Treasures: Creation, Emulation & Imitation

25th June 2025

Woolley and Wallis are, once again, very proud sponsors of this year’s Haughton International Seminar; a fascinating two day programme of lectures delivered by fifteen world class museum curators and academics at The British Academy in Carlton House Terrace on Wednesday 25^th and Thursday 26^th June 2025.

The seminar looks at a wide range of media from the Middle Ages to the 19th century including art treasures, the 18th century 'Porcelain Fever' of Augustus the Strong, the 19th century Arts & Crafts movement, royal sculptural collections, gold boxes and more, and will explore to what extent the works were creations, emulations or imitations.

Visit the Haughton.com website for the full seminar programme. Details of previous events can also be found online including videos of past lectures and more than 200 academic articles resulting from previous editions of the seminar. This year’s speakers are:

Dr Adriano Aymonino
Emerson Bowyer
Dr. Tobias Capwell
Angela Caròla-Perrotti
Ivan Day
Dr. Katharina Hantschmann
J.V.G Mallet
Sir Jonathan Marsden
Roger Massey
Professor Stacey Pierson
Justin Raccanello
Linda Roth
Dr. Elisa P. Sani
Dr Timothy Schroder
Dr Heike Zech

This year’s event is dedicated to the memory of Dame Rosalind Savill.