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 ...

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 ...

With estimates from £3000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

Auction house Freeman's Hindman is offering an extensive collection of historic materials relating to US President Abraham Lincoln. Billed as ‘one of the most important Lincoln collections ever ...