EditorialChandelier, Bronze, Nine-armed chandelier; six arms on lower section, three above. Central baluster shaft. Arms are cast and chased in pattern of scrolling foliage; with flat drip pans and open sockets., possibly Netherlands, 15th16th century, lighting...
EditorialSpindle, Painted wood shaft; incised and painted ceramic whorl, Spindle with a slender wooden shaft tapered to ends; both ends broken. Black ceramic disk whorl in center with geometric design incised and painted in red and white. Traces of black, white...
EditorialSpindle, Medium: wood shaft, ceramic whorl, paint, Spindle with slender wooden shaft tapered to ends. One end broken. Black pottery oval whorl in center, incised and painted with red, white and yellow in design of minute conventionalized faces. Traces ...
EditorialSpice mill, The object consists of the cupboard with a slide of yellow copper, the grinder with clamp of iron, the funnel of yellow copper, the crank of iron with ivory handle and copper knob. The cupboard is screwed on the short sides on two narrow pi...
EditorialMount for Spear-Shaft, ca. 400, Made in Vermand, North France, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 3 11/16 x 5/8 x 1/16 in., 0.7oz. (9.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm, 19g), Enamels-Translucent, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appoi...
EditorialMount for Spear Shaft, ca. 400, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in., 1.1oz. (3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm, 31g), Metalwork-Silver, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appointed barbarian-warrior grave ever foun...
EditorialLantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Shaft Straightener , 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 pumps, h...
EditorialHexagonal base of clay, belonging to Design for a flower standard, belonging to 'Design for a flower standard'. The top and plinth are overhanging. The shaft is concave. There is a piece of wood in the top and notches in the clay, which divides the top...
EditorialSpice mill, The object consists of the cupboard with a slide of yellow copper, the grinder with clamp of iron, the funnel of yellow copper, the crank of iron with ivory handle and copper knob. The cupboard is screwed on the short sides on two narrow pi...
EditorialCandlestick, four-part, four-part consisting of a wide flared circular base decorated with egg frame, a flat fat dish decorated with egg frame, a baluster-shaped shaft above which a disc-shaped knot and a cylindrical candle holder with two round leak h...
EditorialKnee-high boot made of yellow cow leather, with a gold-trimmed cover on top of the shaft, Knee-high boot made of yellow cowhide, with a gold-trimmed cover on top of the shaft. The boot has a square toe and a low straight heel. The sole, heel and back s...
EditorialKnee-high boots made of yellow cowhide, with a gold-trimmed cover on top of the shaft, Knee-high boots, made of yellow cowhide, with a gold-trimmed cover on top of the shaft. The boot has a square toe and a low straight heel. The sole, heel and back se...
EditorialHexagonal pedestal of pipe earth, belonging to fragment of a Virgin and Child, belonging to fragment of a 'Virgin and Child'. The hollow pedestal has broken off from the actual sculpture. The shaft contains six niches with busts of Christ as a priest, ...
EditorialTerracotta thymiaterion (incense burner), Hellenistic, ca. 325?300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Vases, On the shaft, seated Eros. On the top, head of a woman. As with the adjacent thymiaterion in the...
EditorialBlacksmith's Guild of Middelburg, medal number 73, Brass medal. Front: anvil surrounded by the letters I, B and K, surrounded by a chain, on which a lantern, gun lock, daggers, gun, scissors, balance and candlestick are hanging within a circle. Reverse...
EditorialLantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Screw-Shaft Bolt Forcer, 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 pump...
EditorialLimestone incense burner on four legs, Cypro-Archaic, 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.2 x 7 x 7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The four wide legs, marked with a lambda-shaped sign on two sides, support a squarelike shaft...
EditorialMount for Spear-Shaft, ca. 400, Made in Vermand, North France, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 3 11/16 x 5/8 x 1/16 in., 0.7oz. (9.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm, 19g), Enamels-Translucent, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appoi...
EditorialMount for Spear Shaft, ca. 400, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in., 1.1oz. (3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm, 31g), Metalwork-Silver, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appointed barbarian-warrior grave ever foun...
EditorialGlass stirring rod, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; drawn and tooled, H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); diameter 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Glass, Stirring rod: translucent cobalt blue with opaque white trails. Cylindrical rod, slightly bent at top end,...
EditorialTerracotta thymiaterion (incense burner), Hellenistic, ca. 325?300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Vases, On the shaft, seated Eros. On the top, head of a woman. As with the adjacent thymiaterion in the...
EditorialGlass pin, Imperial, 1st?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; drawn and tooled, Overall: 3 7/8in. (9.8cm), Glass, Colorless with slight greenish tinge. Solid globular head, tooled in on two sides at base; slender neck; broader, triangular shaft at top, with...