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 ...

Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

This manuscript recipe book from the 18th century was the top-selling lot among Worrall Thompson's items. It sold for £2600 ...

A good sum for a painting by Richard Eurich (1903-92) at an auction outside London came at Mallams’ latest Art & Music sale in Oxford. Consigned from a local deceased estate, the 19.5 x 2ft 6in (50 x ...

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

The second part of the Michael Baggott collection was a white-glove affair at Woolley & Wallis. All of the 120 lots offered in Salisbury on October 22 were sold, adding a further £80,000 to the £1… ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Bonhams being acquired by Pemberton Asset Management ...

Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened with a strong attendance and a string of sales reported on the first day of the fairs in Regent’s Park. At Frieze Masters, focused on art made before the year ...

An audacious robbery of valuable jewellery from the Louvre at the weekend has forced the museum to remain closed for investigation. At around 9.30am on Sunday, October 19 four men pulled up on mopeds ...

The Modern and Contemporary art market isn’t all about the expensive headline lots sold during Frieze week. Further down the food chain, a vibrant sector exists at much more affordable price points, ...

Christie’s reported a 20% year-on-year rise in the total for its evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art in London – the first auction in this category to take place under the firm’s updated rate ...

An original work by Salvador Dali discovered in a Cambridge-based house cleara… ...