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Ornate Decorative Plates

Antique-style plates and disks featuring intricate designs, including floral and animal motifs, captured in rich bronze and gold tones.

Hand guard, anonymous, 1600 - 1900 Oval tsuba in the shape of a frog with silver eyes and a copper tongue; The ryo-hitsu are filled with gold, which is processed like the iron (Ishime surface). Japan iron (metal). gold (metal). silver (metal). copper (metal) Oval tsuba in the shape of a frog with silver eyes and a copper tongue; The ryo-hitsu are filled with gold, which is processed like the iron (Ishime surface). Japan iron (metal). gold (metal). silver (metal). copper (metal)
Hand guard, anonymous, 1600 - 1900 Oval tsuba in the shape of a frog with silver eyes and a copper tongue; The ryo-hitsu are filled with gold, which is processed like the iron (Ishime surface). Japan iron (metal). gold (metal). silver (metal). copper (metal) Oval tsuba in the shape of a frog with silver eyes and a copper tongue; The ryo-hitsu are filled with gold, which is processed like the iron (Ishime surface). Japan iron (metal). gold (metal). silver (metal). copper (metal)
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Amulet - AegisPlate ca. 1818-ca. 1846 Enoch Wood & Sons British. Plate. British (American market). ca. 1818-ca. 1846. Earthenware, transfer-printed. Made in Staffordshire, EnglandRing, AD 200 or later. China, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) or later. Stone; diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.).Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.General Assout, Anonymous, 1848 award medal Silver medal to carrying eye and carrying ring in ribbed edge. Front: Two crossed swords in Bladerkrans above crowned helmet inside. Reverse: unwritten pennant above inscription and crowned coat of arms with letter W on waptrophee silver (metal) engravingAnneepigraphic seal at the port scene, contemporary period Anepigraphic seal at the port scene, contemporary period . Brass, Reverse.Chased silver shield, by Messrs. Lambert, the silversmiths, of Coventry-street, in the International Exhibition, 1862. 'Perhaps to show that this shield is thoroughly English the exhibitors wisely reject the French word repoussé, which would, however, accurately describe the work, and adhere to the older English and less-used participle, embossed. The shield has been designed and executed by Mr. Thomas Pairpoint...and illustrates the defeat of the Iceni by Suetonius, and the death of their Queen, Boadicea...the work is ambitious of great promise; but its execution, often careless and someNose Ornament 6th-7th century Moche (Loma Negra). Nose Ornament 313406Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Boss ca. 8th century B.C.. Boss 324300Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Dish ca. 1904 Manufactured by The Art Crafts Shop. Dish 20270Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics. Law bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (), on the right.Goldweight with a Geometric Design 1700-1899 Ghana. This small, square gold weight consists of a pattern of four concentric semicircles on its face. It is probable that this weight was made sometime in the 18th or 19th centuries in light of its ornate ìwax-threadî design, which was common during that period. Brass and copper weights were used for five centuriesóbetween about 1400 and 1900óas a means to weigh gold mined by the Akan and traded first westward and then across the Sahara to North Africa, and later with the Portuguese and Dutch.ñPermanent Collection Object Description. Copper alloy . AsanteGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Jean-Jacques Barre (1793-1855). EUG medal. Louise Princess of Orleans. Plaster. Nineteenth century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 58761-4 Medal, inventory number, numismatics, plaster, reverse, 19th centuryPottery from an iron age village in Malta. Artist: UnknownPanel 14th-15th century. Panel 445105WOOD TRAY WITH DECORATION OF FLORA AND INDIGENOUS FAUNA - VIRREINAL ART - 16th CENTURY. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Sword Guard (Tsuba) ca. 1615-1868 Japanese A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the swords blade and grip to protect the users hands.. Sword Guard (Tsuba) 34371Panel 14th-15th century Part of a pair with object 91.1.1609 this octagonal wooden panel is typical of Mamluk woodwork. The carved pieces of inlay with the characteristic arabesque of split-leaf palmettes, and the sharp contrasts between the dark wood and the ivory are found in many such panels. A third object from the collection (07.236.58), a fragment of a six-pointed star, follows the same design as the octagonal panel. Possibly all three panels were part of a larger object, such as a minbar or a wooden door.. Panel 444787Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Floor tile. Tile decorated with an oval leaf.Ten Dinar coins, Tabriz, Abu Sa'id, 1316-35 AD. IRAN.Mirror 17th century probably French. Mirror 196722Spindle Whorl 10th-early 16th century Mexican. Spindle Whorl 307717Water Filter 10th-12th century. Water Filter 447428Hemihekte fromIonia, ca. 600 B.C., Electrum, 1.18 g, 8.5mm, Made in Ionia, Greek, 7th-6th century B.C., NumismaticsSword Guard (Tsuba). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.8 oz. (107.7 g). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sword Guard (Tsuba). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 g). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lustro ręczne ze sceną zabicia Meduzy. warsztat Chiusi, workshop. A lock. Gothic.. Door of a corner of oak, decorated with a ribbed circle, including blind traces from circles, circle segments and leaf ornament. There are rosettes in the corners. The batter is missing.Sword Guard (Tsuba) ca. 1615-1868 Japanese A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the swords blade and grip to protect the users hands.. Sword Guard (Tsuba) 33456Bronze Charm from JoseonDynasty. Mint: Hanyang (Seoul) Artist: UnknownRound Plaque. Culture: Vicús. Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm). Date: 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 2nd century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Scarab from Ruiu's Burial ca. 1504-1447 B.C. New Kingdom The burial of Ruiu was found in the tomb of her father, Neferkhawet, which was excavated by the Museums Egyptian Expedition in 1935. Lying against the right side of the head end of Ruius coffin was a small basket that contained a wooden box and a metal razor. Inside the box were four scarabs and a cowroid seal-amulet made of steatite, two ebony kohl sticks, and a small metal spoon.This scarab is the finest of those found in the box. It originally had a bright blue glaze that has almost entirely worn off the smooth surfaces. The device on the base is consists of a round hooked scroll pattern enclosing two nefer-hieroglyphs and a neb-basket.. Scarab from Ruiu's Burial. ca. 1504-1447 B.C.. Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, Burial of Ruiu (IV), inside 35.3.45a, b, MMA excavations, 1934-35. Dynasty 18, earlyDish. Culture: American. Dimensions: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm). Manufacturer: Manufactured by The Art Crafts Shop (ca. 1902-5). Date: ca. 1904. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Eugene Shellady, Pennsylvania German Dish, c 1938 Pennsylvania German DishTile with grape voucher, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Tile decorated with a grape vent. Limburg (Belgian province) earthenware. lead glaze scoring Tile decorated with a grape vent. Limburg (Belgian province) earthenware. lead glaze scoringMirror with paired fantastic birds and floral designs 8th century China. Mirror with paired fantastic birds and floral designs 61397Sword Guard (Tsuba) ca. 1615-1868 Japanese A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the swords blade and grip to protect the users hands.. Sword Guard (Tsuba) 33423Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Drum in Waves, c. 1615-1868. Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868). Iron with gold inlay; diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).Pieczęć. nieznany warsztat egipski, potterScarab ca. 1479-1458 B.C. New Kingdom. Scarab. ca. 1479-1458 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut Hole, Hathor Shrine, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 18Commemorative badge of the 100th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz KościuszkoSword Guard (Tsuba) late 16th-early 17th century Japanese A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the swords blade and grip to protect the users hands.. Sword Guard (Tsuba) 26291Panel 13th century. Panel 445131Model of the Solar System, bronzeRosace (one of five) 18th century Italian. Rosace (one of five) 218731Tray for glasses. 16th-17th centuries. Clay. From Talavera de la Reina (Toledo province, Spain). In the center, the shield of the Inquisition. Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Castile-La Mancha. Spain.