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 ...

Rare book fair returns to Dublin after three years. A fresh chapter of an old favourite is being planned for the summer in Ireland: The Dublin Rare Book Fair takes place from June ...

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of dealers in St James’s warning that rent rises could lead to firms closing.

A 1950s robot is among five lots to watch. With estimates from £500 here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has bought two 17th century Dutch still life paintings, one by Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-84) and one by his slightly older predecessor Pieter Claesz ...

National Army Museum acquires Victorian study from Cecil Court dealer. London dealer Darnley Fine Art of Cecil Court has sold a study of Henry Nelson O’Neil’s picture Eastward ...

Plea to find Coalbrookdale benches and sundial stolen in Herefordshire. The owner of a group of four antique Coalbrookdale benches and a decorative armillary sundial has made a pl ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The years between the loss of the American colonies and George IV’s death in 1830 were the golden age for single-sheet political caricatures – bracketing the careers of two giants of the genre, James ...