Antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery is closing after 12 years as its founder is switching his interest to new projects. The ...

Silver spoons for the dining table have been around since antiquity - a much longer history than the table fork, which did not come into general use until the 18 th century. By this time spoons had ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Works by the multi-faceted Scottish wood-engraver, book illustrator, painter and teacher Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980) come to the market only occasionally, and when they do emerge they are almost ...

A dealer and estate agents are to open an auction house in Cheshire in the new year. Founded by an antiques dealer with auction house experience, his family, and two estate agents, the … ...

Art and antiques saleroom Truro Auction Centre has been put up for sale as a going concern after 35 years in business. Martyn Rowe, the owner and auctioneer of the firm in Redruth, plans to take 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 ...

First used in clockmaking by the Dutchman Christiaan Huygens in 1656, the pendulum made for near frictionless time-keeping, while it was the anchor mechanism (probably invented around the same time by ...

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 ...

Burmantofts Pottery was born out of James Holroyd’s architectural brickworks, taking advantage of the rich local deposits of both coal and clay. However, today, the church built in Shakespeare Street ...

For many people, part of the joy of being a collector is meeting, sharing and learning with like-minded others. Learned societies and collectors’ clubs are a wonderful way to connect with an active ...