The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of the surge in precious metals prices leading to a temporary suspension in the trade of scrap silver.

"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 ...

Tudor map of Devon town bought by local museum. A rare Tudor map of the Devon town Kingsbridge has been acquired by South West Heritage Trust.

Drawing competition between six phone bidders, a rare work depicting St Ives in Cornwall by David Bomberg (1890-1957) flew above estimate at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland’s latest Modern Art & ...

A 'lost' portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns, rediscovered at auction last year, has been loaned to the National Galleries Scotland for exhibition by its new owner. Dr William (Bill) Zachs, ...

BADA Friends launches spring/summer event calendar. Art and antiques specialists Geoffrey Munn, Robert Tucker and Bentley & Skinner are among those involved in the latest schedule ...

The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the British public in 2024 (the most recent available figures) has soared to close to 80,000 items. The latest Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) and ...

The Royal Air Force Museum has purchased two preparatory drawings for major wartime paintings by Walter Thomas Monnington (1902-76). The two sketches from 1943-44 showing aircraft in flight were ...

The continuing surge in precious metals prices has led to a temporary cessation in the trade of scrap silver. Both gold and silver reached all-time highs on global markets today (January 26), with the ...

Silver spoons for the dining table have been around since antiquity - a much longer history than the table fork, which did not come into general use until the 18 th century. By this time spoons had ...

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 ...

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, ...