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 ...

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 ...

That, at least, was the theory. In fact, relatively little Irish ‘provincial’ silver made the journey to the metropolis to receive official approval – for reasons of security and economy. It is a ...

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 ...

Titanic memorabilia record set as pocket watch fetches £1.31m The pocket watch was awarded to the captain of RMS Carpathia, whose captain and crew saved more than 700 people A pocket watch presented ...

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The wider market is increasingly selective, but Qing mark and period porcelain continues to shine in the saleroom. The UK ...

The gold ground panel, which has been in the UK for approximately two centuries, was knocked down at… ...

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A replica Cheltenham Gold Cup awarded to Frank Vickerman, the owner of 1948 winner Cottage Rake, fet… ...

Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ...

More than £24,000 worth of items were stolen from National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset last month. A 1781 ...