The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of tributes pouring in following the death of silver dealer and Flog It! expert Michael Baggott. We apologise for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

There was high demand for a collection of what appeared to be Roman dental instruments at a recent Apollo Art Auctions sale.

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 ...

Almost every sporting activity you can think of is represented in the memorabilia market and many sectors of the antiques industry have their own sporting sub-sector: silver, ceramics, paintings, ...

If you are new to the art market you may find this list of terms frequently used by Antiques Trade Gazette helpful. Living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are ...

Although now familiar to generations of children, the industrial process of die-casting only came into being towards the end of the First World War. Forcing a molten alloy into a mould under pressure ...

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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 ...

British awards and decorations have many fascinating stories. There are two major categories: campaign medals and gallantry medals. Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, ...

A striking example of English country house portraiture, commissioned to record architectural changes to a Cheshire family seat in the mid 18th century, has sold for £150,000 (plus premium).