EditorialLantern Slide - Discovery II in Solid Ice, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936, Lantern slide of the Discovery II during the Ellsworth Relief Expedition. When the photograph was taken, the ship was still about 500 miles from its destinat...
Editorialwithout case covered with ivory, with hinged lid with beveled front and back and with two drawers, with a hinged lid with beveled front and back and two drawers. All sides are completely decorated with openwork ivory plates with inside rosette and pear...
EditorialSaucer with tulips, In the flat the saucer, where the center point is visible in the center, are punched using stamp shapes: a round high middle part, surrounded by four times a repetition of the motifs of a round pointed leaf shape as well as a bear s...
EditorialTravel accessories with sewing, toilet and writing utensils, Travel accessories with turtle, high rectangular model with bombed lid with silver handle, two flaps with silver buttons, standing on silver legs and with sewing, toilet and writing materials...
EditorialSaucer, multicolored with Chinoiserie, on the shelf a floral ornament with still life, Dish of faience. Multicolored painted with Chinoiserie, a floral ornament with still life on the shelf. Edge decoration with three times repeated flower pattern., an...
EditorialCase of gold with six enameled scenes, with flower and green vendors, children and two still lifes respectively, showing flower and vegetable sellers, children and two still lifes. In leather case, dyed green skin (?), vegetables, flowers, Mathieu Coin...
EditorialChrist in the House of Mary and Martha Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, On a rising floor is a set table, behind which Christ sits between John and Lazarus. To the right of them are two more apostles sitting on a table, the first one representin...
EditorialCharger with a qilin Dish with a qilin near a rock among plants, Large porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf in a medallion a qilin with flames near a rock, surrounded by fruit plants (grape, banana plant, melon). The inner wall with...
EditorialTile with still life, Tile with a blue painted still life of a vase with flowers and a bird. In the background, a belly shaped pot. In the corners, a spider., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1750, earthenware, tin glaze, h 12.5 cm ? w 12.5 cm ? t ...
EditorialMedallion portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1744-1797), The Konig (crowned in 1786), turned to the left in profile, wears a tail wig with a bow and under a suit of armor a shirt, of which the border is still visible. Over the back and ...
EditorialField of sixteen tiles with fruit still lifes, Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a blue painted fruit still life with a spider in the corners., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1650 - c. 1700, earthenware, tin glaze, h 51.5 cm ? w 51.5 cm ? t 2.5 cm.
EditorialTobacco brazier, Round tobacco brazier on three profiled, flat, broadening legs. The edge of the brazier is scalloped. The brazier has a starter for a stem. On the photo the wooden handle is still present, but now the handle is missing. The brazier is ...
EditorialPlate, Octagonal plate with a still life in various colors and gold, consisting of a flower vase with prunus and camellia on a low pedestal and on a lacquerabouret with a so-called Hand of the Buddha (citrus medica var sarcodactylis). The rear with bra...
EditorialTile tableau with sixteen tiles, On the tableau a blue painted rider. At the bottom in the background a cavalry battle. In the top left corner three putti with wreath and ribbon on which hangs a coat of arms and in the top right corner three putti with...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist Going out into the Wilderness The departure of John the Baptist to the desert, Round stained glass with representation of the departure of John the Baptist to the desert. In the foreground, in the middle, is depicted how John say...
EditorialFamily group portrait, Jean Martin Renaud (French, Sarreguemines 1746?1821 Paris), 1790?1810, French, Wax on slate, 4 3/4 ? 6 1/2 in. (12.1 ? 16.5 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Jean Martin Renaud (French, Sarreguemines 1746?1821 Paris), Renaud was a prol...
EditorialPrisoner with head and hands held in a restraint, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 1000?30 BC, From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 4.5 ? W. 3.6 ? D. 1.7 cm (1 3/4 ? 1 7/16 ? 11/16 in.), A figure is depicted whose head and arms are held in a restraint. The cast...