EditorialFooted Cup and Saucer with Diamond Lattice Pattern, Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Molded cup in a high foot. Diamond lattice pattern with flowers at crossing. Gilde...
EditorialSpoon, Silver, niello, gilt, Round gilt bowl with nielloed reverse with a landscape, river and buildings framed by scroll work and surrounded by a stippled gilt ground. Part-twisted stem comprises a striated niello band entwined with gilded band; gilde...
Editorialletter, Anonymous, 1659, paper, rattan, General: 69 ? 42 ? 2cm 690 ? 420 ? 20mm, Guild letter from the basket maker's guild, framed in a list of plaited rot. At the top of the letter is a lion with the city coat of arms of Leiden on his shield in one c...
EditorialLight for a Lighthouse, so-called Argand lamp, consisting of a lamp holder with oil reservoir and a parabolic mirror, all mounted on a brass bracket. The oil reservoir, placed against the mirror at the back, is an elegantly designed and partially gilde...
EditorialVettewariers guild of Middelburg, guild token with no. 75, Lead token. Front: crowned, balanced hanging scales under a stick, on which candles and two hams hang, on the left a pot, on the right a pointed barrel, below a glass on a saucer and a jug on a...
EditorialVettewariers guild of Middelburg, guild token with no. 182, Lead medal. Front: crowned, balanced scales under a stick with the number 182 in between, on which candles and two hams hang, on the left a pot, on the right a pointed barrel, below a glass on...
EditorialAn indulgence printed for the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the church of St. Botolph at Boston in Lincolnshire. Begin. Universis xp?ifidelibus presentes litteras inspecturis. Nos Alderma?nus Camerarii gilde siue co?fraternitatis i? h...