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Fishermaid, around 1780-1790 Gera porcelain Manufacture
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Fishermaid, around 1780-1790 Gera porcelain Manufactu...

Turkish sultan. Hoechst Manufacture, 1750-1753
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Turkish sultan. Hoechst Manufacture, 175...

Tapestry "The Hunts of Maximilian",one of twelve. Month of November,sign of the Sagittarius,11th piece of the Tapestry,wool,silk,gold and silver thread,seven kettfaeden per centimeter, 440 x 750 cm,OA 7322 Brussels around 1528-1533 After Bernaert van Orley. Hunting dinner.
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Tapestry "The Hunts of Maximilian",one of twelve. Month of November,sign...

Cavalier and lady in a garden.Flemish,around 1630
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Cavalier and lady in a garden.Flemish,around 1630

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...

Gold disc brooch,Merovingian, probaly from Germany, late 6th. The brooch is made in cloisonnee technique with garnets and glass, adopted from Eastern mediterranean jewellers by the Franks, Goths, Lombards and other "barbarians". The wearing of single disc brooches developed in the 6th and 7th centuries as costume fashions changed under Byzantine influence. M&ME, 1894,4-21,2
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Gold disc brooch,Merovingian, probaly from Germany, late 6th. The brooch is made...

Gold medallion with the Adoration of the Magi, obverse side of 30-01-08/6. Early Byzantine,around 600. Two gold discs mounted back to back. The three Magi approach the seated Virgin who holds the Christchild in her lap. The Magis'clothing shows their Persian origin: leggings, tunics and Phrygian caps. M&ME 1983,7-4,1
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Gold medallion with the Adoration of the Magi, obverse side of 30-01-08/6. Early...

Lovers' brooch, set alternatively with cabochon rubies and sapphires. The pin is set with a sapphire. Between the gems punched crosses and lettrs in Lombardic script. Inscription on the reverse side says "io sui ici en liu dami amo" indicating that the brooch ws an expensive love token. M&ME, AF.2683
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Lovers' brooch, set alternatively with cabochon rubies and sapphires. The pin is...

0310000133 Dish with portrait of a woman, c1490-c1525. Maiolica dish painted with a woman in profile, and a scroll inscribed 'PÊDORMIRENONSAQUISTA', ('nothing is gained by sleeping'). When applied to maiolica, the term 'belle donne', (Italian for 'beautiful women'), usually refers to dishes or plates bearing female heads and a scroll inscribed with a name or motto. The female image is idealised to such a degree that it is unlikely to be an accurate likeness of a particular woman. However, the names are thought to refer to contemporary women, often local worthies or beauties. Those pieces with a moralizing inscription are not belle donne wares in the true sense, but are part of the artistic tradition of portraying female images with a moralizing statement, often one that appears to be specifically addressed to a female audience. This example was made in Deruta, Umbria, Italy. M&ME, 1853,2-21,5
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0310000133 Dish with portrait of a woman, c1490-c1525. Maiolica dish painted wi...

0310000124 Portrait dish, (Dutch?), c1583. Portrait of a woman in Elizabethan dress with Venetian-style border decoration of fruit and flowers. In the sixteenth century, immigrant Italian potters spread the styles and techniques of painted maiolica into the Southern Netherlands; maiolica is a ceramic technique using tin-glaze which produces a surface similar to porcelain and can be easily painted. Antwerp and Haarlem also produced pottery with sophisticated decoration inspired by Italian prototypes with the town of Delft later emerging as the principal pottery centre. M&ME, 1885,5-8,40
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0310000124 Portrait dish, (Dutch?), c1583. Portrait of a woman in Elizabethan d...

0310000058 Crystal buckle with silver tongue, Merovingian, first half of the 6th century. Buckle, probably from a belt; the hoop of rock crystal would have been cut and polished in the East Mediterranean region. Special skill was required to cut this stone, which was not possessed in the West. The buckle may have reached France in one of a variety of ways: by trade across the Mediterranean, as a diplomatic gift, or with a warrior who had come from the Lower Danube area. It was found in a grave near Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne, France. M&ME, ML.3527 (Morel Collection)
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0310000058 Crystal buckle with silver tongue, Merovingian, first half of the 6t...

0310000057 Disc brooch, Merovingian, second half of the 7th century. Copper-alloy brooch decorated in repoussé (design hammered from the underside) with a low-relief figure personifying Rome enthroned, holding a long sceptre in her left hand and a figure of Victory in her right. The brooch imitates a late Roman medallion, possibly one of the usurping Roman emperor Attalus, the first to be raised to that office by barbarians. The damaged inscription can be read as: INVICTA ROMA UTERE FELIX ('Rome is invincible, use in good fortune'). The words utere felix indicate that it was a gift. The Franks produced a series of such brooches, with similar or different designs, and the choice of subject possibly reflects a desire to promote themselves as successors to Rome in the West. The brooch was found in a stone coffin near Dotzheim (Wiesbaden), Hesse, Germany, in 1828. M&ME, 1854,4-21,1
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0310000057 Disc brooch, Merovingian, second half of the 7th century. Copper-all...