Recently found in a trunk containing the possessions of an Edwardian socialite, an electroplated teapot designed by Christopher Dresser c.1879 sold for £63,000 at auction in Cambridge. The teapot ...

An exceptional pair of late Qing blackwood throne chairs sold for Sin$185,000 (£108,000) at a recent sale at Hotlotz in ...

The Het Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands has acquired one of Vincent van Gogh’s (1853-1890) early portraits for €8.6m (£7.16m).

The Cotton Board had been founded to raise standards of design and improve exports in wartime. As th… ...

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Propstore’s auction in London on November 14 will feature props from Star Wars, James Bond and Batman ...

Antiques Roadshow experts will be giving talks on their respective specialist areas for the Huguenot Museum ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...