EditorialFILE PHOTO: Soldiers stand on the deck of a Chinese warship as it sails during a military drill near Fuzhou, Fujian Province, near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Police, fire and ambulance crews participate in a drill in the event of a bomb attack during the Olympic games, at a disused underground station in London
EditorialDish with a pheasant on a rock, butterfly and flower sprays, Deep porcelain dish with lobed edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a medallion of ruyi motifs containing a pheasant on a rock with two flowering plants, butterfly and insects, a fl...
EditorialGrape or round button from a crank drill, Grape or round button from a crank drill. Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, wood (plant material), cutting, h 5.4 cm ? d 4.9 cm.
EditorialDrill bit, The flat top of the drill (where most likely the wooden handle has been) is crooked. The end of the spoon drill (hollow) is slanted. Marked: (unreadable)., anonymous, c. 1596, iron (metal), forging, d 1.7 cm ? d 1.3 cm.
EditorialCarpenters Guild of Middelburg, Guild Medal with No. 16, Brass Medal. Front: St. Joseph with turban on head, standing on pedestal, in open hand an open compass, in left hand a yardstick within a two-line text. Reverse: drill, ax, square, saw, plumb bob...
EditorialDish with a pheasant on a rock, butterfly and flower sprays, Deep porcelain dish with lobed edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a medallion of ruyi motifs containing a pheasant on a rock with two flowering plants, butterfly and insects, a fl...