EditorialLantern Slide - Mast Gully, Upwey, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of the straight tall timbers of Mast Gully in Upwey where replacement masts for ships in Melbourne harbour were acquired in the 1850s. It is thought the person in the imag...
EditorialHoly water bucket, round, The bucket is probably cast and turned with the handle inserts as a whole. The latter have been added. In the bottom you can see the center hole on the bottom. The bucket, widening upwards, stands on a sloping hollow base. The...
EditorialCavalry saber replacement officer D. Schipper, Steel cavalry saber of reserve officer D. Schipper. Steel sheath with a loose ring on which hangs a yellow sable brush on a brown-yellow cord. The blade has a blood channel and is engraved with motifs and ...
EditorialBalance standard with a counterweight Balance, The foot of the balance is three-step in cross-section. It is made up of a vaulted section decorated with mauresques in a low relief and a low platform with a straight wall with a block frame. On this are ...
EditorialA critical examination of Irish history : being a replacement of the false by the true, from the Elizabethan conquest to the legislative union of 1800 : Ingram, T. Dunbar (Thomas Dunbar), 1826-1901.
EditorialCoffee pot with stylized floral motifs, Porcelain coffee pot with a half spherical body, flat shoulder and long, narrowing neck. Slightly curved spout and high ear from the edge. Painted on the glaze in green and red. Stylized flower sprays on the outs...
EditorialA knife and fork in a case, Travel cutlery, two-piece, made of gold with enamel and diamonds, in a case made of seal skin with gold. The fork and knife each have a conical handle that widens towards the end and is decorated with enamel colored flowers ...
EditorialA critical examination of Irish history : being a replacement of the false by the true, from the Elizabethan conquest to the legislative union of 1800 : Ingram, T. Dunbar (Thomas Dunbar), 1826-1901.
EditorialLongcase clock, Clockmaker: Hermann Achenbach (German, born 1730, active before 1759?92), Clockmaker: Johann Schmidt (German, 1735?1795), Case by David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743?1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Marquetry panel by Reusch, ca. 1774?7...
EditorialCover of a coffee pot with stylized floral motifs, Lid of a plastic coffee pot with an upright handle, painted in green and red. Stylized flower sprays on the lid, continuous on the handle. The lid is a plastic replacement for the original. Designed by...
EditorialLantern Slide - Mast Gully, Upwey, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of the straight tall timbers of Mast Gully in Upwey where replacement masts for ships in Melbourne harbour were acquired in the 1850s.
EditorialHoist and emergency cart, Hoists and replacement cars for cannons, Fig. C-F, after p. 10 (part 2), 1730, Kazimierz Siemienowicz, Daniel Elrich, Thoma Leonhard Beeren: Vollkommene Gesch?tz-Feuerwerck- Und B?chsenmeisterey-Kunst: Hiebevor in Lateinischer...
EditorialMelonites sphaerica, Print, Nelomites is genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Cheiloceratidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Devonian (Famennian). This genus was originally described under the name Melonites Bogoslovski...
EditorialIncipit to Genesis. Initial 'I', with roundels containing scenes relating to Genesis and Christ. The text is a replacement for a missing portion, cut from the manuscript. Stavelot Bible. S. Netherlands [Stavelot]; between 1094 and 1097. Source: Add. 28...
EditorialTextile Panel for Fire Screen (replacement), c. 1780. France, Paris, 19th century. Needlepoint, wool on linen; overall: 89.5 x 66.7 cm (35 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.).
EditorialVina, c. 1850. India, British Period (1858-1947). Painted and gilded wood with ivory veneers and inlay; copper alloy frets; iron alloy strings (with one modern copper replacement); overall: 95.2 x 15.3 cm (37 1/2 x 6 in.).
EditorialIncipit to Genesis. Initial 'I', with roundels containing scenes relating to Genesis and Christ. The text is a replacement for a missing portion, cut from the manuscript. Stavelot Bible. S. Netherlands [Stavelot]; between 1094 and 1097. Source: Add. 28...
EditorialMiniature clock in the form of an elephant supporting a watch case, ca. 1750, watch dial a later 18th century replacement, possibly German, Dresden, Agate, heliotrope, gold and diamonds, H. 7-5/16 in. (18.6 cm), Horology, Hardstones?which were found in...
EditorialLongcase clock, Clockmaker: Hermann Achenbach (German, born 1730, active before 1759?92), Clockmaker: Johann Schmidt (German, 1735?1795), Case by David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743?1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Marquetry panel by Reusch, ca. 1774?7...
EditorialPaulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain, Edo period (1615?1868), 1859, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1829?1869), Hiroshige II w...
EditorialSide Chair, ca. 1927?28, Lacquered wood, replacement chamois, 35 in. ? 17 1/2 in. ? 20 1/2 in. (88.9 ? 44.5 ? 52.1 cm), Furniture, Jean Dunand (French (born Switzerland), Lancy 1877?1942 Paris), Although most Art Deco patrons were French, one of the er...
EditorialLute, late 16th century, Padua, Italy, Italian, Yew, spruce, ebony, maple, Height: 22 1/16 in. (56 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (German, active 1570?1610), The arched back is formed of 37 ribs, the neck a...
EditorialThe Virgin from a Pentecost Scene and the Figure of Saint Martin, ca. 1245?48, Made in Tours, Loire Valley, France, French, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint, Overall: 21 1/4 x 14 in. (54 x 35.6 cm), Glass-Stained, It is possible that the figure of th...
EditorialArmchair, ca. 1893, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Prima vera, American ash (secondary wood); marquetry of various woods and brass; replacement upholstery, 35 3/8 x 25 5/8 x 26 1/4 in. (89.9 x 65.1 x 66.7 cm), Furniture, Louis Com...