EditorialTea caddy with a black glaze, Dust tea can or chaire of stoneware with an ivory lid, covered with a black glaze. Gold lacquer restorations on the edge. Old label on the inside with 'Raku (Kyoto) / 18th'. Raku., anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1850, ston...
EditorialTeyler's Theologian Society, medal awarded to Jeronimo de Bosch, in 1784 or 1785, Silver medal. Front: lit by celestial light Freedom with hat on spear naked Truth with palm branch, scroll and ball in hands leads to Religion, which points to the Bible,...
EditorialThird voyage of the Montgolfier balloon le Flesselles at Lyon, 1784. Woodblock engraving by Lafage after Lara from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialLouis Philippe, 1773-1850, King of the French 1830-1848 [obverse]. Dated: 1842. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). Medium: copper.
EditorialVlotschuitvoerders Guild of Amsterdam, Guild Medal of Dirk de Haas, Brass Medal with a hole in it. Front: barge, above two birds flying to the left. Reverse: inscription above year, Amsterdam, Dirk de Haas, anonymous, 1784, brass (alloy), engraving, d ...
EditorialIn the Country, Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, Graphite, brush and reddish-brown watercolor, brush and white gouache on paper, At left is a gate of an estate. At right is a road and the wall of another estate. A man walks on it., Fra...
EditorialEarrings, Coral, gold, Links of pink coral joined with gold rivets; fruit carved in coral and mounted on gold stems., Probably Naples, Italy, ca. 1850, jewelry, Decorative Arts, Earrings.
EditorialFrancis Piggott, Plate, British, London, Francis Piggott (British, died 1784), second half 18th century, British, London, Pewter, Diameter: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm), Metalwork-Pewter.
EditorialPlate, decorated with landscape, in which walking couple with dog, Plate of earthenware with blue transfer decor. On the flat a landscape, in which a walking couple with dog. The border decorated with flowers and leaves, Petrus Regout, Maastricht, c. 1...
EditorialHand guard, Rounded rectangular tsuba with raised edge, on the front a relief in relief, iroe-takazogan and nunome-zogan a representation of a landscape with pine trees, tents, the moon and three flying birds, at the rear an anchor and a crab on a beac...
EditorialPlate, Plate of faience. Painted blue with three children playing near a tree. A counterfeit from around 1850-1880., anonymous, Delft, 1700 - 1725 and/or 1850 - 1880, d 22.5 cm.
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with plumetis embroidery, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery: white work with plumetis. Square model with rounded corners and scalloped edge. Along the edges of the batist runs a decorative band above which a ...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with four loose feathered leaves with rosette flower in each corner and trimmed with a border of Valenciennes lace, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work - and finished around with bobbin lace: Valen...
EditorialBowl, painted with three birds in a tree, Bowl of porcelain. Scalloped edge, decorated with piping with hanging gold leafwork. Slightly below the edge a green leaf garland with alternately two or three flowers in blue, yellow and red-brown at regular d...
EditorialBenjamin Franklin, President of the United States, Unilateral medallion in brass ring behind glass on eyelet and eyelet Front: man's bust to the left within the inscription. Reverse: label with inscription, Gottfried Eichler, Berlin, 1784 - 1786 and/or...
EditorialCup of hard-fired earthenware, Stockton, semi-spherical head on a foot, with a constriction in the middle of the wall and a C-shaped ear with a closed circle. The head is decorated with white earthenware with a black overprint. The outer wall has a pat...
EditorialTeyler's Theologian Society, medal awarded to Jeronimo de Bosch, in 1784 or 1785, Silver medal. Front: lit by celestial light Freedom with hat on spear naked Truth with palm branch, scroll and ball in hands leads to Religion, which points to the Bible,...
EditorialSchaucer-dish with ships bearing Dutch flags and the arms of Zeeland, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, brown, black and gold. On the front a large three-mast with the Dutch flag, the year 1700 and the coat of arms of Ze...
EditorialSchaucer-dish with ships bearing Dutch flags and arms of Zeeland, Porcelain dish painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, brown, black and gold. On the front a large three-mast with the Dutch flag, the year 1700 and the coat of arms of Zeeland...
EditorialCann, 1784?96, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (8.9 x 9.8 cm); 3 oz. 2 dwt. (95.8 g), Silver, Possibly by Cary Dunn (active ca. 1765?96).
EditorialCup, 1784?96, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 2 15/16 x 4 1/16 in. (7.5 x 10.3 cm); 2 oz. 15 dwt. (85.7 g), Silver, Cary Dunn (active ca. 1765?96).