An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 260 November 13, 2023Clinton HowellWhat is old and what of the old is worth saving? It is an awkward question, one that touches on how we view and value the past let alone how...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 259 November 6, 2023Clinton HowellUnicorns are those pieces--furniture, porcelain, silver and other objects--that defy the norm or simple identification in a number of ways--there are no design precedents and neither the material or the...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 258 October 30, 2023Clinton HowellMuseums have been under fire recently for not taking care of what they have, notably the British Museum and the Deutsches Museum in Berlin. In the case of the British...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 257 October 23, 2023Clinton HowellI've been reading about the Countess of Jersey (1753-1821) in a biography by Tim Clarke, titled, "The Countess, The Scandalous Life of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey".
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 256 October 16, 2023Clinton HowellWhen I was six or seven years old, I went to a day camp where we made many car trips to various places that our counselors thought would keep a...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 255 October 9, 2023Clinton HowellAs soon as I had written about the vast space that Burning Man offers for the display of art, the New York Times published an article about artists wanting to,...
