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Within the broader context of 18th century drinking glasses there are certain areas which form the basis of specialist collecting fields. One of these is Beilby glassware, a class mostly of drinking ...

A huge single-owner collection of Oscar Wilde letters, books and portraits are going under the hammer at Bonhams next month.

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 ...

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 ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

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 ...

Antiques are being scrapped in bulk as the price of silver continues to soar. The spot price for silver in the UK rose above £50 per troy ounce for the first time on December 22,… ...