New Old Time

Rows of 18th century green glass vessels — bottles, decanters, flasks and goblets — displayed on the horizontal glazing bars of a large multi-pane window, backlit by soft natural daylight revealing their translucency

Glass in the Eighteenth Century: Craft, Commerc...

In the 18th century, glass was not merely a material — it was a technology, a luxury, a scientific instrument, and an art form. From the furnaces of Murano to...

Glass in the Eighteenth Century: Craft, Commerc...

In the 18th century, glass was not merely a material — it was a technology, a luxury, a scientific instrument, and an art form. From the furnaces of Murano to...

Aerial view of a Chinese imperial garden pond with ornamental goldfish and koi in deep red, golden orange, white and mottled patterns swimming among lily pads and lotus flowers

Billardon de Sauvigny and the First European Go...

In 1780, Edme-Louis Billardon de Sauvigny published the first European monograph dedicated exclusively to goldfish — a landmark work that introduced 88 varieties of ornamental fish to Western science, and...

Billardon de Sauvigny and the First European Go...

In 1780, Edme-Louis Billardon de Sauvigny published the first European monograph dedicated exclusively to goldfish — a landmark work that introduced 88 varieties of ornamental fish to Western science, and...

Interior of a Victorian country house conservatory with exotic ferns, palms and orchids in terracotta pots, cane chairs and wrought-iron table with teacup, soft light filtering through curved glass panels

The Victorian Greenhouse: Architecture, Glass, ...

The Victorian greenhouse was not merely a place to grow plants. It was an architectural achievement, a scientific laboratory, a social space, and a symbol of the age's conviction that...

The Victorian Greenhouse: Architecture, Glass, ...

The Victorian greenhouse was not merely a place to grow plants. It was an architectural achievement, a scientific laboratory, a social space, and a symbol of the age's conviction that...

Mount Vesuvius erupting at night seen from the Bay of Naples, incandescent lava column reflected on dark water with sailing vessels silhouetted in the foreground, 18th century aquatint aesthetic

Sir William Hamilton and the Grand Tour: The Di...

Sir William Hamilton went to Naples as a British diplomat and stayed to watch a volcano. Over thirty years of systematic observation, he transformed the study of Vesuvius from antiquarian...

Sir William Hamilton and the Grand Tour: The Di...

Sir William Hamilton went to Naples as a British diplomat and stayed to watch a volcano. Over thirty years of systematic observation, he transformed the study of Vesuvius from antiquarian...

Honeybees on lavender and wildflowers in a Georgian English garden, wooden beehives in the mid-ground and beekeepers in period veils tending the hives in the background

The Honeybee as Scientific Object: From Swammer...

No insect has been studied more intensely, or with more wonder, than the honeybee. From Jan Swammerdam's 17th-century microscope to the Georgian copper-plate engravers of 1792, the honeybee has been...

The Honeybee as Scientific Object: From Swammer...

No insect has been studied more intensely, or with more wonder, than the honeybee. From Jan Swammerdam's 17th-century microscope to the Georgian copper-plate engravers of 1792, the honeybee has been...

Flappers in gold fringe, black beaded silk and emerald green dancing with gentlemen in white tie at a glamorous 1920s London jazz club, warm chandelier light and Art Deco interior

London After the War: Jazz, Cabarets, and the R...

When the guns fell silent in 1918, London erupted. The jazz clubs, cabarets, and West End theaters of the 1920s were not mere entertainment — they were a collective act...

London After the War: Jazz, Cabarets, and the R...

When the guns fell silent in 1918, London erupted. The jazz clubs, cabarets, and West End theaters of the 1920s were not mere entertainment — they were a collective act...