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Historical Medals and Artifacts

A selection of intricate medals and decorative objects, showcasing detailed craftsmanship, from different historical periods and cultures.

Gold Honorary Medal of the Red Cross for Women Patriae AC Humanitati
Gold Honorary Medal of the Red Cross for Women Patriae AC Humanitati
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Lluís Masriera / Colgante Art Nouveau de esmalte, diamantes y oro. Colección privada. Author: LLUÍS MASRIERA I ROSÉS.Bitcoin litecoin cryptocurrency and virtual real poison bugs. Malfunction and attack on banking systemChamber candlestick 1836-37 Charles Reilly. Chamber candlestick. British, London. 1836-37. Silver. Metalwork-SilverGold ring with cameo glass portrait of the Emperor Augustus 1st half of 1st century A.D. Roman Many such small decorative items were probably made as gifts for friends and supporters of Augustus and his dynasty. At the top end of the scale were real sardonyx cameos, made for those with close family ties, while at the other end were plain glass medallions, mass produced for distribution to soldiers in the imperial army, who wore them as phalerae (medallions) on their armor.. Gold ring with cameo glass portrait of the Emperor Augustus 256217Willem V, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Willem v, Prince of Orange-Nassau, one-sided silver cut-off carrying sign with eight-pointed beams on wearing eye. Front: brisket man inside edge of cubes such as precious stones. Reverse: Blank.Fireman's Hat Shield. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 38.5 x 30.5 cm (15 3/16 x 12 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Murphy.Brooch (USA); hair (human), gold; 3 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)Hope 1800-1805 American. Hope. American. 1800-1805. Watercolor on ivory in a gold and pearl ringEngraved Scaraboid; Greece; about 500 B.C; Rock crystal; 0.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm (1,4 × 1,2 × 3,8 in.)Lluís Masriera / Broche "Pesca de la perla", 1906. Colección privada. Author: LLUÍS MASRIERA I ROSÉS.Crown of oak and laurel offered by the Republican circle of Saint-Quentin in Victor Hugo Crown of oak and laurel offered by the Republican circle of Saint-Quentin in Victor Hugo . Painted metal, circa 1880. Paris, Victor Hugo House.Wall arm with back plate with the coat of arms of the Spiegel family, Hendrik Swierinck, 1745 The back plate is formed as a shield with a wide edge of collapsed and one after the other along curly volutes, some smooth, decorated with leaves, others with a structure of rows of bulbs. The latter stem from horns of pleats. Between the volutes are fields of grille work with rosettes on a rouguated soil. Stealing over the field in the middle of the tulips that depend on the volutes above it. The plate is closed on top and bottom by spouting, foam and leafy motifs. The crown is flanked by two eagles seated on the volutes with heads bothered by each other. On the foam motif on the underside, the flinged arm -decorated volutes, which is built with leaves, is attached, where it is turned from A to the left and that from B to the right. The arm wears a large, hexagonal fat catcher with a round floor in the middle and an imposed, profiled outdoor edge. With a round, incorporated base, the also he. The body is tricable to the right, the head to the left. The man carries a long allonge wig, part of which depends on the right shoulder on which the cloak comes together. This is draped over the pseudo-Roman harness, showing a pleated shirt and a mask at the neck, as well as the shoulder dependent bars.CINTURON Y HEBILLA EN MARFIL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.Case (Inr) with Lion and Peonies 17th century Japan. Case (Inr) with Lion and Peonies. Japan. 17th century. Lacquer. Edo period (1615-1868). InrMourning ring ca. 1780 possibly British. Mourning ring 200677Table clock early 17th century German. Table clock 188489 German, Table clock, early 17th century, Brass gilt, silver, glass, brass, steel, 5 3 1/4 in. (12.7 8.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Thomas Egleston, 1900 (00.12.1)'Cover Coats of Arms for the Funeral of Peter I. Udorsky Coat of Arms'. Russia, 1725. Dimensions: 50x44,6 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.Portrait medallion of gold, anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1900 Portrait medallion of gold, oval, with edge of gold, occupied with rhinestones. A photographic portrait at the front; At the rear a medallion in which a hair clip behind glass surrounded by a border of blue glass on drainoched soil. Netherlands (possibly) gold (metal). glass. paste (glass). engine turning Portrait medallion of gold, oval, with edge of gold, occupied with rhinestones. A photographic portrait at the front; At the rear a medallion in which a hair clip behind glass surrounded by a border of blue glass on drainoched soil. Netherlands (possibly) gold (metal). glass. paste (glass). engine turningPurple of purple velvet, on the front with silk and silver wire The municipal weapon of Schagen applique, with woolen drawstring and ditto brush. Purple of purple velvet, on the front with silk and silver wire The municipal weapon of Schagen applique, with woolen drawstring and ditto brush. Model: Elongated with round bottom. Consisting of two equal pieces of velvet. On the top 12, holes festived where a double, braided drawstring is pulled by. Red cord with green brush. Feston sign in beige yarn. Lined with red dyed goats () Leather. Decoration: at the front a partial scalloped application representing the municipal weapon of Schagen. On a fond of silver or gold-plated silver thread a shield from side in which a rose of metal wire. The armed man in harness with feathered helmet is embroidered in multicolored silk with contours of metal wire.Ancient silver reliquary; Jehenne, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (Fl. 185.-187.), Lemertcier, Rose Joseph (Paris 1858-1862 (1858-00-00-1862-00-00);Medallion (obverse). Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray (French, 1864-1932). Bronze; overall: 6.7 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.).Button, late 18th century; painted porcelain, copper, glass, tinMedal of the French Section at the World and International Exhibition of Li�ge, 1905 Fr�d�ric-Charles Victor de Vernon (1858-1912). Medal of the French section at the World and International Exhibition of Li�ge. Bronze, 1905.Button, late 18th century; painted porcelain, copper, glass, tinKhonsu amulet. Dimensions: l. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) × h. 1 cm (3/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 26-29. Date: 664-380 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Edmond Lachenal (1855-1948). Victor Hugo medallion. Blue earthenware. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 54513-8 Crown of Laurel, Laurier crown, French writer, effigie, blue faience, medal, medallion, honorary portrait, profile, portrait, representation, representation, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century. A woman offers her merchandise for a house. A man looks interested. There is a woman in the doorway. To the right of the door is a boy with a hoop. Left in the foreground is a well.Ludwik VII Landgraf Heski (1658 - 1678); 1670 (1670-00-00-1670-00-00);Foreign miniatures, men, portraits, men's portraits, hairstyles, rulersMirror 1650-1700 possibly French. Mirror 196717Cigarcase. Manufacturer: Unger Brothers, American, 1872-1919Photo frame; Fabergé, Karl (St. Petersburg and Moscow; Zeknictnia Z Otnicz and jewelry; 1872-1918), Nevalainen, Anders Johan (Fl. 1885-1917); 1899-1908 (1899-00-00-1908-00-00);Foundation Jakub Ksawery Count. Potocki (1934-) - collections, Partage Plus, Potocki, Jakub Ksawery (1863-1934) - collection, gift (provenance), kimation (ornament), neoclassicism (style), testamentary record of Jakub Ksawery PotockiPlanets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Royal Haudaa seat on elephant with gold work in museum of Junagarh fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotoxVier beroepen naar Het menselyk bedryf.Four slides with images of professions in a wooden mount. A fifth glass (second from the left) is missing. Extremely left: The musician plays on a lute. To the right: is missing. In the middle: the instrument maker, in his left hand a lute, left and right of him a cello. To the right: the embroidered, sitting at a table by the window. Extreme right: the tailor, standing behind a table with a piece of textile on it, engaged in needle and thread.Untitled (Portrait of a Woman) American. Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), ca. 1860. Daguerreotype, Photo: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (7 x 5.4 cm). Photography ca. 1860Gold snuff box, painted with miniature portraits of the Bourbons, Anonymous, c. 1815 - c. 1830 Rectangular box of gold. All sides are covered with miniature portraits of the Bourbons. On the Marie-Antoinette lid with her children next to a bust of Louis XVI. On the bottom the brother and sister of Lodewijk XVI. On the front Louis XIV and Maria-Theresa of Spain. On the back Henry IV and Maria de Medici. On the left Louis XIII and Anna van Austria. On the right side Louis XV and Maria Leczinska. Paris gold (metal). glass Rectangular box of gold. All sides are covered with miniature portraits of the Bourbons. On the Marie-Antoinette lid with her children next to a bust of Louis XVI. On the bottom the brother and sister of Lodewijk XVI. On the front Louis XIV and Maria-Theresa of Spain. On the back Henry IV and Maria de Medici. On the left Louis XIII and Anna van Austria. On the right side Louis XV and Maria Leczinska. Paris gold (metal). glassMirror knob ca. 1783 French or British. Mirror knob. French or British. ca. 1783. Enamel on copper, brass. Enamels-PaintedAmerican 19th Century, Memorial Miniature, early 19th century Memorial MiniatureHeart-shaped Frame, before 1896. Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903), firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846-1920). Gold, enamel, glass, photograph; overall: 5.3 x 3.2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.).'s Lands schip van oorlog Utrecht onder commando van den Capitein J. P. van Braam (title on object). Dating: in or after 1783 - 1800. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 55 cm × w 51 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Box ca. 1745-55 Meissen Manufactory German. Box. German, Meissen. ca. 1745-55. Hard-paste porcelain. Ceramics-PorcelainPink Ripszijde bridal ribbon in which two crowned alliance weapons woven with silver thread and 'Arnout Noel and/ Maria Marcus, in/ den Echt unites the/ December 12 AO 1752', trimmed with trips of silver wire, Aernoud & Francois Noël, 1752 ribbon (material). ribbon (material) Ribbon of pink ripszijde in which two crowned alliance weapons woven with silver wire and 'Arnout Noel and/ Maria Marcus, in/ den Echt unites the/ December 12 AO 1752', trimmed with pours of silver wire with a clover-four-four-four-fist. The total length of the ribbon is once the report. Ribbon is not used as a garter, but made for the marriage. Amsterdam lint: silk. inscriptie: silver thread. troetels: silver thread new churchDecanter Label 1810-25 Louis Boudo. Decanter Label 3087Bottle Ticket (Kyan). John Emes (England, 1762-1810). England, London, circa 1780-1810. Furnishings; Accessories. SilverPair of Portrait Miniatures, c. 1810. John Wesley Jarvis (American, 1781-1840). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 7.3 x 6.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 7.3 x 5.7 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.); part 2: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); part 3: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.).Pipe with a Portrait of Prince Józef Poniatowski Ilmenau