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 ...

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 ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a rare Louis Vuitton steamer trunk from the 1920s or earlier making a six figure sum at a Surrey auction.

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

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.

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 … ...

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 ...

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

A rediscovered portrait of author George Eliot will go on display at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. Art dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art discovered the chalk pastel portrait of a young woman at an au ...

A group of rare coins discovered hidden in a wall in a house in France sold at auction for €3m (£2.5m). More 2000 coins were stored in a chest which was built into the wall and hidden by a picture.