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 ...

A desk used by JRR Tolkien during the final revisions to the Lord of the Rings trilogy has sold at auction in London for £260 ...

Art and antiques saleroom Truro Auction Centre has been put up for sale as a going concern after 35 years in business. Martyn ...

The London Original Print Fair will run from May 14-17, 2026 at Somerset House in London. Billed as ‘London’s longest running art fair’*, it has grown from just 16 exhibitors in 1985 to more… ...

Antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery is closing after 12 years as its founder is switching his interest to new projects. The ...

A dealer and estate agents are to open an auction house in Cheshire in the new year. Founded by an antiques dealer with auction house experience, his family, and two estate agents, the … ...

Works by the multi-faceted Scottish wood-engraver, book illustrator, painter and teacher Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980) come to the market only occasionally, and when they do emerge they are almost ...

The PBFA has announced that the three new rare book fairs it launched earlier this year will continue next year as part of a full calendar of events. Fairs at Kirkby Lonsdale, Frome and Dorchester ...

A rare ‘three by one’ number plate tailor made for any successful auctioneer comes for sale in Herefordshire. When bidding closes on the evening of Sunday, December 14, LOT 2 is expected to sell for ...

Due to be offered at Adam’s earlier this month, a panoramic view over Dublin Bay by Italian painter Gabriele Ricciardelli (1690-1782) was bought by an Irish cultural institution ahead of the sale on ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

Burmantofts Pottery was born out of James Holroyd’s architectural brickworks, taking advantage of the rich local deposits of both coal and clay. However, today, the church built in Shakespeare Street ...