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Archaeological Lids and Mirrors

Historical lids and mirrors from different cultures, showcasing ancient designs and materials, linked to archaeological finds.

Lid, industrial white goods, high button with acorn, lid closure part soil find ceramic earthenware glaze lead glaze, Round lid with handle in the middle an upright tip ending in stylized acorn underside an edge and center underneath hollow Off white Fully glazed archeology Preserve Rotterdam railroad tunnel for storage of tableware Soil discovery: rail tunnel Rotterdam.
Lid, industrial white goods, high button with acorn, lid closure part soil find ceramic earthenware glaze lead glaze, Round lid with handle in the middle an upright tip ending in stylized acorn underside an edge and center underneath hollow Off white Fully glazed archeology Preserve Rotterdam railroad tunnel for storage of tableware Soil discovery: rail tunnel Rotterdam.
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Pair of Turning Rerebrace Plates 1500-1600 Germany. Steel .CDKUntitled. Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002). Terracotta. Executed in 1978. 20 x 20 x 15cm.Hedgehog cave, clipping, objectOnderpiece of a roof style from the church in Voorschoten, Anonymous, 1582 Onderpiece of a roof style from the church in Voorschoten, with the year 1582. This church was demolished in 1868. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). oak (wood) Voorschoten Onderpiece of a roof style from the church in Voorschoten, with the year 1582. This church was demolished in 1868. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). oak (wood) VoorschotenAnglo-Saxon shield from the Staffordshire Hoard. Dated 6th CenturyWater Well with Decoration of Animals and Waves 17th century China. Water Well with Decoration of Animals and Waves. China. 17th century. Stone-slate. late Ming (1368-1644)-early Qing (1644-1911) dynasty. SculptureButton; cut steelBrush Pot, early 19th century, 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (13.34 x 6.99 x 6.99 cm), Bamboo, China, 19th centuryMercury Ointment from Ship's Medicine Chest, from an Aberdeen Trawler wrecked on Hoy, early 20th centuryAlphonse Legros (1873-1911). "Erasme". Plaster. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123468-1 Back, writer, medal, plaster, profile, portrait, signature, 19th 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th centuryCan of Zyklon B, a pesticide invented in Germany and used in Nazi Germany in gas chambers to kill Jews as part of the Holocaust, such as at Auschwitz and other extermination campsInuit, Polar Eskimo or Inughuit, Woman's knife in Bone and steel. Artist: Unknown.A can with fuel for the Swiss army field stove Factory product