Over a 30-year period Edward Curtis (1868–1952) published the largest volume of work photographing indigenous Americans. Between 1900 and 1930, the photographer travelled across US states west of the ...

Among such examples on offer currently is a 13 star US naval flag, which will offered at William Coo… ...

Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

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 ...