EditorialFish carriers from Amsterdam, Brass carrier sign in the shape of a massive fish with head to the right, with a bearing eye on the back, one in place of mouth and one in place of tail fin. Front: fish. Reverse: blank, Amsterdam, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. ...
EditorialRiver puncture (Lampetra fluviatilis) and sea eel (Congridae), 1. lampreij. river nine eye. 2. Sea Eel. / 1. Lampreta. 2. Anguilla Marina. / 1. 2. anguille de mer. (title on object), River puncture and sea eel. Numbered top right: 21. Part of the sixth...
EditorialBowl of copper decorated with fish, The driven bowl has a deep mirror surrounded by a wide rim, on which a driven decoration is embossed, consisting of a fish head surrounded by two long-tailed fish straight ahead. This motif has been repeated three ti...
EditorialFish carriers of Amsterdam, Brass bearer mark in the shape of a hollow fish with head to the right, on the eye and salmon-colored ribbon. Front: fish. Reverse: blank, Amsterdam, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1885, brass (alloy), founding, h 2.5 cm ? w 4 cm ?...
EditorialFish scoop, Fish scoop with three rows of holes and a flat handle with a carrying eye at the end. The shovel is marked: Mar. = Citroen 66, kitchen utensils: skimmer, Adolf Verschuyl (attributed to), Amsterdam, c. 1780, silver (metal), l 8 cm ? w 3.1 cm.
EditorialTympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond Tympanum from the abbey church of Egmond Tympanum or Egmond Abbey, While maintaining a flat, arched frame and a plinth, half have been saved: in the middle Peter with nimbus, holding a curve bar in the left hand...
EditorialFish carriers from Amsterdam, Brass carrier sign in the form of solid fish with head to the right, with a support eye on the back, one on the mouth and one on the tail fin. Front: fish. Reverse: blank, Amsterdam, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1885, brass (al...
EditorialFlint pocket pistol, Flint pocket pistol with drawn screw-on barrel, part of a torque. The lock mechanism is hidden in a partially iron, partially gilt copper-plated housing that extends into the handle, the rooster is engraved with a blossom branch, t...
EditorialCup of the Court of Justice of Voorne and Putten, Cup with lid. The cup rests on a base with a flat, protruding edge with a whimsical contour. The base has four fields surrounded by foaming water. The body of a fish is applied to each field. The tail o...
EditorialZeus faber, Print, John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large d...
EditorialZeus faber, Print, John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large d...
EditorialZeus faber, Print, John Dory, St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible demersal coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large d...
EditorialFish of the family Cyprinidae. 1839 - 1840. Fish of the family Cyprinidae Genus 'Barilius', possibly 'Barilius tileo' Original inscriptions: 'Opsarius. Girth extreme 7 1/2 inch. Back- slaty blue metallic. Vertically olivaceous- this part is abrupt. Sid...
EditorialTube eye, Stylephorus chordatus 1, painted angler fish, Antennarius pictus 2, Sargassumfish, Histrio histrio 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuc...
EditorialOnion-eye or roughhead grenadier fish, Macrourus berglax (Rock macrourus, Macrourus rupestris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Mis...
EditorialAn amulet against the evil eye, to be hung in a home. The raised hand (" hamsa") in the Levitical configuration bestowes blessing; the fish are a symbol of fertility. Painted glass on foil, 34,5 x 29 cm.