EditorialJanet Jacksons school report, personal drawings and childhood toys feature in 1,000-item mega auction celebrating the singers four-decade-long music career
EditorialVz: standing woman to the left, tilt with right hand hem of robe, in left hand branch, Cupid, standing opposite her, with raised arms, gem, intaglio, garnet, Color: red, Shape: oval, standing, Machining: in gold-plated silver ring, type: 18 x 13 mm, D....
EditorialJug with a coat of arms, medallions and foliate scrolls, Stoneware jug on high feet with an egg-shaped body and wide, long neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck and foot. Covered with a brown engobe. On the b...
EditorialSuit of armour for a tilt belonging to Sir Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Knight of the Garter and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Copperplate engraving from Thomas Pennants Account of London, Robert Faulder, London, 1790.
EditorialRectangular mirror, Rectangular mirror with thick glass in front slid into a rectangular, gold-plated frame with a large opening at the front with rounded corners. At the top of the frame two eyes to attach to the mirror frame and a support with a sing...
EditorialThe Earth's Shadows, Shadow of the Earth, no. LVI, according to p. 78, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scenes illustrating a familiar le...
EditorialIndus - Peacock - Crane - Toucan, Constellations Indian, peacock, crane and toucan, no. XC, according to p. 94, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four c...
EditorialThe Moon's Surface: Kepler, Moon surface according to Kepler, no. LXXIII, after p. 88, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scenes illustrati...
EditorialExplanation of Atmospherical Refraction, Astronomical Refraction, no. XCI, according to p. 94, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scenes il...
EditorialCovered goblet with the coat of arms of the Von Schwindt family, Cup with stoneware lid on high, spreading base with a spherical body and wide neck. Profiles on the neck and foot. Partially covered with cobalt blue. On the belly twice in relief a print...
EditorialThe Annunciation, Angel from an Annunciation group, The angel stands on an eight-sided plinth on the left leg and with the bent right slightly to the side, causing the upper body to tilt slightly to the left and to the rear. He raised the right hand in...
EditorialChalice, Ciborie donated by Johannes Utenleen to the Oud-Munsterkerk in Utrecht, Ciborie, gilded, unadorned chalice. This is half-egg shaped and has a lid, which is crowned by an eagle, seated on a platform with tilt. The edge of the lid has tracing on...
EditorialVirgin and Child Maria with the Christ Child, On a four-sided plinth that narrows at the bottom, Mary stands with the bent right leg slightly forward, causing her upper body to tilt slightly to the left. With both hands she carries the child sitting on...
EditorialCandlestick with profiled foot and stem resting on three claw feet. The object is composed of the following parts: the foot, the stem and the fat trap, which are cast in one piece, and the candle pin. The trunk is hollow from the inside to the bottom n...
EditorialMirror with mirror frame of gilded tin decorated with irises in an openwork edge, Mirror with mirror frame of gilt tin. The gilt pewter mirror frame is rectangular in shape and has an openwork border with irises. The rear has a ledge on which the mirro...
EditorialJug with a coat of arms, medallions and foliate scrolls, Stoneware jug on high feet with an egg-shaped body and wide, long neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck and foot. Covered with a brown engobe. On the b...
EditorialPageant XXXIV. Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick jousting with the Duke before the Emperor Sigismond and the Empress Barbara, seated with the court. The trumpeters blow a fanfare as Richard mortally wounds his opponent in the chest.The Empress shows h...
EditorialArmor for the Tilt, ca. 1580, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, brass, leather, H. 68 3/4 in. (174.6 cm); W. at shoulders 18 in. (45.72 cm); Wt. 81 lb. (36.8 kg), Armor for Man, This armor has an elegant sculptural quality that is characteristic of th...
EditorialArmor for Field and Tilt, ca. 1550 to 1575, Italian, Steel, Wt. 61 lb. 10 oz. (27.95 kg); helmet (a); H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); D. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); Wt. 10 lb. 1 oz. (4564.3 g); gorget (b); H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); W. 12 in. (...
EditorialLea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North, ca. 1816, Brush and gray and brown ink over graphite, sheet: 10 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (26.8 x 24.8 cm), Attributed to John Carter (British, London 1748?1817 London).
EditorialEnthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1130?1140, Made in vicinity of Autun, Burgundy, France, French, Birch with paint and glass, 40 1/2 in. ? 13 in. ? 11 1/4 in. (102.9 cm, 28.5 cm), Sculpture-Wood, The simple patterning of the drapery lends elegance to thi...
EditorialBoy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool), and boy being rowed to tilt against a quintain on water (bottom), 14th...
EditorialCrossing of the transepts, Wells Cathedral. When the central tower was raised to its present height in 1315-22, it started to tilt westward. The inverted arches were inserted to transfer the weight from east to west.
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