EditorialFlagon, Spun, cast and engraved silver, Long tapering neck on a bulbous circular form body with inscription around the waist, raised on pedestal foot, the handle a moulded strap S-curve. Inscription: 'They Drank of the Spiritual Rock'., Philadelphia, P...
EditorialSeat cover, Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave, Tapestry weave seat cushion in a curvilinear shape with an ivory field and light green border. Central musical trophy is framed by C and S-curve cartouche with roses and ribbon, in the Rococo Revival ...
EditorialTwo-handled bowl, 1690?1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 4 15/16 x 11 15/16 in. (12.5 x 30.3 cm); 20 oz. 7 dwt. (632.7 g), Silver, Jesse Kip (baptized 1660?1722), Two-handled bowls chased into six equal panels ...
EditorialStanding figure holding a tambourine(?), Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Terracottas, The figurine, of uncertain gender, is handmade and solid, with a flaring cylindrical body. The arms curv...
EditorialGlass spouted jug, Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed, H.: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue green; handle and trail in same color. Oval, outsplayed rim with vertical, rounded and thickened lip; upw...
EditorialWooden box entirely glued with turtle, Wooden box entirely glued with turtle. The box stands on four silver feet in the shape of a transversely cut melon, has a profiled base and a simple main frame covering the walls, on which the recessed, high-curve...
EditorialLid of a jar, Lid of a jar with a high curve and a conical button, engraved with a flower border, c. 1725 - c. 1750, glass, h 10 cm ? d 10 cm.
EditorialLid of a jug, Lid of a jug with a bent foot edge and a double arch. The double button consists of a ball and a conical tip. Engraving with vines, vine leaves and bunches of grapes on the first curve and a floral pattern with buds on the second, c. 1699...
EditorialRound lace embroidery rug, Lace embroidery rug: Lierse lace (machine tulle with drumming work). Round model. Two c-volutes together form a large c-shape in the center of the dress. Halfway around the curve is a flower and curling side branches, a few l...
EditorialLid of a jar, Lid of a jar with small bent support edge and bent curve. Faceted hollow button, with constriction and conical tip. Engraving with two combinations of crossed olive and palm branches, c. 1599 - c. 1624 and/or 1799 - c. 1824, glass, h 15.5...
EditorialLid of a jar, Lid of a jar with a small bent support edge and bent curve Faceted hollow button, with constriction and conical tip. Engraving with two combinations of crossed olive and palm branches, c. 1799 - c. 1899, glass, h 17 cm ? d 14 cm.
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialGlass oinochoe (perfume jug), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaq...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Bronzes, This small bronze cup has a simple, round bowl set on a tall, narrow foot that widens at the lower end to a flat base. It ...
EditorialLantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Power & Air Curve Diagrams, 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, centrifugal p...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Bronzes, This small bronze cup has a simple, round bowl set on a tall, narrow foot that widens at the lower end to a flat base. It ...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialGlass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (2 x 3 cm), Glass, Translucent deep purple, greyish blue, opaque white, red, yellow, and light turquoise gre...
EditorialGlass oinochoe (perfume jug), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handle in same color; trails in opaq...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Bronzes, This small bronze cup has a simple, round bowl set on a tall, narrow foot that widens at the lower end to a flat base. It ...
EditorialGlass jug (oinochoe) with snake-thread decoration, Late Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Rhineland, Glass; blown and trailed, H. 5 1/2in. (14cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle in same color; opaque white, opaque blue, and co...
EditorialGoat figurine, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. It has a cylindrical body, a flat upright tail, long horns that curve backward, pellet ears, a pr...
EditorialTwo-handled bowl, 1690?1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 4 15/16 x 11 15/16 in. (12.5 x 30.3 cm); 20 oz. 7 dwt. (632.7 g), Silver, Jesse Kip (baptized 1660?1722), Two-handled bowls chased into six equal panels ...
EditorialStanding figure holding a tambourine(?), Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Terracottas, The figurine, of uncertain gender, is handmade and solid, with a flaring cylindrical body. The arms curv...
EditorialGlass spouted jug, Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed, H.: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue green; handle and trail in same color. Oval, outsplayed rim with vertical, rounded and thickened lip; upw...