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Release the Hounds, Collingwoodites: Thieves Steal a Lock of Admiral...
Ladies and gentlemen, your help is urgently needed: The Lord Mayor of Newcastle’s Mansion in Fernwood Road in Jesmond has been broken into on 1 April. Police believe that burglars broke in through...
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Gallery of Fashion – Lady’s 18th Century Fashion Guide
After a lengthy drought in all things 18th century, the Antiques Roadshow finally featured something of interest to this blog again. And on one of your most popular topics: fashion! A lady brought...
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A bit Off-topic, but who could resist these incredible Victorian Earrings?...
While the focus of this blog is on all things 18th century, with emphasis on the Royal Navy, I sometimes come across something which is either so bizarre (the Battle for the Eternal Light, for...
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Horatio Nelson got a Make-Over
After the finding-royals-under-the-car-park fad, we now have the give-history-a-make-over craze. Historical hipsters: Shakespeare and Elizabeth I get makeovers from modern artists I admit, seeing...
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Extraordinary 18th Century Sewing Box. Sew Cute!
I have two left hands and ten thumbs, so I admire this item for the art it represents rather than the art you could create with it. And art it is; without a doubt one of the cutest sewing boxes I’ve...
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Shake it, Baby! For the 18th Century Bairn who has Everything
I admit I find this item as exciting as a ceremonial sword, and depending on the previous owner, it might have been just as dangerous…! Here we have a very rare – as it’s still intact! – 18th century...
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I captured Captain Jack Sparrow’s Ship.
And it may well be as whacky as a pink tank, but it will make me one of the coolest oul biddies at the retirement home one day. Arrr! Needless to say, I’d have preferred a Royal Navy one. But unlike...
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You have the Breeches, you have the Cravat – but do you have the Condom?
Probably not, but you could have bought this outstanding – stop chuckling! – piece twelve years ago from Christie’s. Thanks to The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice for finding this one. You couldn’t get more...
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Happy birthday to that noble fellow Collingwood!
I admit, the Great British Bake-Off it ain’t, but I can assure you that the cake tastes much better than the icing looks. Here’s to the noble fellow Collingwood, our dear Old Cuddy. May there be many...
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Trafalgar: Nelson, Navy, Nation. New Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum
Of course a new exhibition with that title had to open on Trafalgar Day. Hours: Open daily, 10.00-17.00 (last entry 16.30) Location: National Maritime Museum, floor two Admission: FREE I’m curious to...
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The Great Fire of London – now with additional Andrew Buchan!
Rejoyce, fellow history lovers and afiçionados of the ever lovely Andrew Buchan – I come bearing good news for you! ANDREW BUCHAN TO STAR IN ITV’S FOUR PART MINI SERIES “THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON”...
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Ladies and Gentlemen – Nelson’s Teapot!
Seeing how Easter is just around the corner, a Fabergé egg might have been more suitable to turn up on the Antiques Roadshow, but I thought that you’ll be just as happy with Nelson’s teapot. And it’s...
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The Georgian Children Thrones
Antiques Roadshow goes Games of Thrones… This is where the well-heeled Georgian family would have placed their little prince or princess for supper – it’s a miniature late Regency/Georgian dining...
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Did Napoleon get up your nose? No surprise!
Pardon the pun, but I couldn’t resist when coming across this snuff box on the Antiques Roadshow. A snuff box in the shape of Napoleon’s hat – now I’ve seen it all! Though not quite up there with...
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For Sale: “The Cockpit / Pit Ticket”– William Hogarth, original print, hand...
Mrs Molly Joyful is flogging off the crown jewels… THE COCKPIT / PIT TICKET by William Hogarth Engraving with hand colouring in watercolour on cream wove paper, 1759. 320×385 mm; 12×15 1/4 inches, wide...
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2015 goes 18th and 19th Century, telly-wise – what can we look forward to?
I’m still waiting for something to even remotely provide me with the entertainment and delight of Garrow’s Law and the handsomeness that’s Andrew Buchan (and no, neither “Call the Midwife”, “Downton...
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TV: Do Not Miss! Banished and Poldark will Start this Week!
And so it begins! BANISHED BBC Two Thursday, 5 March, 9pm In his latest TV drama Banished, writer Jimmy McGovern tells a brutal story about the first British convicts to be transported to Australia....
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