The Last Primitive Luxury
Pantheon House by Philip Johnson & Alan Ritchie from New York The Last Primitive Luxury Luxury, by its very nature, evolves with the client and their individual and collective aspirations. Over time, most luxury sectors...
Understanding Indian Company School Artworks
“Every hut, equipage, utensil, and beast of India is picturesque.” – East India Company official Captain Rodney Mundy Indian Company School artworks, which have long been described as “picturesque”, hold a unique place in both...
Authentication and valuation, the twin priorities of the modern watch collector.
Is it real? How much is it worth? These are the two questions I am asked most frequently as a watch specialist. Twenty years ago, I would never have been asked seriously whether a watch...
Celebrating a triumvirate of British Book Illustration
It is not often that one gets the opportunity to stand and gaze upon the first folio of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies printed in 1623, but there I was in a small...
The Game’s Afoot!
The board game is enjoying a welcome revival. As with vinyl, a younger generation is embracing the analogue, and, once again, bookshops are stocking a variety of old-fashioned board games, albeit re-designed for the 21st...
Coronation Jewellery
The Crown Jewels are among the nation’s most precious treasures, comprising over 100 extraordinary objects, including the Sovereign’s Orb, Armills, spurs, maces, swords, gilt and silver-gilt banqueting plate, insignia, robes, orders and medals, each expressing...
Coronation Furniture
This May, His Majesty King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey; the 40th monarch (since the Norman Conquest) to receive anointment at that hallowed place. Yet, despite our considerable knowledge of coronations past,...
Coronation Medals
A Medal Glitters – a vignette by Alastair Ashford Every medal tells a human story and there are a lot of them about – medals and stories that is, and this leads us to place...
