They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...

"In their view, we Londoners know little about God, and nothing about pottery". Royal Doulton's rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries ...

Titanic memorabilia record set as pocket watch fetches £1.31m The pocket watch was awarded to the captain of RMS Carpathia, whose captain and crew saved more than 700 people A pocket watch presented ...

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The wider market is increasingly selective, but Qing mark and period porcelain continues to shine in the saleroom. The UK ...

The gold ground panel, which has been in the UK for approximately two centuries, was knocked down at… ...

Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ...

A replica Cheltenham Gold Cup awarded to Frank Vickerman, the owner of 1948 winner Cottage Rake, fet… ...

More than £24,000 worth of items were stolen from National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset last month. A 1781 ...

Sotheby’s is planning its first auction in Saudi Arabia in what will be the first sale to be held by an international auction house in the kingdom. Set for February 8, the two-part evening sale titled ...

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Vendor looks to double their money after discovering Anthony Van Dyck’s ‘only surviving landscape’ on the back of equestrian portrait Christie's is offering Anthony van Dyck’s (1599-1641) painting ‘An ...