EditorialProduction of glass_1, Glass is made from certain salts, sand particles and ashes by melting in a fire. The raw materials are melted in the kiln and the resulting pieces are shredded afterwards, woodcut, p. 471, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf ...
EditorialGold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator, Hellenistic, 221?204 B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Gold, 1 1/16 in., 0oz. (2.7 cm, 27.77g), Coins, head of Ptolemy III, Euergetes/double cornucopiae, minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Gold and silver were the primary raw ...
EditorialPlacuna placenta, Print, The windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta) is a bivalve marine mollusk in the family of Placunidae. They are edible, but valued more for their shells (and the rather small pearls). The shells have been used for thousands of years...
EditorialPlacuna placenta, Print, The windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta) is a bivalve marine mollusk in the family of Placunidae. They are edible, but valued more for their shells (and the rather small pearls). The shells have been used for thousands of years...
EditorialPlacuna placenta, Print, The windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta) is a bivalve marine mollusk in the family of Placunidae. They are edible, but valued more for their shells (and the rather small pearls). The shells have been used for thousands of years...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when Syri...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, whe...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when...
EditorialGold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator, Hellenistic, 221?204 B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Gold, 1 1/16 in., 0oz. (2.7 cm, 27.77g), Coins, head of Ptolemy III, Euergetes/double cornucopiae, minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Gold and silver were the primary raw ...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when Syri...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, whe...
EditorialGold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when...
EditorialVase with cover (one of a pair), 1784?95, Spanish, Madrid, Soft-paste porcelain, Height (with cover): 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The Buen Retiro factory was established in 1759 when Charles VII of Naples became Charles III of Spain. In t...