EditorialThe most valuable city of Geneva site, Illustration of the city of Geneva from the 16th century, Fig. 19, p. 98 & 99, 1548, Sebastian M?nster: Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, Omni...
EditorialBox with dragons and pierced cover, Large box of thick porcelain, with a shallow body on a foot ring, spherical lid with four round, openwork medallions and a flat button, painted in underglaze bleu poudr? (powder blue) and red. Four valuable objects i...
EditorialBox with dragons and pierced cover, Large box of thick porcelain, with a shallow body on a foot ring, painted in underglaze bleu poudr? (powder blue) and red. Four valuable objects in underglaze red on the body of the box. The inside is divided into si...
EditorialThree Dutch merchants in a pinnace, Dutch traders in a scrapping carrying valuable goods, Ivory plaque with a representation of 3 men loading goods in a sloop. The left-hand figure raised both hands in a gesture of caution toward the middle figure. Thi...
Editorial'The Dowsing Institute Radio Electrical Treatment [Brighton, England]. View in a ward, showing the equipment in use on Indian patients. Every comfort and care that science can devise has been introduced into the Indian hospital for the care of the woun...
EditorialNorth Western America showing the territory ceded by Russia to the United States. Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of cities, etc.: embraced in sixty-three quarto maps, forming a series of one h...
EditorialSugar box, ca. 1770, British, South Staffordshire, White enamel on copper painted in polychrome enamels, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.), Enamels-Painted, Containing two canisters for tea (green and black) and a larger one for sugar, this...
EditorialGold finger ring, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Gold, 1/2 ? 3/4 in. (1.3 ? 1.9 cm), Gold and Silver, This impressive ring was used as a betrothal or wedding band?a tradition that only became firmly established in the third century A.D. The sm...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, probably 9th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands, Ink on parchment, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Codices, The tradition of dyed manuscripts developed in Byzantium for making valuable books, such as the Gospels. The t...
Editorial? ?? ?????? ?, View of a Garden Villa, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century (?), China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 20 1/2 x 116 1/8 in. (52.1 x 295 cm), Paintings, After Yuan Jiang (active ca.1680?ca.1730), Yuan Jiang was assisted in h...
EditorialChest, 15th?16th century, European, Iron, Overall: H. 8 3/8, W. 7 5/8, L.11 3/4 in. (21.3 x 19.4 x 29.8 cm), Metalwork-Iron, In addition to the luxurious and decorative jewel caskets of ivory and leather, iron coffrets and chests of varying sizes, desi...
EditorialCOMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS OF THE NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE, AT HANSWERK, 1852; IN THE RIVER SCHELDT, BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM AND ANTWERP, THERE EXIST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER LARGE TRACTS OF LAND, TO THE EXTENT OF SEVERAL MILES, WHICH AT...