EditorialSwett Scented Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Common Ruchgrass, also Sweet Smelling Grass, Fig. 5, Pl. V, after p. 824, R.W. Dickson: Practical agriculture, or, a complete system of modern husbandry: with the methods of planting, and the management...
EditorialStachys et Stachys alia, Smelling hornet and other smelling horoscope, Fol. 289v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialBottle for smelling salts, Bottle with an enamel representation of a crane in a flowering tree, crane, Maison Falize, Paris, c. 1867 - c. 1870, gold (metal), h 6.5 cm ? w 4 cm ? d 1.7 cm d 2.1 cm.
EditorialThe smell The Reuck (title on object) The five senses (series title), A man with half-sunken pants vomit into a kitchen. A boy and a woman grab at their nose to ward off the smell. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses, smel...
EditorialVelvet panel with four youths smelling flowers, 1625-1650. Iran, Isfahan or Yazd, Safavid period. Velvet, brocaded and pile-warp substitution: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread; overall: 157.5 x 73.7 cm (62 x 29 in.).
EditorialScorpion vetch, Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca (Sea-green or day-smelling coronilla, Coronilla glauca). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, ...
EditorialDesign drawing for a patinated bronze smelling vase. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1780. Place: Paris. Measurements: h 310 mm ? w 249 mm.
EditorialDecorated initial 'N'(on voglio) extending into the head of a woman smelling a flower and wearing a head dress with a bird. Epistola di san Girolamo ad Eustochio volgarizzata. Italy; 1st half of the 16th century. Source: Harley 6794 vol.2, f.197v. Lang...
EditorialRose La France. A young woman smelling a bouquet of flowers. A Flower Wedding. Described by two wallflowers. Decorated by Walter Crane. Cassell & Co.: London, 1905. Source: 12812.b.54, page 17. Language: English.
Editorial"What a lovely thing a rose is." Sherlock Holmes smelling a rose. Illustration for the story 'the adventure of the naval treaty.'. The Strand magazine : an illustrated monthly / edited by G. Newnes. London : George Newnes. 1893. July to December. Sourc...
EditorialIncense burner, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), ca. 1675, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 17 x 9 7/8 in., 102 oz. 8 dwt. (43.2 x 25.1 cm, 3.1855kg), Metalwork-Silver, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), Scent was an important feat...
EditorialTerracotta figure, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm), Terracottas, Man or monkey? The distinction is minimal in this spontaneous, engaging work. Seated with one foot over the other, the figure i...
EditorialDoor Mount, possibly 11th century, Made in Limousin, France, French, Iron, Overall: 28 3/8 x 28 3/8 in. (72.1 x 72.1 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Their utilitarian function notwithstanding, medieval door mounts are often ornately designed, with geometric and f...
EditorialDoor Mount, possibly 11th century, Made in Limousin, France, French, Iron, Overall: 16 3/8 x 34 3/16 in. (41.6 x 86.9 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Their utilitarian function notwithstanding, medieval door mounts are often ornately designed, with geometric and ...
EditorialDoor Mount, possibly 11th century, Made in Limousin, France, French, Iron, Overall: 27 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. (69.9 x 71.8 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Their utilitarian function notwithstanding, medieval door mounts are often ornately designed, with geometric and f...
EditorialDoor Mount, possibly 11th century, Made in Limousin, France, French, Iron, Overall: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Their utilitarian function notwithstanding, medieval door mounts are often ornately designed, with geometric and f...
EditorialDoor Mount, possibly 11th century, Made in Limousin, France, French, Iron, Overall: 17 1/2 x 42 in. (44.5 x 106.7 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Their utilitarian function notwithstanding, medieval door mounts are often ornately designed, with geometric and fanc...
EditorialScorpion vetch, Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca (Sea-green or day-smelling coronilla, Coronilla glauca). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, ...
EditorialSweet smelling flag, Acorus calamus, with seed, leaf and root. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's "La Flore Medicale," Paris, Panckoucke, 183...
EditorialL'odorat or woman smelling a flower inside a border of roses, lilies and tulips. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Jules Cheret from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.