The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...

The earliest known painted work by the Indian sculptor Ganpatrao Mhatre (1879-1947) drew international interest at a recent sale at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium). The untitled picture ...

Up to the mid-1670s, English glasses, like their Continental counterparts, were made of soda glass producing thinly constructed, lightweight vessels of fluid design. The patenting by George ...

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 ...

Despite ongoing concerns that the current economic uncertainty, anaemic growth and trade tariffs is affecting the supply of major lots, the value to auction houses of paintings by ‘big names’ was ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York buys 18th century reverse engraved glass picture Sutton Coldfield dealer Thomas ...

A Scottish dirk believed to have been used at the Battle of Flodden recently surfaced at Arthur Johnson & Sons in Nottingham. When Henry VIII invaded France in 1513, Scotland helped its Auld Alliance ...

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques LAPADA, the association of art and antiques dealers, has app… ...

Derbyshire event attracts visitors not just from the Peak District but Cheshire, the Midlands, Nottinghamshire and south Yorkshire ...

An autograph album containing the signatures of notable figures from the early 20th century is to appear at Chiswick Auctions in a timed sale ending May 18. The album provides an insight into the ...

International Antiques and Collectors’ Fairs (IACF) has announced that its biannual Celebration of Antiques held at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC) Stoneleigh will not be ...

The Petersfield Antiques Fair can lay claim to attracting the hard-to-target youth demographic. A young man called Ezra bought his first antique from fair organiser Ben Cooper at the latest Peters… ...