EditorialHandrail, Small scraper with slightly rounded sole. The heel has a semi-circular shape. The front is curled up. Two semi-circular cut-outs in the front slotted hole., Netherlands, 1700 - 1800, wood (plant material), iron (metal), forging, h 9 cm ? w 3 ...
EditorialPhotograph - Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd, Workers Shaping Metal Components, circa 1930, Photograph of male factory workers plating metal components of Hecla heaters, possibly in the Little Bourke Street Hecla factory, Melbourne. Facings for 'Century' model...
EditorialBase for an oil lamp Base for a lamp, On the corner at the front of the three-sided base, which rests on three forward-curling legs, is located a siren whose wings spread against the sidewalls of the foot. At the top rises the head of a wild boar, whic...
EditorialStitch fitting with loose fragment from the wreck of the East Indies ship Hollandia, Divider, eroded: consisting of 2 legs, each with a single semicircular ring, flat in section, with a circular pivot eye at end, interlocking with 2 id. rings, each slo...
EditorialBaby linen cabinet Baby linen cabinet Layette Cupboard, Diaper basket made of oak and walnut. The legs of the frame consist of large volutes, decorated with cherub heads and lobe ornament. The sculpted lines in between show a mask-like lobe pattern wit...
EditorialSlotted chisel with oblique cut and round handle, Slotted chisel with slanted cut and round handle. The chisel has broken off, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, iron (metal), wood (plant ma...
EditorialCorner cupboard Corner buffet, Corner cupboard made of oak, veneered with pink, purple, maple, satin and boxwood and other types of wood. The cabinet, which rests on two legs, has a corrugated front, topped by a scalloped arch and closed on both sides ...
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...
EditorialSpearhead with bent tang and slotted blade, Early Bronze Age III, ca. 2300?2000 B.C., Central Anatolia, Hattian, Copper alloy, 14.76 x 2.24 in. (37.49 x 5.69 cm), Metalwork-Implements,.
EditorialSpearhead with bent tang and slotted blade, Early Bronze Age III, ca. 2300?2000 B.C., Central Anatolia, Hattian, Copper alloy, 10.39 x 2.52 in. (26.39 x 6.4 cm), Metalwork-Implements,.
EditorialValve of a Mirror Case, 1180?1200, British, Bronze gilt, Overall: 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (0.9 x 11.1 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, The only known surviving element from a Romanesque mirror case, this valve was originally slotted and joined by a clasp to a matching o...
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...