Nothing cheers me up as much as a beautifully laid table. A table laid with care, with well made dishes, glasses and cutlery, is the...

When I see Bow figures, I find them hard to resist. Often the ones I find are so banged up or badly restored that I can't really get...

It's that time of the month - my next column in Homes & Antiques has come out, and this time it is about a revolutionary man who changed...

Time for a splendid lunch in the garden...? Today we are looking at this stunning dessert service. In the early 1900s there were as many...

Happy Easter everyone! I've been laying low a bit while dealing with covid (thankfully the vaccine did its job so I am fine) but with the...

It's all about collecting in this new May issue of Homes & Antiques, and of course they asked me to write about my own collection. So I...

A while ago I was very lucky to come across a garniture of three Ridgway vases from about 1810-1815. They immediately caught my eye, as...

This week I have a very fine Derby figure for you of a "Ranelagh" dancer from the 1760s. She would originally have come with a male...

The "Grand Tour" inspired tea service I showed two weeks ago was popular - and it is already on its way to a lucky buyer. Today I have...

Spring, so far, hasn't gone as planned. I had expected the joy of longer days and the first flowers to be my main focus by now, but...