Pop into any antique store in the country and you’ll likely find at least one porcelain doll sitting on a shelf (probably next to the vintage figurines). But how much are these delicate dolls worth?

John Ruskin, England’s leading art critic, debated the merits of watercolors with her. A porcelain doll was made in her image and sold at Christmas. A variegated red rose was named after her.

Like many Victorian bachelors ... But then, uncertainty is a consistent theme in the Alice books. Jenny Woolf, a London-based journalist, is author of the recently published The Mystery of ...