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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).

A letter signed 'Mary the quene' to William Paget on the outbreak of Wyatt's Rebellion, January 28, 1554, is to appear at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull on February 5 with an estimate of ...

A high-flying lot came to Glasgow saleroom Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in the form of a rare First World War subject by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931).

Over a 30-year period Edward Curtis (1868–1952) published the largest volume of work photographing indigenous Americans. Between 1900 and 1930, the photographer travelled across US states west of the ...

Among such examples on offer currently is a 13 star US naval flag, which will offered at William Coo… ...

The Worcester factory was founded at Warmstry House in 1751 by a deed of partnership with 15 members. The period from foundation to 1783, when it was acquired by Thomas Flight, is known as the First ...

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Welsh auction house Rogers Jones is conducting the largest house clearance it has undertaken in 33 years.

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 ...

Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

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 ...