Historical Artifacts

Images of antique buttons, pottery fragments, and historical artifacts providing a glimpse into past craftsmanship and materials.

Stoneware mineral water pitcher, cylindrical with round shoulder, sausage ear and short neck, mineral water pitcher jar product packaging container soil find ceramic stoneware glaze salt glaze, hand turned glazed baked Stoneware mineral pitcher cylindrical with round shoulder short neck and sausage ear. Stand area with traces of deduction and soul. brown glazed with gray spot on shoulder. Marked under the ear and marked on the front with medallion and text. Mark under ear pottery brand: 16 C archeology Rotterdam Kralingen-Crooswijk Struisenburg Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Buizengat advertising indigenous pottery import drinking water drinking medicine medicine packaging Soil discovery: Buizengat Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Rotterdam an old landfill of municipal waste.
Stoneware mineral water pitcher, cylindrical with round shoulder, sausage ear and short neck, mineral water pitcher jar product packaging container soil find ceramic stoneware glaze salt glaze, hand turned glazed baked Stoneware mineral pitcher cylindrical with round shoulder short neck and sausage ear. Stand area with traces of deduction and soul. brown glazed with gray spot on shoulder. Marked under the ear and marked on the front with medallion and text. Mark under ear pottery brand: 16 C archeology Rotterdam Kralingen-Crooswijk Struisenburg Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Buizengat advertising indigenous pottery import drinking water drinking medicine medicine packaging Soil discovery: Buizengat Oostmaaslaan Boslaan Rotterdam an old landfill of municipal waste.
Goldweight Drum, 19th-20th century, 1 3/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in. (3.02 x 2.22 x 2.06 cm), Brass, Ghana, 19th-20th centuryBronze Age. Hair in the form of braided locks was also sacrifice in the bogs. Sometimes several plaits were tied together. These deposits can be seen as both small and large sacrifices. A Seven plaits deposited together. Northern Jutland. C. 350 BC. National Museum of Denmark.interiorSmall bottle. unknown, craftsmanFunerary Cone of the Overseer of Scribes Ineni. Dimensions: Preserved L. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Diam. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Date: ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Ornament 19th century Japan. Ornament. Japan. 19th century. Bronze. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). MetalworkFigurine of fo lion with a ball. unknown, craftsmanSilversmith's art, France, 18th century. Silver-gilt sugar scatterer and mustard gravy boat with sophisticated filigree work. Made in Strasbourg, around 1750.Stand for a Qur'an Manuscript. Dimensions: W. (when closed) 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)H. (when closed) 51 1/4 in. (130.2 cm)Dimensions when open: H. 45 in. (114.3 cm)W. 50 in. (127 cm)D. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm). Maker: Zain() Hasan Sulaiman Isfahani. Date: dated A.H. 761/A.D. 1360.Three layers of superb carving combining vegetal motifs and calligraphic inscriptions cover the surface of this Qur'an stand. The inscriptions include decorative arrangements of the words Allah, 'Ali, and Muhammad, and blessings upon the Prophet and the Twelve Imams. In addition, they provide us with the information that the stand was made by Hasan [ibn Zain ibn Sulaiman al-Isfahani for endowment to a madrasa, or theological college, in the year 1360. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) first quarter of the 5th century B.C. Greek, Attic Left half of kylix handle; at the bottom left, tip of penis from ithyphallic male (satyr). Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup). Greek, Attic. first quarter of the 5th century B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Archaic. VasesBowl ca. 1050-900 B.C. Cypriot Shallow bowl with incised concentric circles on bottom.. Bowl. Cypriot. ca. 1050-900 B.C.. Terracotta. Iron Age. VasesMadrid, 11/16/2016. The Puerta del Sol clock turns 150 years old. Photo: Maya Balanya Archdc.Ornament, part, c. 1800 - c. 1850 Pillar -shaped interim of ornament. Stone goods with different colors of glaze. Canton stoneware. glaze. wood (plant material) Pillar -shaped interim of ornament. Stone goods with different colors of glaze. Canton stoneware. glaze. wood (plant material)Censer in the Form of Sparrow on a Roof Tile 1650 Japan. Censer in the Form of Sparrow on a Roof Tile. Japan. 1650. Lightly glazed stoneware (Bizen ware). Edo period (1615-1868). CeramicsSquare wooden 3d render boxes in digital space. Geometric solid plastic shapes in free realistic decoration fall. Graphic background presentation with simple moving objects. Square wooden 3d render boxes in digital space. Geometric solid plastic shapes in free realistic decoration fall. Graphic background presentation with simple moving objects.. Randomly falling and floating cubesEdge fragments of pottery. Terra Sigillata. San Xian Moraime, Muxia (A Corua province, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right a foot inscribed in a square lined with inscriptions; Reverse registration on five lines on a radiant background.Showcase with objects of ceramics, including vases of Meissen porcelain; Halls of crafts July 1962..Cactus on shelf on outside wall, Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa, PeruStool. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30 x 22.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 19 1/4"high; 27"long; 15"wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Wenger.Cup plate. American; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Date: 1830-1835. Dimensions: diam. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.). Pressed glass. Origin: Pittsburgh. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Two Large Stone Vessels with Tubular 2789 B.C. Egypt Pair of scent flasks 18th century Italian, Sicily, possibly Palermo. Pair of scent flasks. Italian, Sicily, possibly Palermo. 18th century. Gilt copper, coral. Metalwork-CopperMasculine sexual organ broken offFreedom Box for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm vonSteuben.   Maker: Samuel Johnson, American, 1726-1796 Engraver: Peter Rushton Maverick, American, 1755-1811Round table top; decorated on the side with heads of bull. Alabaster; 3rd century BC - 1st century AD. From the Yemen" Bonnet ca. 1880 American. Bonnet 113257The Pigeon With Flowers by Pablo Picasso, painted ceramic, 1881-1973Attic Red-Figure Cup. Makron (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 480 B.C.)Fish vase; Manufaktura Majoliki in Nieborów (Nieborów; label; 1881-1899), Szewczyk, Feliks (1863-1932); 1885 (1885-00-00-1885-00-00);Tiny Basket.Ennanga 19th century Ganda Unlike the triangular European harp, the arched harp known as an ennanga consists of two elements: a soundbox and the curved neck that rises from it. Strings made of gut or plant fiber rise diagonally from the sound table. Each string touches a reptile-skin ring beneath its tuning peg, causing a buzzing sound.. Ennanga. Ganda. 19th century. Wood, vegetal fiber, snake skin, hide. Uganda. Chordophone-HarpAfrica, West Africa, Ghana, Navrongo. Close-up of traditional pottery in Navrongo Basilica Museum.Golden Artifact From Taiona Tribe In The Gold Museum In La Candelaria, The Old Town Of Bogota, ColombiaGilded wooden statuette of an unknown man. Dated 1760 BC