Editorial???, Incense Burner in the Shape of a Rooster, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Copper alloy with enamels, gilding, and silvering, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm), Cloisonn?, This incense burner in the shape of a rooster represents a high point of E...
EditorialNature Unveiling Herself before Science. Dated: model 1895/1899, cast c. 1900. Dimensions: height without base: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.). Medium: bronze with silvering and malachite.
EditorialSail Boats, Mt. Fuji and Cranes, Lacquered metal, gilding, silvering, Rectangular, rounded corners, dark brown, lacquered metal body, featuring 2 gilded sail boats in lower right foreground, a gilded Mt. Fuji with silvered peak in upper left background...
EditorialIron sword, gladius, of the Mainz type. The blade is rombic in cross section and is slightly wider at the handle and where the tip starts than in the middle. The baffle plate is made of bronze and silver plated at the bottom. At the top, no remains of ...
Editorial1: 9 cylindrical beads of transparent blue glass. H: 0.2-0.4 Br: 0.3-0.4, 2: 12 rod beads consisting of 4 x 2 and 8 x 3 ring beads with spacers, remnants of silvering. H: 0.8-1.5 Br: 0.4-0.6, 3: 1 ring bead of opaque pale yellow (addition!), Beads (45x...
EditorialBrass hinge fitting (?) with carved pewter decoration. One of the 3 articulated arches is damaged. In total there are 8 nail holes, the surface shows traces of 'silvering'. A punctuated inscription is placed on the back:> .FIRMI.FLAVI. One of the vo...
EditorialSnuffbox, possibly S?vres Manufactory (French, 1740?present), mid-19th century, French, possibly S?vres, Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt; copper with traces of silvering, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.); L. 3-1/4 in. (8.3 cm.); D. 2-3/8 in. (6.0 cm.), Ena...
EditorialThe sun is silvering the edges of the fringed clouds, Hot air balloon by James Glaisher during a flight, Signed: C. Laplante, Fig. 26, according to p. 118, Laplante, Charles (sc.), 1870, James Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid de Fonvielle; Gaston ...
EditorialProcessing of a silvering piece, The piece of silver from the oven is beaten and brushed, so lead and silver are separated, woodcut, p. 378, (Liber decimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: qu...
EditorialUpper part of a tin salt container, Upper part of a salt container of tin. Onion-shaped lid with a round ball that ends in a peak and which has four holes. This part could probably have been unscrewed originally. The bottom of this consists of a tin pl...
EditorialMerchandise Tin salt container, three-part, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape, Tin salt container, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape. The two lower parts have a cavity on the top for salt or herbs. On the middle part fits an onion-shaped ...
EditorialCenterpiece of a tin salt container, Centerpiece of a tin salt container. At the top a cavity for salt or herbs. Traces of silvering are visible. Together with a lower and middle section, it forms a salt vessel., Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Bare...
EditorialSalt tank made of tin, three-part, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape. The two lower parts have a cavity on the top for salt or herbs. On the middle part fits an onion-shaped lid with a round ball that en...
EditorialMerchandise Tin salt container, three-part, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape, Tin salt container, cylindrical with an elongated bell shape. The two lower parts have a cavity on the top for salt or herbs. On the middle part fits an onion-shaped ...
EditorialPieta, model second quarter of the 16th century (19th century silvering), Silvered copper alloy., 11.1 x 10.2 cm, wt. 580.98 g., Plaquettes, Style of Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti) (Italian, Florence 1486?1570 Venice), The composition of this unique c...
EditorialNature Unveiling Herself before Science. Dated: model 1895/1899, cast c. 1900. Dimensions: height without base: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.). Medium: bronze with silvering and malachite.
EditorialSnuffbox, possibly S?vres Manufactory (French, 1740?present), mid-19th century, French, possibly S?vres, Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt; copper with traces of silvering, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.); L. 3-1/4 in. (8.3 cm.); D. 2-3/8 in. (6.0 cm.), Ena...
EditorialPieta, model second quarter of the 16th century (19th century silvering), Silvered copper alloy., 11.1 x 10.2 cm, wt. 580.98 g., Plaquettes, Style of Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti) (Italian, Florence 1486?1570 Venice), The composition of this unique c...
Editorial???, Incense Burner in the Shape of a Rooster, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Copper alloy with enamels, gilding, and silvering, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm), Cloisonn?, This incense burner in the shape of a rooster represents a high point of E...
EditorialVase (vase bouc du Barry B); Painted by Fallot, French, active S?vres, France 1764 - 1790, Gilded by Jean Chauvaux le jeune, French, 1735 - 1807, active at S?vres, France 1764 - 1800, S?vres Manufactory, French, active 1756 - present; S?vres, France, E...