EditorialPlaque with Marking of the Door with the Letter Tau, ca. 1200, German, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (6.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, The image here had its origin in the Passover, when Moses ordered...
EditorialPanel with Phoenixes in a Garden, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Kangxi period (1662?1722), late 17th?early 18th century, China, Silk with metallic thread tapestry (kesi) with painted details, Overall: 118 1/2 x 82 in. (301 x 208.3 cm), Textiles-Tapestries,...
EditorialTerracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); width with handles 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Vases, Guinea fowl. Birds appear with some frequency on v...
EditorialAmerican, Pennsylvania German: Chest, American, Pennsylvania German, 1792, Painted wood, Wooden chests were used in Pennsylvania German households of the 18th and 19th centuries to store personal items and documents, and also occasionally served as sea...
EditorialTwo coffee pots with the popular, blue onion design. Although Meissen manufactured great, solemn, and over-decorated pieces for the King's, the owner's, pleasure and private use, the factory soon began turning out china for bourgeois households. 1730-1740.
EditorialIllustrated cover of a cookery book. Delicious dishes: a reference book for all households. [London] : Published by Armour & Company, Chcago. London, [1901]. Source: YD.2004.a.2554 back cover.
EditorialPlaque with Marking of the Door with the Letter Tau, ca. 1200, German, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (6.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, The image here had its origin in the Passover, when Moses ordered...
EditorialPanel with Phoenixes in a Garden, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Kangxi period (1662?1722), late 17th?early 18th century, China, Silk with metallic thread tapestry (kesi) with painted details, Overall: 118 1/2 x 82 in. (301 x 208.3 cm), Textiles-Tapestries,...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of sheep holdings in households for offerings, Ebabbar archives, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 626?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, Thickness: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed,.
EditorialChess Piece in the Form of a Knight, ca. 1250, Made in probably London, England, British, Walrus ivory, Overall: 3 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 3/8 in. (7.8 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm), Ivories-Walrus, Board games, especially chess, were integral to medieval courtly culture,...
EditorialCassone, ca. 1425?50, Italian (Tuscany, Florence or Siena), Pinewood and poplar, gesso, partly gilded, form molded, and painted., H. 51.4 cm, W. 149.2 cm., Woodwork-Furniture, Cassone is the term given to large decorated chests made in Italy from the f...
EditorialBowl (Tecomate), 12th?10th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, H x Diam.: 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (11.7 x 15.9 cm), Ceramics-Containers, A common vessel type called a tecomate, this bowl was shaped by hand into a gourd form using coils of clay...
EditorialIncense burner, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), ca. 1675, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 17 x 9 7/8 in., 102 oz. 8 dwt. (43.2 x 25.1 cm, 3.1855kg), Metalwork-Silver, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), Scent was an important feat...
EditorialA Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, ca. 1845, Made in India, Calcutta, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Codices, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (active 1830s?40s), Many of the East India Company officers who commi...
EditorialSilk Curtain, 15th century, Probably made in Spain, Silk; lampas, Textile: L. 120 in. (304.8 cm), Textiles-Woven, Contemporary accounts and material evidence describe the extensive use of luxurious silk curtains?such as this one?to furnish the wealthy ...
EditorialTerracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); width with handles 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Vases, Guinea fowl. Birds appear with some frequency on v...
EditorialTwo coffee pots with the popular, blue onion design. Although Meissen manufactured great, solemn, and over-decorated pieces for the King's, the owner's, pleasure and private use, the factory soon began turning out china for bourgeois households. 1730-1740.
Editorial0310000060 Pottery jar, Germanic, late 3rd century. The jar is burnished, imitating the sheen of imported Roman metal vessels, and has small handles with rusticated decoration on the lower half. Pottery vessels were made in individual households in wes...