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The end of a pottery icon as Moorcroft Pottery closes its doors.

You may not be familiar with the name George Smart (1774-1846), but you might know the other name by which he went: The Tailor of Frant.

More than 3000 precious objects from 30 collections can be seen in one exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane

From just 2000 television sets in the world to nearly 1.8 billion today… it’s fair to say the invention was successful.

A 14th century Chinese handscroll sells for $52.2m – but it takes 97 minutes...

A medal awarded to the only dog in WWII to accompany an RAF pilot on active combat missions.

And no wonder: this Dragon King decoration only appears on this particular Wedgwood vase.

Victorian art pottery at its best, encompassing whimsical, comical and sometimes entirely Gothic domestic and decorative wares.

Popular in Victorian times were these rock crystal domes engraved on the reverse side and painstakingly detailed in oils.

A rare Elizabethan-period letter showed a nice little profit in just three years.

Undeniably sexy, from the early 1950s wearing her first stilettos became the defining moment for a woman.