LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'. Art and antiques dealers had been part of the event since 2021. At this summer’s fair, running from … ...

A funerary stela was essentially the ancient Egyptian equivalent of a tombstone, … ...

Billed as ‘the last opportunity to own something very personal from the family’s own collection’, a group of drawings, paintings, letters and memorabilia relating to Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of JMW Turner’s first exhibited oil painting coming to Sotheby’s after being spotted at a regional sale last year.

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 ...

English Drinking Glasses English drinking glasses have a long collecting pedigree. Certain types have been sought out for many centuries as ceremonial accoutrements, but the idea of collecting them as ...

Transfer Printed Pottery The advent of underglaze transfer printing, perfected at the Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent in 1784, marked a key moment in the history of British ceramics.

However, the Poole Pottery, as it became known, is now remembered as the maker of instantly recognisable Art Deco ware and the striking wares of the 1960s which marked it among the most innovative of ...

A new record has been set for a luxury handbag as the 'original' Hermès Birkin bag was hammered down at €7m at Sotheby's in Paris. The black leather bag is called the original as it was owned and ...

Lowestoft Porcelain The East Anglian fishing port of Lowestoft, set far away from the other centres of 18th century porcelain production like London, Staffordshire or Liverpool, began producing ...

Whitefriars Glass Britain’s longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, was purchased by James Powell for his three sons in 1834. It subsequently led fashion and technology in ...

Relic of Crimean War appears after half a century A piece of militaria history has become available to the public for the first time in over 50 years, and is offered by dealers Knight Fine Antiques ...