Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France's Ancien Régime, they were ...

Other cases that have emerged from the murky world of antiques dealings in France in the past decade include that of the late ...

In the early 2010s, two ornate chairs said to have once belonged on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the French antiques market.Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for the ...

Above it would be the pattern number written ... find three letters also stamped on the back, a piece may be from before the vintage era, as the letters indicated dates between 1860 and 1906. Villeroy ...

It is a 320-mile round trip from Cork to Dublin, and, for those carrying precious metals by coach or on horseback in the 18th century, a dangerous one ... Youghal and Waterford stamped their wares ...

The 18th-century vessel was found during an excavation of Ground Zero in July 2010. But details about the boat have perplexed historians until now – just in time for America's 250th anniversary.

“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Lost and found but now home at the New York State Museum, researchers and archaeologists are preparing a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit focused on an 18th-century revolutionary ...

On Tuesday 3rd September 2019, MP Anna Turley tweeted a photo from inside the House of Commons of fellow MP Jacob Rees-Mogg reclining on the government benches.

One such example of the ‘power within’ in India comes from the life and mission of Ahilyabai Holkar, the 18th century queen of Malwa, a princely state in today’s Madhya Pradesh. On May 31 ...