Antiques Features

Collecting antique wine

Rating: 0

July 11th 2008

Wine collecting is becoming increasingly popular, and is gradually shaking off its traditional image of being a "snobby" past-time practised by the pompous upper classes. You don't need to be a "connoisseur" of fine wines to be able...

The difference between silvers

Rating: 4

July 11th 2008

Buying antiques is more of a leisure pursuit than a necessity. People who buy antique silver flatware do so mainly to have a collection of designs and patterns of the past. People take pride in laying a dining table for special occasions with anti...

Antique fairs in Birmingham

Rating: 1

July 11th 2008

Antique fairs around BirminghamAlthough these dates are accurate at time of print, we cannot guarantee the dates of these fairs are correct.

Hall Marks

Rating: 2

July 11th 2008

The English hallmark system was born in 1300, when King Edward I ordered that every gold or silver item should be tested for fineness by the officers of the Goldsmiths' Guild in London before it could be offered for sale, and that a mark should be...

Wood Worm in Antiques

Rating: 2

July 11th 2008

What is woodworm? Woodworm refers to the larvae of any wood-boring beetle, rather than one particular species.