EditorialWhalebone Cabinet. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71.1 x 55.1 cm (28 x 21 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2' x 5' x 1 1/2'. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...
EditorialPendant, 18th?19th century, United States, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Whalebone, H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 1/2 x D. 1 3/4 in. (6 x 3.8 x 4.5 cm), Bone/Ivory-Ornaments, This rare whalebone pendant bears many of the hallmarks of distinction for which Hawaiian figural sculp...
EditorialLadle, ca. 1765, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, whalebone(?), thread, Overall: L. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm); 1 oz. 4 dwt. (37.4 g), Silver, Benjamin Halsted (1734?1817), Myer Myers (1723?1795).
EditorialJewelery box, decorated with cubes of ivory and whalebone, of wood, covered with cubes of ivory and whalebone and completely fitted with iron fittings. At the top a handle, at the front a lock with robbery., anonymous, France, c. 1400 - c. 1500, wood (...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...
EditorialWhalebone Cabinet. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71.1 x 55.1 cm (28 x 21 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2' x 5' x 1 1/2'. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialWhalebone Cabinet. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71.1 x 55.1 cm (28 x 21 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2' x 5' x 1 1/2'. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialPendant, 18th?19th century, United States, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Whalebone, H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 1/2 x D. 1 3/4 in. (6 x 3.8 x 4.5 cm), Bone/Ivory-Ornaments, This rare whalebone pendant bears many of the hallmarks of distinction for which Hawaiian figural sculp...
EditorialPair of Double-Barreled Flintlock Pistols, 1752?53, Paris, French, Paris, Steel, silver, gold, wood (walnut), whalebone, L. of each 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); Wt. of each 36 oz. (1030 g), Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock, Pistols with side-by-side barrels became ...
EditorialLadle, ca. 1765, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, whalebone(?), thread, Overall: L. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm); 1 oz. 4 dwt. (37.4 g), Silver, Benjamin Halsted (1734?1817), Myer Myers (1723?1795).
EditorialPlaque with the Descent from the Cross, ca. 1320?40, Made in probably Paris, France, French, Ivory, whale bone, traces of paint and gilding, Overall: 9 1/8 x 7 3/16 x 13/16 in. (23.2 x 18.3 x 2.1 cm), Ivories, The ivory figures are mounted on a sheet o...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...