The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...

Felice Beato (1832-1909) was one of the first photographers to capture East Asia, with this panorama appearing at Chiswick Auctions A panorama of Mandalay Bay in Burma (Myanmar) by Felice Beato ...

Baggott Antiques have been a Stow-on-the-Wold staple since the 1970s and are having a sale to celebrate moving premises. After nearly 50 years of dealing in antiques from their shop in Church Street, ...

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 ...

Are you an ATG digital subscriber? If so, you can download the app and access the weekly editions of the newspaper for free – allowing you to read ATG on the move with a smartphone and tablet. Once ...

The inaugural antiques fair at Dunston Hall will be held on April 13, with a winter fair returning to the 19th century venue in November A new antiques and vintage fair will be held at Dunston Hall in ...

Initially inspired by the onset of Mother’s Day, Modern British Gallery are hosting an online exhibi… ...

A completed copy of a 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album will appear at Hansons on April 10. This was the first debut album from Panini, which had since 1961 been producing football cards only … ...

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 ...

Up to the mid-1670s, English glasses, like their Continental counterparts, were made of soda glass producing thinly constructed, lightweight vessels of fluid design. The patenting by George ...

That, at least, was the theory. In fact, relatively little Irish ‘provincial’ silver made the journey to the metropolis to receive official approval – for reasons of security and economy. It is a ...

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 ...