Antiques and Collectables

The first two chapters provide a resume of how the coinage of the central Roman state changed, developed and stumbled. In Britain most coins in mus...

Published from a conference organised by the Archaeological Leather Group and the Royal Armouries, this publication offers a multidisciplinary pers...

This book charts the creative path of the Italian jewellers Lyda Toppo and Bruno Coppola. Famed in the 1960s for their intricate, vibrantly coloure...

To mark the occasion of the 200th birthday of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden are organizing an exhibition that will...

Most transport tokens in Scotland were introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century, but until recent years they did not attract many collect...

"Just Must" (in Estonian: "black and nothing but") was the theme of a jewellery exhibition in Tallinn in 2008, initiated and organised by the Eston...

The National Trust owns and cares for the most important, varied and valuable collection of antiques in Britain. From Rubens paintings to Paul McCa...

Originally written in 1905, this volume examines the coins of Japan, especially appealing because of a subtle and impersonal charm which pervades t...

The leaping deer from the range of wooden toys from the Seiffen region is an international symbol in the gleaming eyes of children and collectors a...

Faberge: The Twilight Years introduces an incredible album of rare drawings from Carl Faberge's leading workshop in St Petersburg that have come to...

Although the connection between the invention of printing and the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century has long been a scholarly commonp...

The essential guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches—now with an improved design for easier browsing. Wristwatch Annual provides an exp...

This volume celebrates the work of William O’Sullivan, the first keeper of manuscripts at Trinity College, Dublin, who preserved, made more accessi...

The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of coll...

Colour vintage posters of iconic Disney movies and Parks attractions in this official colouring book! Travel back in time and discover posters for ...

This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, a...

From cave paintings to computers, this overview of the history of books and communication is written for the layperson and student. It provides cle...

Slipware has been one of the most popular types of pottery in Britain since its introduction over four centuries ago. By the seventeenth century th...

Here, at last, is the first comprehensive guide to those ingenious amusements which have delighted visitors to the seaside, fairground or exhibitio...

That there was an influx of silver dirhams from the Muslim world into eastern and northern Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries is well known, a...

For those living in Britain between 1939 and 1945, the war was an ever-present reality; reminders were to be found everywhere. Huge numbers of obj...

Mary Rockwood Powers reluctantly left her comfortable life as a doctor's wife in Wisconsin in 1856, one of the many women whose destiny as a settle...