EditorialBasket, The oval basket rests on four cast feet, shaped like bird claws that comprise a ball. The flat bottom is enclosed in the straight bottom edge, which, like the top edge and the ears, is decorated with a pearl frame. The vaulted wall is completel...
EditorialTextile, Gorgerat Fr?res et Cie., (Nantes, France, 17831815), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plates on plain weave, Roman figures preparing a sacrifice at an altar under an elaborate canopy with a female figure holding a crown rep...
EditorialBowl, Silver, ivory, ebony, Truncated cone-shaped bowl of silver, the outside covered with vertical staves of ebony and ivory alternating, interrupted by band inscribed with: The Gift of AS to her Grandson RS 1789. Three handles set horizontally., Scot...
EditorialHelen presenting Telemachus, with the Veil, William Nutter, 17541802, British, after Samuel Shelley, 17501808, British, 1789, Stipple engraving, Sheet: 8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm), Greek mythology, religious and mythological subject, Telemachus and Pisist...
EditorialCarpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, stonemasons and street makers guild from 's-Hertogenbosch, guild token from Jan van Summeren, Brass oval token to bear. Front: snag, ax, trowel, plumbing and stonemason's hammer united to form a trophe. Reverse: inscr...
EditorialPocket ink well made of silver in a green case made of rye gable, used by the poet Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (Amsterdam 1721-1789). Paris, brand: Fermier g?n?ral Brichard, 1761/2, year letter crowned X. Sculpted oval cross-section, Lucretia Wilhel...
EditorialMedallion with the portrait of J. Sylvain Bailly, Medallion of porcelain in biscuit with the portrait of J. Sylvain Bailly, in 1789 Mayor of Paris. The border or 'frame' of the medallion is glazed., Renaud, Valenciennes (possibly), c. 1789, porcelain (...
EditorialBasket, The oval basket rests on four cast feet, shaped like bird claws that comprise a ball. The flat bottom is enclosed in the straight bottom edge, which, like the top edge and the ears, is decorated with a pearl frame. The vaulted wall is completel...
EditorialKorendragers- and-pourers guild of Amsterdam, guild token by Hendrik Klink, Copper medal. Front: Man turned to the right with a large load on his head. Reverse: inscription, Amsterdam, Hendrik Klink, anonymous, 1789, copper (metal), engraving, d 3.1 cm...
EditorialPocket watch Watch with a wreath of roses, Watch of gold, with an enamel pinion and enamel dial., Jean Antoine L?pine, c. 1785 - c. 1789 and/or 1785 - 1790, gold (metal), pearl, d 3.6 cm.
EditorialDeath of Petrus Camper, sculptor, painter, professor of anatomy and surgery, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the Greek inscription. Reverse: Aesculapius sitting opposite a column, around which snake has wound itself within a Greek, Rotterdam, Fr...
EditorialBowl and Spoon. Ineke Hans (Dutch, born 1966); Manufactured by Royal VKB (Dutch, founded 1789). Date: 2005. Dimensions: 8 ? 15 ? 23 cm (3.25 ? 5.75 ? 9.13 in.). Earthware. Origin: Netherlands.
EditorialBowl and Spoon. Ineke Hans (Dutch, born 1966); Manufactured by Royal VKB (Dutch, founded 1789). Date: 2005. Dimensions: 8 ? 15 ? 23 cm (3.25 ? 5.75 ? 9.13 in.). Earthware. Origin: Netherlands.
EditorialSnuffer Stand, 1755?65, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Silver, 2 5/8 x 7 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (6.7 x 18.6 x 9.8 cm); 10 oz. 10 dwt. (327.3 g), Silver, Philip Syng Jr. (1703?1789).
EditorialCaster, ca. 1780, Made in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, American, Silver, Overall: H. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); 4 oz. 9 dwt. (139 g), Silver, Nathaniel Helme (1761?1789).
EditorialTankard, 1730?50, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 7 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. (17.9 x 20.6 cm); 34 oz. 4 dwt. (1063.1 g), Silver, Philip Syng Jr. (1703?1789).
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