EditorialModel of a 30-Pounder Caronnade, Carronade, bronze model, from 30 tt. With the inscription '30 tt'er iron model a sesde part of the true size 'Furthermore two crossed anchors, between which' AmM.1800 'and' J.P. Asmus'. On case and carriage, on four whe...
EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1585, Oil on wood, 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231.8 x 173.3 cm), Paintings, Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548?1628 Munich), Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, whe...
EditorialStrap shoe made of gold turret leather with ankle strap trimmed with gold thread, Ladies shoe made of gold turret leather with ankle strap trimmed with gold thread. Model: The rounded pointed nose, one front sheet and two side sheets. Over the seam whe...
EditorialPhotograph - Bridal Party, Eileen Leech & Parents, Manchester, England, 1 Apr 1949, Photograph of Eileen Leech with her parents on her wedding day, Manchester, England, 1 August 1949. The photograph was probably one of a selection brought with them whe...
EditorialTea. An Essay upon the nature and qualities of Tea. Whe. London, 1699. Page of text. Image taken from An Essay upon the nature and qualities of Tea. Wherein are shown I. The Soil and Climate where it grows. II. The various kinds of it, etc. Originall...
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...
EditorialWoodcut to "Wie der Würffel auff ist Kumen". Published by Max Ayrer, Nuremberg, 1489). This woodcut is divided into two parts. Above: The Devil tempting a knight to gamble, the outbreak of a quarrel at the gaming table punished by death on the whe...
EditorialMiniature mountains representing the mythical realm Penglai, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Emerald, a, incl. base: 3 5/8 ? 1 7/8 ? 1 3/8 in. , Hardstone, Thought to be somewhere in the Eastern Sea, Penglai is the realm of immortals whe...
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...
EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1585, Oil on wood, 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231.8 x 173.3 cm), Paintings, Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548?1628 Munich), Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, whe...
EditorialChateau de Nohant, home of French romantic writer George Sand (1804-1876). Whe Napoleon III made himself Emperor, the liberal Sand retired to Nohant for good. The boudoir, in the background the desk on which she wrote the novel " Indiana. ".
EditorialRoom in the Villa Bertramka (composer Duschek's house), Prague's suburb of Smichov, where Mozart stayed in 1787 for the performance of the " Marriage of Figaro" and whe he finished " Don Giovanni" for the opera's firstnight at Pragu...