A cased pair of gold and silver inlaid flintlock pistols by the renowned French maker Nicolas Noel Boutet of Versailles, c.1805-14, which sold for $380,000 (£262,000) at an auction held by James Julia ...

"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 ...

Political caricatures often appear at auction as part of group lots, such as this example of Thomas Rowlandson’s ‘Accomodation Ladder’ which appeared as part of an album of 43 prints at Dominic Winter ...

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 ...

Art market terms – a glossary If you are new to the art market you may find this list of terms frequently used by Antiques Trade Gazette helpful. After When a work of art or an object is described as ...

An Egyptian sculpture of Isis became the most expensive lot ever sold at Christie’s South Kensington when it fetched £3.25m at their latest antiquities sale. Dating from c.664-525BC, the 2ft 4in (73cm ...

The relatively small number of surviving hollow wares represent the pinnacle of Scottish provincial silver collecting. This rare snuff box marked WJ, ABD for William Jamieson of Aberdeen, and engraved ...

London’s Natural History Museum has acquired a newly identified dinosaur from Mayfair dealership David Aaron.

A seaweed marquetry longcase with a five-knopped and finned pillar month-going movement. Signed to the 12in (30cm) square brass dial ‘William Pain, London’, a maker recorded in the 1729 list of ...

The galleries on Cork Street in Mayfair, London, have joined forces on a multi-part exhibition running all year.

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 ...

The ‘Mambury’ set of 10 apostle spoons, made by the prolific and renowned Daniel Cary, London 1607. Silver spoons with finials in the form of the Apostles – each with his identifying emblem – were ...