EditorialFILE PHOTO: Patrick Drahi, Franco-Israeli businessman and founder of cable and mobile telecoms company Altice Group attends the inauguration of the Altice Campus in Paris
EditorialDukaton or silver driver of the VOC from Holland, 1739, VOC, dukaton or silver driver, Holland, Silver coin. Front: armored knight with sword on horse to the right, including a crowned coat of arms of Holland. Reverse: crowned generality coat of arms, ...
EditorialDutch silver rider or dukaton, 1754 Holland, silver rider or dukaton, 1754, Obverse: knight on horse to the right with a sword in his right hand. Horse-crowned coat of arms of Holland. Reverse: generality coat of arms held by two crowned lions. Below i...
Editorialthan 85 percent of U.S. households — paid for packages of TV channels from cable or satellite companies. That started to decline haltingly at first and then far more quickly in the past few years. (Delcan & Company/The New York Times)
EditorialMedalist: Joseph Shepherd Wyon, To Cyrus W. Field from the American Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, on the Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1866, British, Medalist: Joseph Shepherd Wyon (British, 18361873), Medalist: Alfred Benjamin Wyon (British, 1837188...
EditorialUtrecht golden rider, 1760, Utrecht, golden rider, Obverse: rider with sword on his right, crowned underneath is Utrecht's coat of arms. Reverse: generality coat of arms crowned between value indication. Above crown year. Cable edge., Provincie Utrecht...
EditorialTwo tea caddies and a mixing caddy Tea caddy, rectangular tea caddy with a raised oval lid. The edge of the lid is decorated with a plugged cable edge. The caddy is marked: mt. = Willem van den Goorberg and a small label from Leiden before 1787, Willem...
EditorialLantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Chain & Cable Testing Machine, circa 1910, One of 239 glass lantern slides depicting products manufactured by Tangyes Limited engineers of Birmingham, England. The images include various products such as engines, centrifuga...
EditorialRijksdaalder of the Kingdom of Holland, 1809 Kingdom of Holland, rijksdaalder, 1809, Silver coin. Front: bust of the king to the right. Reverse: between name designation R Dr. crowned coat of arms, including year. Below that mintmaster sign. Cable edge...
Editorial5 kopecks or piatak from Russia by czarina Catherina II, 1793, Russia, czarina Catherina II, 5 kopecks or piatak, Copper coin. Front: within a wreath of two bound branches between the year yal and rounded mongam, consisting of the letters J and E, from...
EditorialSalt vessel spherical on square base, The four spherical vessels of colorless glass, with curved edges, each rest on a round, curved, rejuvenating foot on a square base. There is a ribbed band at the bottom of the foot and a cable border at the top. Th...
EditorialDutch double gold ducat, 1772 Holland, double gold ducat, 1772, Front: knight standing to the right between years on the ground. In right hand sword, in left hand bundle of arrows. Reverse: in decorated square five-line inscription. Cable edge., Provin...
EditorialGuilder for the Dutch East Indies, 1802, Scheepjesgulden, Silver coin. Front: Three-mast with full sails on the open sea. Decorated year at the bottom in a circular. Reverse: generality coat of arms crowned between value indication I G. Currency sign a...
EditorialTile with fish, Tile with a multi-colored (blue, orange, green, yellow, brown and purple) painted fish in water within a circle with a cable motif. In the corners, leaves in filling technique., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1580 - c. 1625, earthenware, ti...
EditorialTwo tea caddies and a mixing caddy Tea caddy, rectangular tea caddy with a raised oval lid. The edge of the lid is decorated with a plugged cable edge. The caddy is marked: mt. = Willem van den Goorberg and a small label from Leiden before 1787, Willem...
EditorialGuilder of the Dutch East Indies, 1821, Dutch East Indies, guilder, Silver coin. Front: bust to the right. Reverse: between value indication 1 G crowned government coat of arms. Year above crown. Cable edge, Willem I Frederik (koning der Nederlanden), ...
EditorialUtrecht ducat, 1758, with knock Djawa, Utrecht, ducat, Golden ducat. Front: knight standing to the right between years. In right hand sword, in left hand bundle of arrows. Reverse: in decorated square five-line inscription. Cable edge. On the front lef...
EditorialLidded terrine and stand Terrine with lid and tray, The round tray and tray are attached to each other with a screw. The curved dish rests on a low, profiled stand ring. A pearl frame runs over the slightly raised outer edge, a double row of acanthus l...
EditorialCoffee pot, octagonal, The round, constricted foot rests on a straight-walled base. A smooth profile has been applied along the bottom edge of the base and a cable border runs right across the wall. The octagonal body is made up of a hollow-curved chal...
EditorialDucat from Hungary of Emperor Charles VI as King of Hungary, 1712, Hungary, Emperor Charles VI, King of Hungary, Ducat, Gold coin. Front: between the letters K B [= Kremnitz] the crowned emperor, standing, looking to the right. The imperial crown on hi...
EditorialDukaton or silver driver of the VOC from Holland, 1739, VOC, dukaton or silver driver, Holland, Silver coin. Front: armored knight with sword on horse to the right, including a crowned coat of arms of Holland. Reverse: crowned generality coat of arms, ...
EditorialSalt vessel spherical on square base, The four spherical vessels of colorless glass, with curved edges, each rest on a round, curved, rejuvenating foot on a square base. There is a ribbed band at the bottom of the foot and a cable border at the top. Th...
EditorialSalt vessel spherical on square base, The four spherical kegs of colorless glass, with curved edge, each rest on a round curved, rejuvenating foot on a square base. There is a ribbed band at the bottom of the foot and a cable border at the top. The bar...
EditorialArmchair made of tropical wood with loose seat frame stretched with reed, the chair has, among other things, slung colonets and is decorated with stabbed lotus vines and cable edges. The furniture rests on slung legs, connected by rungs made up of a fl...
EditorialSalt vessel spherical on square base, The four spherical vessels of colorless glass, with curved edges, each rest on a round, curved, rejuvenating foot on a square base element. There is a ribbed band at the bottom of the foot and a cable border at the...
EditorialTwo tea caddies and a mixing caddy Mixin caddy, Rectangular mixing can with a flat lid with a knob. The edge of the lid is decorated with a stabbed cable edge. The mixing canister is marked: mt. = Willem van den Goorberg and a small label from Leiden b...
EditorialSchippers 'guild in' s-Hertogenbosch, guild token donated by the guild to supreme blanket Pieter Johan Franken, Silver medal to support eye in cable border. Front: three-mast moving to the right within a circle. Reverse: slanted, crowned coat of arms, ...
EditorialLarge skipper's guild from Franeker, guild token from Beern Jansen, brass octagonal medal. Front: ship sailing to the left between letters G and P within cable edge. Reverse: coat of arms above inscription inside cable edge, Franeker, Beern Jansen, ano...
EditorialDutch silver rider or dukaton, 1754 Holland, silver rider or dukaton, 1754, Obverse: knight on horse to the right with a sword in his right hand. Horse-crowned coat of arms of Holland. Reverse: generality coat of arms held by two crowned lions. Below i...