EditorialGlass appliqu? with theatrical mask, Imperial, 2nd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-pressed or stamped, Other: 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in. (3.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm), Translucent deep turquoise green, appearing black; vessel wall colorless., Thick oval app...
EditorialPedestal vase and bulb pot (pi?destal en gaine) (one of a pair), 1759?60, French, S?vres, Soft-paste porcelain, Height: 6 in. (15.2 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain.
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H.: 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm), Vases, Woman and warrior at a tomb. Having come apart at the shoulder, this lekythos was left disassembled in order to show the ...
Editorial?, ??, ??, ??, Flower and Toad, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), China, Circular fan-shaped album leaf; ink and color on silk, Diam. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Paintings, Zhang Xiong (Chinese, 1803?1886), Adapting the style of the 17th century artist Wang Wu to th...
EditorialPoison bulb, giant crinum lily or spider lily, Crinum asiaticum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen's Medicinal Plants, London, 1880.
EditorialDate palm, Phoenix dactylifera, palm tree, leaf, bulb and ripe fruit. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botan...
EditorialSaffron crocus, Crocus sativus, showing flower, leaf, stem, bulb and stigma. 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, P...
EditorialEarly purple or male orchid, Orchis mascula, with flower, stalk, leaf and bulb. 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...
EditorialSea squill, Drimia maritima, with bulb, leaf, stalk and flower. 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, 18...
EditorialSaffron crocus, Crocus sativus, with flower, leaf, bulb and stamen. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanic...
EditorialOnion, Allium cepa, with flower, leaf, bulb and roots. 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, 1830. Turpi...
EditorialCommon garlic, Allium sativum, with bulb, clove, flower and leaf. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical...
EditorialTuberous root of an anemone 1, tulip bulb 2, hyacinth bulb 3, ranunculus root 4, and fibrous plant root. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from James Maddock's "The Florist's Directory," London, John Harding, 1810. New edition improved by Samuel Curti...
EditorialMeadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, showing flower, leaves, bulb, roots and stamen. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret et Chamberet's "La Flore Medicale," P...
EditorialGarlic, Allium sativum, showing flower, leaf, bulb and roots. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Dubois from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret et Chamberet's "La Flore Medicale," Paris, Panckoucke, 1830. Turpin ...
EditorialIncandescent giant lamp, twelve feet high, mounted on a pedestal crowned by a model of the Edison type bulb, increased 20,000 times. Showed as one of the inventions of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) in the Exposition Universelle of Paris in 1889. Engraving ...
EditorialChives, Allium schoenoprasum 183, and Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum, flower 184 and bulb 185. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History)...
EditorialLeek, Allium pollum 179, garlic flower, Allium sativum 181, garlic bulb 182, and shallot, Allium cepa var. aggregatum, ascalonicum, 183. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturges...
EditorialRose-coloured ixia, a beautiful pink flower of the lily family from South Africa, shown with bulb and leaves at left... Ixia latifolia (Ixia capillaris).