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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 ...

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 ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included the results of an 18-month research project into a rare 17th century painting of black and white women.

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 ...

Trevor Francis won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest and both winner’s medals were snapped up at auction at Piers Motley A football collection of shirts, medals and international caps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next year marks the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most famous naval battle in British history. Heading into this year’s mere 219 th anniversary – October 21 – Berkshire auction ...

Gurr Johns, the art advisor that owns UK auction house Dreweatts, has opened an office in Paris. The firm, which describes ...

Oxford’s Legge Carpets & Textiles is hosting a retrospective exhibition, which is celebration of Christopher Legge’s five decades in the business. 50 Years- Along the Way runs until October 27.