Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Auction record for 19th century literature as Brontë sisters' book in rare cloth binding emerges. An 1847 first edition of Emily Brontë’s 'Wuthering Heights' (together with 'A ...

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 ...

They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...

The contents of the London home furnished by a renowned Christie’s auctioneer and a distinguished interior decorator emerged at Dreweatts (27/26% buyer’s premium) earlier this month.

Rare view of wartime wreckage sets major auction record for Charles Rebel Stanton. Charles Rebel Stanton (1887-1954) was a flamboyant and multi-faceted artist. But, although he wa ...

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 ...

Antique clocks dealership to exhibit over 500 pieces in Norfolk. Olde Time’s open weekend returns this summer. Old Time, the ...

Henry Lamb drawing of Bloomsbury artist Dora Carrington quadruples estimate. A group of lots with a strong whiff of the Bloomsbury Group emerged at a recent auction held at North ...

A house record for Olympia Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) picture department came in early June when a beach scene by LS Lowry (1887-1976) took an above-estimate £190,000. Simply titled Figures on a ...