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Five periods, drawn where the standard reference works draw them.

Georgian

Georgian 1714–18373 piecesEverything here is older than photography, which is a strange thing to hold in your hand. We run the era to 1837 so William...

Victorian

Victorian 1837–19011 piece

Edwardian

Edwardian 1901–19141 pieceThe trades were still at full strength and the machinery had finally caught up with them, and the whole period sits inside that overlap.

Interwar & Deco

Interwar & Deco 1918–19392 piecesThe dates run 1918 to 1939. Pieces made in 1919 already look like the twenties, whatever the textbooks prefer, and we file by the...

Mid-Century

Mid-Century 1945–19693 piecesThe first things in the catalogue that somebody's grandmother owned new. Research works differently this close to the present. Labels and receipts survive, and...

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