EditorialMycetes seniculus, Print, A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom...
EditorialFamily of brickmakers in a shed shaping clay in molds, boy bringing more clay, and another boy arranging bricks on a barrow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackermann, ...
EditorialRack with Candle Molds. Dated: c. 1935. Dimensions: overall: 21.3 x 30.4 cm (8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialButter Molds. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 34.1 x 42.8 cm (13 7/16 x 16 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3" high; 2 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialRack with Candle Molds. Dated: c. 1935. Dimensions: overall: 21.3 x 30.4 cm (8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialButter Molds. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 34.1 x 42.8 cm (13 7/16 x 16 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3" high; 2 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialCeiling Tile with Fish, late 1400s to mid-1500s, Made in Benaguacil, Valencia, Spain, Spanish, Earthenware with slip decoration and paint, Overall: 12 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 1 5/16 in. (31 x 14.8 x 3.4 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, It was fashionable in Valencia to l...
EditorialGlass ornaments, Late Helladic III, ca. 1370?1200 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Glass, Other: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Glass, Set of fourteen matching ornaments, all made in same or very similar molds., Semi-translucent cobalt blue (12 examples) or light blue g...
EditorialMolded plaque: king or a god carrying a mace, Isin-Larsa?early Old Babylonian, ca. 2000?1700 B.C., Southern Mesopotamia, Isin-Larsa?Old Babylonian, Ceramic, H. 12.1 cm, W. 7.1 cm, Ceramics-Reliefs, Ceramic plaques of this sort were mass-produced from m...
EditorialGlass ornaments with recumbent deer, Late Helladic III, ca. 1370?1200 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Glass; mold-pressed, Height: 2 5/8 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. (6.7 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm), Glass, Set of nineteen matching beads or appliqu?s, all made in same or very simil...
EditorialDish with Lion among Chrysanthemums, Jin dynasty (1115?1234), 12th?13th century, China, Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under ivory glaze (Ding ware), H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, In an attempt to meet demand from th...
EditorialFigural spill vase, 1849, Made in Bennington, Vermont, United States, American, Earthenware with flint enamel glaze, 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (27.3 x 27.3 cm), Ceramics, Lyman, Fenton & Co. (1849?52), The middle of the nineteenth century witnessed a prolife...
EditorialPair of Figures, 12th?14th century, Peru, Chancay, Ceramic, H.. 7 in. (18 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, After the influence of Wari waned, several ceramic styles evolved on the Pacific coast that emphasized mass production and the fabricating use of molds a...
EditorialFull-size pattern for facsimiles of sides of pedestal of Bryant Vase, ca. 1875, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Copper, metal alloy, lead, 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (24.1 x 33.7 x 5.4 cm), Metal, Tiffany & Co. (1837?present), When...
EditorialFamily of brickmakers in a shed shaping clay in molds, boy bringing more clay, and another boy arranging bricks on a barrow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackermann, ...
EditorialMold for a crouching lion. Such molds were used for baked dishes for the royal table. Period of the Amorite dynasties, 2nd mill. BCE Terracotta, 9,3 x 12,6 cm AO 19000.