Historical Objects Photography

Antique and historical images showcasing objects like jewelry, toys, and decor from different eras, highlighted for their artistic value.

Rectangular purple border tile, lilac-like fond, surrounded decor, surrounded by column, with dark purple parallel lines as edge decoration, yellow-brown pottery, edge tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted
Rectangular purple border tile, lilac-like fond, surrounded decor, surrounded by column, with dark purple parallel lines as edge decoration, yellow-brown pottery, edge tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted
Fourteen Scarabee and two other objects, prepared in the Boulaq Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Hippolyte Délié, c. 1866 - in or before 1871 photograph  Cairo photographic support albumen print permanent exhibition, museum. insects: scarabaeus Boulaq MuseumVintage looking Letter envelope Vintage looking A letter envelope for mail postage shipping Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 9946627Toy Stove. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 22.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 1/8" in diameter; 1 15/16" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PHILIP JOHNSON.Foot Stool - Mahogany with Horse Hair Covering. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 38 x 45 cm (14 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9"high; 19 1/4"long. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Magnus S. Fossum.Jewelry from Lombardy and the former Romagna, Anonymous, c. 1863 - in or before 1868 photograph   photographic support albumen print ornaments, jewels. necklace. ear-ringsCherry Pitter. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 45.4 cm (14 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 13/16" wide; 6 1/2" high; 7 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wayne White.Panel with flower decoration (presumably) in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph  Rijksmuseum Amsterdam photographic support  flowers ~ ornamentArthur Wegg, Foot Warmer, c 1936 Foot WarmerPhoto production of a decorative flower pattern, anonymous, c. 1890 - in or before 1900 photograph  Paris photographic support albumen print flowers ~ ornamentRectangular purple border tile, lilac-like fond, surrounded decor, surrounded by column, with dark purple parallel lines as edge decoration, yellow-brown pottery, edge tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedClothes Rack. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 35.5 cm (9 11/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: Backboard 4' 1 1/4"x2 7/8" x 1". See data sheet for dets.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dayton Brown.Fragment with Roundel and L-Shaped Band with Interlace Ornament 3rd-6th century Interlace is a type of pattern formed by bands that seem to pass over and under one another. This fragment displays a highly complex and beautiful interlace roundel.. Fragment with Roundel and L-Shaped Band with Interlace Ornament 443329Salad bowl with red edge and blue bird, product of the Sunderland faience factory of Iłża - top and side views, from the collection of Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonistCordial Glass. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 21.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Tarantino.On a mirror , Flowers, Mirrors. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph CollectionGlass bowl with water lilies. Baron Adolf de Meyer, photographer (American, born France, 1868 - 1946) 1908 Object was disbound from the album prior to deaccessioning and not part of the deaccession.Server Dish. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 27.3 cm (9 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/8" Long 7 5/8" Wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Sudek.Table clock with two candlesticks, decorated with mask heads, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph  Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print clock. chandelier, candelabrum. mask, mascaron ~ ornament EuropeToleware Document Box. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 38.2 x 50.8 cm (15 1/16 x 20 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/8" long; 6 5/8" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: J. Howard Iams.Hat Fragments 4th century Coptic. Hat Fragments 475114Indian arrow-heads , Arrowheads. The Edward Bolster Local History Room CollectionButter Dish. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Janet Riza.Photo album (empty), anonymous, c. 1900  Photo album with 28 pages each with a passe-partout-framed passe-partout for a cabinet photo or four with golden lines-framed passe-partouts for Cartes-de Visite. In total there is room for 12 cabinet photos and 64 Cartes-de Visite in the album.  cardboard. paper. velvet (fabric weave). plastic (organic material). metal decorated paper flowers. mountains. hut, cabin, lodgeS Brodsky, Shallow Compote, 1935 1942 Shallow CompoteSpice Box. Dated: c. 1927. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 28 cm (9 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; 6" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper.Vilnius. Church Bernardine. The tombstone of Staniska Radziwi "; Zdanowski, Edmund and Boles ; products with wtkiens / paper / photo paper / bromine paper, products from Wąkien / Paper / cardboard / color cardboard / cardboard black; photo printing: height 11.3 cm, width 8.2 cm, card in the album: height 16.8 cm, width 24.8 cm; di 67091/22 MNW; all rights reservations.Base of a table, 1876 - 1924 drawing   paper. chalk  tableTowel cover, Medium: cotton on linen Technique: embroidered, Panel with three horizontal bands of embroidery: the initials M.H., date, birds, plants, animals, and circular ornaments in cross stitch. Three applied fringed bands. Fringe at top and bottom., Pennsylvania, USA, 1837, embroidery & stitching, Towel coverCharles Criswell, Woman's Buckles, c 1936 Woman's BucklesRaymond Neumann, Balcony Railing with Cast Rosette, c 1940 Balcony Railing with Cast RosetteIntracted chest of drawers with brown fittings from the collections of Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki in Warsaw in 1915-front view on a 1: 5 scale, a dresser infected with brown fittings from the collections of Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki in Warsaw in 1915-view from the side and a fragment of the countertop from mountains on a 1: 5 scale; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1917 (not after 8.03.1917) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Pueblo of Acoma, Adam Clark Vroman, c. 1900 playing card. photograph Play card from box with 53 playing cards with images in carpie from Native Americans. The content contains a complete set of playing cards including joker. United States of Americapublisher: Los Angeles paper   United States of AmericaRibbon. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 38.3 x 28.2 cm (15 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marie Lutrell.Jewelry. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gladys Cook.Stylus of a Machine Used for Engraving Bank notes. Artist: Attributed to Cyrus Durand (American, 1787-1868). Dimensions: sheet: 3 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. (9.3 x 16.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Mildred Ford, Bread Tray, c 1938 Bread TrayOrnaments ..Blanket Chest. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 27.3 x 38 cm (10 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Base 4'2 3/4"long; 23 3/16"wide; 2'6 5/8"high overall. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sarah F. Williams.Brief fittings for a chest of drawers from the collection of Gustaw Subise-Bisier from Warsaw in 1916-two views at the front; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1916 (not after 26.04.1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);Showcase with lace; Halls of crafts 1963..Ludmilla Calderon, Hooded Cradle, c 1936 Hooded CradleDesign for a Glass Box with a Silver Base and Cover 1820-65 George Richards Elkington British. Design for a Glass Box with a Silver Base and Cover 387069Woven Hair Bracelet. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35 x 26 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irene M. Burge.Tile of tableau (green, blue), tile picture footage fragment ceramics pottery glaze, Seven multi-colored tiles of tableau (-G). Especially green blue and yellow.John B Moll, Humidor, c 1938 HumidorLouis Plogsted, Shelf Clock, c 1937 Shelf ClockImage caption: Surgical instruments, photographed by the Signal Corps in 1920, were issued and marked with the symbol A. Taker. The instruments were used during World War 1 for medical purposes. Age: 100 years.Quilts - Pieced. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 24.5 x 33.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.Egyptian vases and a head and a pot, anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1895 photograph   photographic support gelatin silver print sculpture. container of stone: stone vase. container of glass: bottle, jar, vaseToleware Bread Tray. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 40.6 cm (11 15/16 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 3/8" long; 5 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred Ford.Portraits of a man in four poses of crying, despair and dismay. .Tavola parecchiata per colazione a Thè 1839-40 William Henry Fox Talbot British. Tavola parecchiata per colazione a Thè. William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800-1877 Lacock). 1839-40. Salted paper print from paper negative. PhotographsDifferentes Vases et Utensiles, dont on fait usage en Égypte.. Norden, Frederik Ludvig, 1708-1742. Illustrations, Prints. 1780. General Research Division. Egypt , Description and travel, Egypt , Antiquities, Implements, utensils, etc.Tray. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 50.8 cm (14 1/8 x 20 in.). Medium: oil paint on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Myra Newswanger.Floral Arrangement. James Walker Goodwin (American, 1836 - 1910)Animal tile, bird on flower fruit to the left, in blue on white, without corner motif, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedSellers of fish, Mussulman, Sind.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , IndiaWindow frame, 1905 - 1906  Page 5 Recto from a sketchbook with 34 sheets. Vreeland paper. pencil  closed windowVignette with still life with fruit, Pieter de Goeje, c. 1789 - c. 1859 drawing Design for a print.  paper. ink. chalk pen / brush fruitOptical illusion of some dominoes; 1850s; Color lithographKey and Lock. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 22.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ronau William Woiceske.Portrait of three unknown women, Anonymous, 1855 - 1940 photograph. frame   iron (metal). glass. cardboard. paper. wood (plant material) ferrotyping historical persons - BB - woman. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait - BB - woman. head-gear: hatJacob Gielens, Toleware Tin Tea Caddy, c 1937 Toleware Tin Tea CaddyJ Howard Iams, Wrought Iron Lock, 1936 Wrought Iron LockBlack chair from the collection of Mr. Kunicka in Warsaw - view in a 1: 5 scale; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1916 (not after 22/03/1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);Vilnius. Church Bernardine. "Picture; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Boles" Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00); the Muza National Museum in Warsaw was downloaded from the Muza system; photographic / photographic print / bromine print / bromine print toned; Products from W LOKEN / PAPER / PAPER PAPER / BROME PAPER, PRODUCTS WITH WHEELS / PAPER / CARDON / CARDONE / CARDONE / BLACK CARDONE; Photographic Print: height 13.5 cm, width 8.5 cm, card in the album: Wysie . 16.8 cm, width 24.8 cm; di 67091/14 MNW; all rightsStill life with ginger pot, wine glass and bowl, Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888 - 1934 print   paper etching still life of miscellaneous objectsDesign for a Round Table on a Multi-Faceted Support, A.N. Davenport Co., Graphite on thin, cream paper, Round molded table top raised on molded flaring muti-faceted support sitting atop conforming base raised on 4 splayed legs with casters., 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, DrawingThe Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts and the Arts, Decorative, ornamental. Vol. 8. William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877)Calendars and Christmas cards depicting an African American boy in the snow carrying a letter, kittens with ribbons playing with a hat and shoe, turkeys dressed in clothes.. Proofs, Greeting cards, Calendars. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Cats, Animals in human situationsClock and bust of very old man, anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1830  Square glass plate in a wooden rating. Bust of a very old man with eyes closed. Below that a clock that is at twelve o'clock. Part of a series of busts with clocks that represent the phases of life. Netherlands (possibly) glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint)Mahogany Cradle. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: 35"long; 21"deep; 16 1/2"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Plogsted.Plate 42: dog necklace, comb ". Drawing by Pouget, 1764. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 25797-1 Accessory, jewel, dog necklace, drawing, flower, mode, ornament, combGodslamp, Giacomo Brogi, 1865 - 1881 Photograph. visit card  Florence paper. cardboard albumen print ALTARLAMP, ALTAR FIRE FlorenceFragment from Original Architrave of Mission Church Facade. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: Block approx. 20"x18"x9". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: W. J. Goodacre.Lock and Key. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.1 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: length of lock: 9"; circular part of design: 3 1/2"; door plate: 5" high; 1 1/8" wide; depth of lock: 3/4"; Furrel: 1 3/4"; shaft: 2 3/4"; handle: 1 1/2" high; 1 3/4" long; 1" wide. Medium: watercolor and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel W. Ford.Duncan Phyfe Sewing Cabinet. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 29 1/2"high; 28 3/4"long; 13 1/2"deep (cabinet). Medium: watercolor, colored penci, graphite, and heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mattie P. Goodman.Cake Mold. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 39.7 cm (11 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 3/8" High 8 1/2" Dia 3 1/8" Deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Moss.Three Legged Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 26.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 32"high; 21 1/2"wide; 23 1/2"deep. See data sheet for details. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Jennings.Ornament with four fish.Leaf 41 Verso from a sketchbook with 42 pages.Glassware (Austrian Court. No. 10) London Exhibition, 1862.. Unknown maker, BritishPlane. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 45.9 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 1/2" high; 9 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Oscar Bluhme.Dos jambas con bajorelieves clásicos de motivos florales.View of a photographic portrait surrounded by a memorial wreath. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Newburyport (Mass.)Embroidery sample, Medium: silk, paper Technique: embroidered on taffeta, Black taffeta embroidered with a border or lapel design in a pattern of small naturalistic flowers sprays in white, blue, pink and green., France, 1790-1800, embroidery & stitching, Embroidery sampleDescription: Cyprus Antiquities Location: Cyprus Date: 1876-1942 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalensUntitled river mining scene. Date/Period: Ca. 1850s. Photograph. Daguerreotype (Cased object). Height: 165 mm (6.49 in); Width: 216 mm (8.50 in). Author: Attributed to Carleton Watkins.Still life with glass objects; Intérieurs: Glass study (taken in gas lighting) ..Seven medallions with children of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert van Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 in London, C.M. Ferrier & F. von Martens (attributed to), 1851 photograph  London photographic support salted paper print ornament ~ medallion LondonOld Greek coins. Nova Chalcographiae Aplicatio; Sierakowski, Józef (1765-1831); 1810 (1810-00-00-1810-00-00);Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, gift (provenance), Greek (culture), coins, numismaticsNo. 1148, Keystone Lightning ArresterEmbroidered Linen Collar. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 26.4 x 42.7 cm (10 3/8 x 16 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" wide; 16" long. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Miller.Various attachments and tools; Haches et instruments Divers 23/40 Nature. .Meissen 'Schneeball vase' with flowers and silver showcase, Eduard Isaac Asser, c. 1850 photograph  Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard salted paper printOrder of the Golden Fleece. Unknown makerBox Canon, Colorado; American; about 1880; Albumen silver printRex F Bush, Doll Carriage, c 1937 Doll CarriageDiafanorama of a sea battle, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1830 Seven sailing ships, three of which are Dutch and four Turkish. The middle ships try to enter each other. To the left of these two ships are three Turkish and one Dutch ship and on the right two Turkish and one Dutch ship. The shown is located in a horizontal line in the middle of the glass plate. Netherlands wood (plant material). glass Seven sailing ships, three of which are Dutch and four Turkish. The middle ships try to enter each other. To the left of these two ships are three Turkish and one Dutch ship and on the right two Turkish and one Dutch ship. The shown is located in a horizontal line in the middle of the glass plate. Netherlands wood (plant material). glassPaul Poffinbarger, Men's Bedroom Slippers, 1935 1942 Men's Bedroom SlippersFragment of a Bowl 12th-13th century. Fragment of a Bowl 447222