Montacute House in Somerset has appeared in a number of period dramas including Sense and Sensibility and The Libertine and ...
The outer layer of the pewter coin reads "Continental Currency 1776," and was designed by Benjamin Franklin. The center of the coin depicts the sun and a sundial, along with the words ...
The end of the spoon shows a woman in an ornate horned headdress. The use of pewter was common in the Middle Ages, and was popular until developments in glass making in 18th and 19th centuries.
Savory dishes from the 18th and 19th century are served throughout Colonial ... is highly detailed in colonial fabrics, furniture and pewter. I had a wonderful meal at King’s Arms, while ...
APPRAISER: It's an 18th century button mold. You can see when you open it up. Here there's a large button. Then it would have cast three smaller buttons. They'd be cast in pewter. You can actually ...
Police are hunting for burglars who stole several precious antiques from a National Trust stately home. The burglars broke ...
A rare 18th century coin found at the bottom of a toffee ... The intended purpose of the pewter piece is unknown, and it’s inconclusive whether it was originally made as a coin or a medal.
“Items, including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne), a pair of French Empire ormolu candelabra, a pewter mug and plate, plus several items of porcelain were stolen from Montacute ...
A Co Antrim man is swapping one castle for another as he joins the ranks of the famous Beefeater guards at the Tower of ...
Items, including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne), a pair of French Empire ormolu candelabra, a pewter mug and plate, plus several items of porcelain were stolen from Montacute ...
The items stolen were a treasured part of the collection, in particular the epergne which was commissioned by Edward Phelips ...