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 ...

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 ...

The years between the loss of the American colonies and George IV’s death in 1830 were the golden age for single-sheet political caricatures – bracketing the careers of two giants of the genre, James ...

A group of bronze statues have been stolen from a manor house in Wiltshire during a jazz festival. Unknown suspects broke into the grounds and property of Iford Manor, near Bradford on Avon and stole… ...

A scarce copy of a pioneering photograph book showing views of the Norfolk Broads has been consigned to south London saleroom Roseberys. Discovered in Maryland in the US, the rare surviving copy of ...

A new one-day multi-dealer venture opens in central London this week.

Bonhams is offering a rare portrait of former US President Abraham Lincoln seated with his young son Tad. The 5.25 x 3.75in (13 x 10cm) albumen print represents the only time Lincoln was photographed ...

From dealers and auction houses, here is the latest round up of people moves. Terence Woodcock, known as Terry, will be ...

Furniture experts fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal A court in Pontoise, near Paris ...

Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The 22 pieces, many of them created in deeply personal ...

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week. The flambé Carp vase, last sold in 2012, comes up for sale at Woolley & Wallis this week with a … ...

An early 17th-century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 – 30-times its estimate – in south London. Museums from the ...