David-Andersen Silver of Norway
The company was founded in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway by David Andersen in 1876. Andersen...
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Norwegian Silver Hallmarks & Silversmiths of Norway
Hallmarks have been used in Norway since the Sixteenth Century. The system included, at various...
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821)
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 in Corsica into a gentry family. Educated at...
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Mutoscope and Biograph
Soon after leaving Edison in 1895, W.K-L Dickson became a member of a syndicate formed to develop...
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Music Memorabilia
Music memorabilia is very big at the moment and certainly fetches pretty hefty sums at auction....
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Tang Sancai Coloured Glazed Pottery
When a railway was under construction in 1899, many pieces of exquisite pottery were unearthed...
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Spratling Silver and Hallmarks
WILLIAM SPRATLING, an innovative and talented designer of Mexican jewelry, silver...
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A Bit More Information About Clocks
The earliest timepieces were probably simple candles with notches marked in them. Each notch was...
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Modernism (c.1918 to 1950)
Modernism is more a way of thinking than a style. Modernists believed that the design of an object...
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