While the origins of the game date back over a millennium (early precursors have been traced to the 6th century AD), its popularity in Europe really started to grow in the Medieval period as the game ...

A rare Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet panel has been blocked from export from the UK after it was bought at auction at Spink in September last year. From January 23 your current password will no longer ...

International interest came to Bourton-On-The-Water in Gloucestershire this month when a Dutch Old Master emerged from a family collection at Tayler & Fletcher (23.5% buyer’s premium). The painting by ...

British awards and decorations have many fascinating stories. There are two major categories: campaign medals and gallantry medals. Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, ...

This is how Holbrook Jackson described his first visit to a small pottery dealership situated in Brownlow Street, Holborn, in 1910. He was not the first, nor the last, to be captivated by the ...

Her talent was first spotted in 1916 when she joined Arthur J. Wilkinson, a Burslem maker of standard transfer-printed earthenwares. She trained at art school and was eventually given her own studio ...

Tributes from across the world of art and antiques were paid to Flog It! star and silver antiques expert Michael Baggott who died following a stroke and heart attack. The sad news was announced on his ...

Mass-produced toys need to have something special to rise above the norm when it comes to auction value. A Matchbox vehicle offered at Teesside saleroom Vectis certainly fitted that bill. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...