The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund has successfully raised £3.8m after a public appeal to save Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red. The sculpture was blocked from ...

Gold jewellery that had belonged to a family in south London for generations was stolen in a burglary while the residents were still at home. Now police have released images of the jewellery ...

A rare mosaic by sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-93) is coming to auction from the collection of dealer Ken Bolan. Bolan, who previously ran gallery Talisman, is auctioning 400 items from his ...

Die-cast Toys Among the British toy makers who exploited the new technology of die-casting in the early 20th century were Dinky in the 1930s and then later they were followed by companies like Corgi, ...

Chess Sets The variety and styles of chess pieces made over the years offers huge scope for the keen international audience of collectors that operate in this area.

Scottish Provincial Silver Despite laws instructing goldsmiths to send their wares to Edinburgh (and later Glasgow) for hallmarking, many silversmiths from the burghs of Scotland enjoyed sufficient ...

However, the Poole Pottery, as it became known, is now remembered as the maker of instantly recognisable Art Deco ware and the striking wares of the 1960s which marked it among the most innovative of ...

Windsor Chairs The Windsor chair is recognised as one of the classics of English country furniture. They were often made by village craftsmen to traditional designs in native woods like elm, ash, ...

Royal Doulton Royal Doulton’s rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries brand, could scarcely have been predicted in 1877 when the Lambeth ...

The price is the most ever achieved for a work by Lubin Baugin. French auction house Vichy Enchères set a new high for 17th-century French painter Lubin Baugin (161… ...

The AMI Continental II jukebox appeared in 1962, a time when space race excitement was gripping the US. This radical look was noteworthy because jukeboxes until then were often inspired by the design ...

A pair of diamond earrings crafted by jewellery designer Andrew Grima (192… ...