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Detailed graphite illustrations of historical artifacts such as a candlestick, pewter stamp, Betty lamp, and horse hair cinch, showcasing intricate designs and craftsmanship.

The Thumbscrew of Maria Theresa of Austria, 1768.
The Thumbscrew of Maria Theresa of Austria, 1768.
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Drawing, A Pair of Scissors with Handles Formed by Half-figures of Women with Rinceaux as Legs; Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on heavy off-white paper; 14.5 x 10.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)Windmill. Leaf 4 recto from a sketchbook with 24 sheets.Strap Hinges. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rollington Campbell.1 et 2. Bouton de manchettes. 3 et 4. Trousses. 5. Agrafe de manteau. 6. Fume-cigare. ... 1 and 2. Cufflinks. 3 and 4. Cases. 5. Clasp for coat. 6. Cigar holder. .... Prints, Design drawings. 1900 - 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Jewelry, Goldwork, Containers, Cuff links, ClaspsAttributes belonging to maritime and gardening; Trophies. Five trophies. On the top left with a tonne and lances. At the top right with trident, anchor and lisdoddes. In the middle with a candlestick and a mirror. At the bottom left with an anchor and sailing. Right among attributes belonging to gardening. Publisher number 42.Silver, acana with a coat of arms in the collection of Gustaw Subisie-Bisier from Warsaw in 1916-views from the side, from you and the fragment on the front on a 1: 1 scale; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1916 (not after 4.10.1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);Four Designs for Hanging Light Fixtures 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Four Designs for Hanging Light Fixtures 359469Armchair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.2 x 22.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 43 1/2"high, 20"wide, 14 1/2"deep. Medium: pen and ink and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Knapp.Washing machine by fisherman and Co, 1880, Camen, Kamen, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, EuropePenitente Processional Lantern. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.6 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: About 3 1/2 ft. high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Majel G. Claflin.Silver Sugar Bowl. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 in.). Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.Spoons, Pen, sepia, brush, gray water color, At the transition of the bowl into the handle, on the front, is the head of a woman. The handle is terminating in a herm representing the figure of a woman., Italy, 1825-50, tableware designs, Drawing, DrawingTwo Silver Sugar Spoons. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.7 cm (11 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anthony Zuccarello.Table clock the sixteenth century, with horizontal movement, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.Design for a Metal Bag or Purse Handle with Stacked Coin Motif and Central Rosette. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: sheet: 3 1/8 x 4 15/16 in. (8 x 12.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Folding boxes; Empire objects. Designs for thirteen deck boxes, possibly snuff boxes and four other objects. All prints are numbered.Marie Famularo, Lamp Bracket, 1936 Lamp BracketSamuel W Ford, Apple Peeler, 1935 1942 Apple PeelerCompass. ,Harry Grossen, Scales, c 1938 ScalesHistorical drawing from the 19th Century, Greek stringed instruments or chordophones of antiquity, lyre, psaltery or lyre and chelysSilver Teaspoon. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 5" long. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frederick Jackson.Encyclopedia De Diderot - Chandelier Candlestick. Diderot Encyclopedia, Board I.Charcoal Stove. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Price.Various Instruments, & Utensils, of the Natives of Otaheite, & of the adjacent Islands. Plate 13. From the book: A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship the Endeavour, 1773, London, by Sydney Parkinson, Samuel Grimm, W Darling. Gift of Charles Rooking Carter.Drivet et Cie., Chardon, Alfred le Jeune, Utensiles divers, Various tools, including axes, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 3, 4 nature, 1518, height 253 mm, width 195 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1864 - 1869, paper, heliogravure, French, printer, supervisionEdison carbon telephone: Wall-mounted model with 'pony-crown' receiver (right). Wood engraving, New York, 1879Filter paper supported on the container, vintage engraved illustration.Hammer ax serpentine lake dwellings of Switzerland, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.Steel engraving hand tools, vintage engraving. Old engraved illustration of Steel engraving hand tools with different sizes and types, isolated on a white background.Sketches of Kitchen Utensils, Bent Arm (recto); Historical Scene (verso) 1800-1899 United Kingdom. Black chalk with stumping, heightened with traces of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper .Swords, daggers and footrests, anonymous, c. 1873 - In or Before 1878 photograph photographic support albumen print hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. hacking and thrusting weapons: daggerAdvertisement for the Tom Good sewing machine. Birmingham, dated 15th January 1870.Tulita Westfall, Earrings, c 1937 EarringsOld engraved illustration of zinc bathtub. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.It is the part of the bicycle usually made up of metal or leather on which the paddle frame is placed and fixed with the rod and the sprocket. The rider places his foot on it, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories 1900.Designed before one baptism cup, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1911 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen other utensils used in the church (BAPTISMAL CUP)It is a handy tool used to clean the chain of the bicycle. It has the wooden hand and a hairy end which helps in cleaning, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories - 1900Vase with draperies, in or after 1771 print An ornamented vase with draperies and rings. Publishing number 374. Germany paper etching / engraving vase ~ ornamentCharles Goodwin, Urn Design, c 1940 Urn DesignThree earthenware objects found in ruins in the Mesa Verde National Park, c. 1891 - In or Before 1893 photomechanical print Above: Come, below: Jug and a spherical object. Mesa Verde National ParkVienna paper dish, plate, saucer. container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vaseIt is a device that is used to produce light. Generally oil or gas are used as fuel in it, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories - 1900Silbers patent petroleum, paraffin or kerosene burners with circular and flat wicks, Plate 227. Date: circa 1880sWalter Raleigh pipes, his pipes and tobacco pouch 1617Ornate Green Bird Cage B, Bird CagesTwo, three and five-light polished brass chandeliers, Plate 259. Date: circa 1880sCatherine Fowler, Quaker Bonnet, c 1937 Quaker BonnetCity Gas Light Bracket. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 23.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucien Verbeke.Historical telephones, from the left: Ader - Van Rysselberghe, Blake - Bell, Ader - Van Rysselberghe, historic wood engraving, about 1888It is a metal piece usually attached near the rear wheel of the bicycle and on which the chain is placed, vintage engraved line art illustration. Bicycle Accessories 1900.Trofee Met Rookvat, Johann Thomas Hauer, 1781 print Trophy with smoking vessel, square, ruler, passer, drum, trowel, ax and hacking. With seven -line French text. Paris paper etching / engraving trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornamentTelephone, produced by Mix & Genest, Germany, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1892.Collection d'antiques. 1-4.6-14.20.21.23.26-34.40-42.44.45.49-55.57.64.67-75.77-82. Figures, amulettes en scarabée et autres, en terre cuite; 5.36. Fragmens de sculpture; 15.16.18.19.24.56.65.66. Vases en terre cuite; 17. en basalte; 22.38.39.76. en verre; 25. en albâtre; 35.37. Pierre gravée en cornaline; 43. en bronze; 46.47. Médaille en or; 48. en pierre de touche.. Prints, Illustrations. 1822. Rare Book Division. Egypt, Amulets, Egyptian, Figurines, Vases, EgyptianAn engraving depicting a travelling bathtub with a lid and strap. The bath would cost between £2 to £2.25. Dated 19th centuryAncient Age. Ballista. Engraving.Minchiate Florentine. Set of 56 cards. The six sticks Anonymous. Florentine Minchiate. 56 cards game. The six sticks. Floor, brush colors. 1650-1700.Max O'Reilly, of New York, invents an electric tattooing pen which is not only faster than the manual method, but also less painful Date: circa 1890Hand Operated Fire Pump. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 36.8 x 44.3 cm (14 1/2 x 17 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Mangelsdorf.Flags, war flags, military flags and field insignia from different eras, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryGothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes. Designer: Bruce J. Talbert (British, Dundee, Scotland 1838-1881 London). Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 3/8 in. (46 x 32 x 1 cm). Lithographer: Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor (London); S. Ayling (British, active 1860s). Publisher: S. Birbeck (Birmingham, UK). Date: 1867. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Weapons, jewellery and equipment, finds from graves of the Slavic period, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, EuropeNetherlands, Groningen, Oomkens, Jan, Hoe tijd is het kwartier voor twaalf!, Kindervreugd, of plaatjes voor kleine tetekenaars en prentevriendjes; door R.G. Rijkens, verso - stamped, Sheet with 9 illustrations (numbered 64-72) for reading books by R.G. Rijkens. Each picture corresponds to a lesson from the booklets 'Natural Reading-Learning Method'. Shown are, among other things, a pocket watch, an inkwell, a quill, pipes and a ladder. Above each picture a number and a title and below each picture a four-line verse. To the left of each picture is stated which lesson the picture corresponds to. Marked top right: H., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 398 mm, width 314 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, 1779-07-18 - 1844-12-19, publisher, uitgever, 1808 - 1844, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmakerThe artifacts pictured here date from 1000 to 1100 A.D. They are from left to right, top to bottom: two musical instruments from 1000 A.D., nine musical instruments from 1100 A.D., horn, Norman crossbow, ring of a bishop, crosier, three shields, dagger, sword, banner, knife and forks, bucket, two Norman scepters, two Norman imperial globes, four seats, two prayer desks, table, bed. The illustration dates to 1882.Box and Basket Implement. Dated: 1935. Dimensions: overall: 22.6 x 30.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George B. Wally.Arm jewellery, Egyptian (1), Roman (2-5), Celtic (7-13), Band of Diana of Poitiers (14), Spanish (15), Venetian (16), Renaissance style (17), Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryOld engraved illustration of plateskirt isolated on a white background. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury Candle Stand. Dated: 1935/1942. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Brigadier.Charles Meryon, River Dredges and Lighters, probably c 1850 River Dredges and LightersPrincess Elizabeth wearing a charming, off-the-brow hat composing a large bow of same material as the hat and piped with contrasting colour, worn with a large mesh veil. Date: 1946Mieczownica (Greater Poland Voivodeship). K Pretty, Szymon (Ca 1864-1942); 1917 (not after November 21, 1917) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine. London, dated 1880.Agricultural implements and machinery 1890: English reversible plough, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century model.Candlesticks in hand-wrought copper.. Illustrations. 1912. General Research Division. Candlesticks, candleholdersTriplex' All-Porcelain, patented in 1888 by J.L. Mott Iron Works. Issued in New York, the catalog features plumbing equipment and supplies, specifically toilets, illustrated with wood engravingsPipes from various parts of Europe - Norway, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Bohemia and Greece for details see the text Date: early 19th centuryAmerican 20th Century, Oval Water Cask, 1935 1942 Oval Water CaskCartoon drawing or illustration of old antique or vintage artillery cannon.. Cartoon of Old Antique Wheeled Artillery CannonPair of Earrings (with 16.10.408) ca. 1635-1458 B.C. Second Intermediate Period-Early New Kingdom. Pair of Earrings (with 16.10.408) 546982Billiard table and Carom billiards, tables, vintage engraved illustration of Billiard table and Carom billiards, tables, isolated on a white background.Wilcox & Gibbs Letter G sewing machine, sewing machine by Wheeler & Wilson, and various stitches available on machines. Engraving, London, 1866.Fruit knife stand, nut basket, strawberry set, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896.Mappin & Webb quality diamond and pearl bracelets and clip brooches. 1937Roumania, 1881-95 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, RomaniaThe VALVE TRUMPET is a sophisticated version of the Natural Trumpet, and is the form generally used. Date: 1897One Bronze Pendant on Ring. UnknownWedding presents given to Princess Helena, third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Above is a centrepiece presented to Prince Christian by the Queen; below left, a bible and casket presented to Princess Helena, and below right, a bracelet given to Princess Helena by the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. Date: 1866Device flame Idria, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Cookers and Kitchen Machines 1895: Quadruple Stove for Commercial Kitchens, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century modelBook binding, 1751-1777. Artist: UnknownTrade catalogue for Harrord's department store, showing a variety of sweet making utensils. Date: 1911See Neêrlands, King with his animal consort, / and crown prince, Neêrlands Hoop and Russia Groot -Vorstin, Jan Oortman (Sr.), 1831 - 1854 print Leaf with 2 shows. Above a performance by Willem I Frederik and Wilhelmina van Pruisen in a closed carriage that is pulled by two horses. Under a performance by Willem II and Anna Pauwlona Romanowa in an open carriage that is pulled by two horses. Under each image, an eight -line verse in two columns. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coachEngraving depicting an 'artichoke' patterned tin mould. Dated 19th centuryHeussi's frying apparatus, 1847, historical kitchen utensils, Betty Gleim's cookbook, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century originalkitchen implement, Heussi's Bratapparat, historical kitchen appliances, Betty Gleim's cookbook, 1847 / historische Küchengeräte, Betty Gleims Kochbuch, 1847, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. James McLellan, Finial Eagle, c 1937 Finial EagleEngraving of a detail of the Sovereign weighing machine invented by Mr Bate to deal with the crisis in light gold coinage in the early eighteen forties. Date: 1845Mercury. Stove and pots in which mercury-bearing ore was heatedBernard Gussow and Lorenz Rothkranz, Shelf Clock, c 1938 Shelf ClockClay objects found in the tombs of Turbaco, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).