A locket purportedly containing a lock of Napoleon’s hair was offered at Gorringe’s in Lewes on October 8. The yellow metal case was inscribed 'Hair of Napoleon 1st St Helena 1816' and came with a ...
Following an 18-month conservation and research project at the Yale Center for British Art, an enigmatic double portrait that drew a dramatic competition at auction in 2021 is going on display at its ...
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 ...
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 ...
A painting acquired at a regional auction has been identified as a rediscovered work by the Canadian painter Helen McNicoll (1879–1915) and valued at £300,000 on the TV show ‘Fake or Fortune?’ ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two studies by Orientalist artists offered with attractive estimates catch the eye of bidders at auctions in Dorset and Surrey Watercolour portraits by the Orientalist painter Carl Haag (1820-1915) ...