Now a fixture of everyday life, the coffee table has its roots in a far more formal past, shaped by global trade, changing ...

(CNN) — A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s ...

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal ...

Seven: The number of green brass mid-century ... kiddush cups, candlesticks and mezuzahs. The style is iconic to many American Jews, and the seder plate is a replica of a 19th-century plate ...

and 19th-century watercolor sketches were snapped up by bidders. But the rare, pre-Civil War portrait of the formally-dressed Black man that was expected to sell for $300,000 to $500,000 was ...

Just five miles west of Medford, this 19th-century time capsule with its brick buildings ... you might spend hours sifting through items before finding that perfect brass candlestick or hand-stitched ...

The toys were often intended for adults, rather than children More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction for almost £200,000. The collection of toys made out of w ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...

The contents are going under the hammer with Victor Mee auctions Ecclesiastical pieces included in the sale The sale includes four sets of Stations of the Cross 19th-century wooden statue (Lot 566 ...

In his letter, the cardinal said that Elenita de Jesús, a missionary catechist of the 19th century, “lived under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, in charity and in the proclamation of the Gospel ...

a brass trade ring,” Mackinac State Historic Parks Archaeology Curator Dr. Lynn Evans said. “Although these rings are sometimes referred to as 'Jesuit Rings,' by the eighteenth century they ...

A rare and impeccably restored 19th century-villa in the Czech Republic is available for sale outside Děčín, after its owner spent 15 years and £12 million (US$15.03 million) to revive the ...