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Figure-clock, Diana and the centaur, automaton by Melchior Mair. Clock-work: iron, case: silver, partly fire-gilded, enamel, precious stones. 1605 H: 39,5 cm Inv. 1166
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Figure-clock, Diana and the centaur, automaton by Melchior Mair. Clock-wor...

A griffin holding a clock-face. Clock-work: brass, case: bronze, copper, fire gilded. From Augsburg around 1640 H: 42 cm
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A griffin holding a clock-face. Clock-work: brass, case:...

Saint George Automaton, silverwork Nuernberg, Germany (around 1600)
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Saint George Automaton, silverwork...

Diana riding on a Centaur, automaton. Silver (around 1600) Augsburg, Germany
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Diana riding on a Centaur, automaton. Silver (around 1600)...

Sea-horse - Amor Two grotesque figures (beginning 18th) Dresden, Germany
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Sea-horse - Amor Two grotesque figures (b...

Jason and the dragon.Augsburg, end 16th. Bronze sculpture, H:36 cm Bronzes de la Couronne, 224
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Jason and the dragon.Augsburg, end 16th. Bronze sculpture, H:36 c...

Dragon-pendant worn with the Order of the Golden Fleece, a ruby from Brittany of 107,88 carat, from the collection of Marguerite de Foix, Duchess of Brittany, inherited by her daughter Anne de Bretagne, queen of France 1492-1514. Diamonds of the Crown.
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Dragon-pendant worn with the Order of the Golden Fleece, a ruby from Brittany o...

Gold-glass medallion showing Heracles and a husband and wife, and a small image of Herakles, 4th. The man wears a tunic with a red stripe and she wears a gemstone nacklace with pendant pearls. The inscription to "Orfitus and Constantia" could point to Memmius Vitruvius Orfitus, a pagan aristocrat and prefect of Rome in the 4th century. Herakles wears the skin of the Nemean lion and carries his club and the apples of the Hesperides, which were his wedding present to Jupiter and Juno, suggesting that the medallion was a wedding gift. M&ME, 1863,7-27,3
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Gold-glass medallion showing Heracles and a husband and wife, and a small image...

Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The lamp is boat-shaped with holes for oil and wick. The curved neck of a griffin emerges from a calyx to form a handle. A dove sits between the griffin's ears, above a Christogram.Hanging chains may be original to the lamp, but it also has a bayonet fitting on the base for a stand. Found at Herculaneum,Italy. M&ME,1897,8-20,1
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Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
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The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. Reverse side of 30-01-08/17 M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
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The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...

Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was used as the shutter of a barn window. Overpainted several times, the 14th century icon was finally uncovered by museum custodians. Saint George on a black horse is rare and accounts for the icon's popular name of "Black George". M&ME 1986,6-3,1
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Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was...