A sketch rescued in a dumpster in Hudson, New York is a long lost sketch by renowned English portrait painter George Romney.

A museum housing one of the world’s most significant private collections of Chinese export porcelain is due to open on 22 ...

The Daum glass factory of Nancy, France, is famous for its cameo glass, but that isn’t the only kind it made. When Jean Daum founded the factory in 1875, he made cut and enameled glass. His sons ...

From 18th century automatons that could write a full letter to the player pianos featured in every saloon, mechanical inventions have fascinated us for centuries. Yet the smallest pieces can garner ...

Traditional 18th century drinking glasses are still described by specialists very much according ... Equally, add more for unusual combinations of stem threads or extra knops. As with ceramics, a date ...

From Alabama's music capital to the self-proclaimed 'center of the universe,' these American towns are calling your name Laura Kiniry An 18th-century duke seeking to transform his estate into parkland ...

Imagine an elegant Italian city with a bit of French je ne sais quoi—that city is Turin (or Torino in Italian). Capital of ...

Despite the cold winter weather Smiths Auction sale on February 13-14 provided vendors with a something to smile about, with many items in the sale selling far beyond their estimates.

The 22 artifacts, some of which date back to the 18th and 19th centuries ... a hand drawn map of Okinawa from the 19th century, and various pieces of pottery and ceramics, officials said.

By Kurt Soller and Alina Lefa How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too. By Alice Newell-Hanson and Blaine ...