EditorialWhat I have done daily since this whole calamity began cannot fairly be described as “running.” Even “jogging” is, in truth, a bit of a stretch. (Alexandra Eaton and Kaisha Murzamadiyeva/The New York Times)
EditorialWoolen Caps Worn by Dutch Whalers Cap, finely knitted and multi-colored with red, green, blue, yellow and white horizontal stripes, lined with a coarsely knitted light brown hat, Cap, lined with a rough knitted light brown hat. The top of the outer hat...
EditorialStem with two rows of burr studs, Small stem with inserted bottom on concave base, spun from a thread. The bowl-shaped cup is blown as a whole with the trunk, which is set with two rows of burr buds. The transition from the chalice to the stem indicate...
EditorialMirror with geometric patterns and stylized animals, Wide raised edge, In the center there is a heavy bud with a rosette of four leaves. The whole is bounded by a circle. The mirror is decorated with protruding points, arabesques, mythical creatures, b...
EditorialMedallion depicting Saint Jerome, The round medallion represents Saint Jerome. The saint sits on a large seat with an arc-shaped crown. He is holding an open book with his right hand, resting it on his knee, and holding a marker in his left hand. To th...
EditorialLinen cloth or velum with lace embroidery around it and a bobbin lace border, Linen cloth or velum with natural colored lace embroidery around it: work with pulled-out threads (open sewing). The whole is finished around with a natural-colored bobbin la...
EditorialFragment of a dish with Taoist symbols, Fragment of a dish on a low foot ring. Light red shard covered with tin glaze on the front and lead glaze on the back. Painted in blue, manganese purple, yellow and green with a tube (?), Behind which two crosses...
EditorialBerkenmeier with two rows of flat studs, Berkenmeier with a protruding bottom, on a base, spun from a thread. The slightly convex chalice is blown as a whole with the trunk, which is set with two rows of very large flat studs. The transition from the c...
EditorialHalf coconut from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Half coconut from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. Roughly the whole topside., St. Helena, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, before 1613, coconut (fruit), h 7.3 cm ? d 11.9 cm.
EditorialCup with handle with the arms of the Van Idsinga and Kien families, Porcelain ear cup, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the wall the alliance weapon of the Van Idsinga and Kien families. The coat of arm...
EditorialBerkenmeier with dancing farmers, Concave, foot spun from one thread. Inserted soul with pontil brand. The trunk, which is set with twelve convex, smooth studs, is blown as a whole with the funnel-shaped chalice. The transition from the stem to the cha...
EditorialEarthenware plate, whole provided with white tin glaze and decorated in blue with the coat of arms of Amsterdam, damaged, anonymous, 1500 - 1799, earthenware, lead glaze, tin glaze, h 3.5 cm ? d 20.2 cm.
EditorialSaucer painted in blue with a chinoiser decoration, Pottery dish painted in blue on white tin glaze with a chinoiser decor of two figures in a landscape within a window pane that covers a blue square surface at the corners, the whole within a double ci...
EditorialStove tile with relief decoration, Stove tile made of earthenware, decorated in relief with a female figure half-length within a leaf wreath. In the middle of a cherub, left and right a woman's head, fruits in the corners. The whole covered with a gree...
EditorialBerkenmeier with the arms of the Blois family and the city of Schoonhoven, Low, spun foot, deeply inserted bottom. The straight trunk, which is open from above and is set with four large flat studs, is blown as a whole with the funnel-shaped chalice. O...
EditorialWild boar head, The cast and hammered machined object has the shape of a boar head with tusks and front legs. Behind the head the attachment with six faces, in which diagonals composed of points are punched. Inside a cast iron point for attachment to a...
EditorialCloches (dish covers), coolers, soup tureens, sauceboats, salt cellars, pepper and mustard pots, Sauce boat, Empire sauce bowl of gold plated silver. With a high handle, formed from a boy figure with a horn of plenty. The whole rests on a rectangular b...
EditorialPlate with text in memory of the fire of 1457 in the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht, Plate of brass with text in memory of the fire of 1457 in the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht. The whole is set in a wooden frame., anonymous, Netherlands, before 1915, brass (alloy)...
EditorialSaucer-dish with the arms of the Van Idsinga and Kien families, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the flat the alliance weapon of the Van Idsinga and Kien families. The coat of arms to t...
EditorialCloches (dish covers), coolers, soup tureens, sauceboats, salt cellars, pepper and mustard pots Sauce boat, Empire gold-plated silver sauce bowl. With a high handle, formed from a boy figure with a horn of plenty. The whole rests on a rectangular base ...
EditorialFabric fragment with clavus and orbiculus, Natural-colored linen fabric fragment with woven-in clavus and sewn-on orbiculus in dark purple. The orbiculus has a central central motif with four vases and leaf vines, surrounded by an eight-pointed star. T...
EditorialStem with two rows of burr studs, Stem with inserted bottom on concave, spun from a thread. The bowl-shaped cup, blown as a whole with the trunk, which is set with two rows of burr buds. The transition from the chalice to the stem indicated by a ribbed...
EditorialBirch Meier with two rows of flat studs, Birch Meier with inserted bottom, on a base, spun from a wire. The slightly convex chalice as a whole blown with the trunk, which is occupied with two rows of very large flat studs. The transition from the chali...
EditorialBirch Meier with two rows of flat studs, Birch Meier with inserted bottom on a conical foot spun from a thread. The slightly convex chalice as a whole blown with the stem, which is set with two rows of large flat studs. The transition from the chalice ...
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: The secret girlfriend of singer Michael Jackson has spoken out ahead of the 10th anniversary of his death and told how she regrets not intervening to get him help for his problems.
EditorialLily of the valley. Book of Hours. S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500. (Whole folio) Text; A miniature containing Lilly of the Valley Image taken from Book of Hours. Originally published/produced in S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1...
EditorialReliquary Cross, ca. 1366?1400, Made in the Marches, Italy, Italian, Translucent enamel, silver, silver-gilt, rock crystal, glass, iron tang, Overall (with tang): 24 5/16 x 16 5/16 x 1 1/16 in. (61.8 x 41.5 x 2.7 cm), Enamels-Basse taille, The convex r...