Pocket watches owned by Horatio Nelson, Thomas Hardy and Cuthbert Collingwood and consulted throughout the Battle of Trafalgar, are coming for sale next month. They will be sold together as a single ...

A Paris court has delayed the sale of the earliest-known calculator. Scheduled for sale at Christie’s in Paris on November 19, the auction of the scientific instrument w… ...

The Worcester factory was founded at Warmstry House in 1751 by a deed of partnership with 15 members. The period from foundation to 1783, when it was acquired by Thomas Flight, is known as the First ...

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is launching a new fair in the East Midlands.

A rare visual record of a ‘legendary’ boxing match that took place in Gretna Green in 1816 drew a strong contest itself at an auction in North Yorkshire. Offered at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) sale ...

It was very much a local concern and local is the best word to describe the scope of factory and its wares, the geographical spread of its original clientele and, by and large, the nature of its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TEFAF Maastricht will return to the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC) from March 14-19, 2026 (with March 12-13 by invitation only). The fair will feature 276 dealers and galleries from ...