Objects

Box-top plate of rim lock

1580–1620

Small Side Chair

Sienese 16th Century

16th century

Pen and Ink Box (base)

1800s

Glass cup

2nd–3rd century CE

Robert Ball Hughes, 1806 - 1868

Washington Irving

c. 1836

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Gaming Piece (obverse)

Martin Brunner (German, 1659–1725)

c.1700

John Severinus Conway (American, 1852–1925)

Medal: Charles Dickens (reverse)

1912

Gold and copper alloy spiral

5th century BCE

J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883

Tile

late 19th century

Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor

Deruta 16th Century; Gubbio 16th Century; Deruta or Possibly Gubbio 16th Century

probably c. 1490/1520

Marble head of a herm

1st or 2nd century CE

Stele of Neferrenpet

1400–1296 BCE

Plate with Monogram of the Dutch East India Company

ca. 1660

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Painter of Brussels R 330

second quarter 5th century BCE

Isotta degli Atti, 1432/1433-1474, Mistress 1446, then Wife after 1453, of Sigismondo Malatesta [obverse]

Matteo de' Pasti

c. 1454

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Warmstry House Period, 1751–1783) — Worcester, England, founded 1751

Sauceboat

Worcester, c. 1755

Spindle Whorl

700s - 900s

Halfcrown: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)

1592–95

Alfred Peats Prize Wallpaper

ca. 1910

Medal of Gates at Saratoga

Nicolas Marie Gatteaux

France, 1777

Wall facing

ca. 1725

Lace Flounce

1800s

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair)

mid-18th century

Islamic — Fustat (now Cairo), Egypt

Vessel Fragment with Bird Decoration

Old Cairo, Mamluk dynasty (1250–1517), 15th century

Escutcheon

1600–1640

Ciborium

Spanish 14th Century

c. 1330/1350

Earring

7th century or earlier

Musette, a Maltese dog

Jean-Baptiste Gille

1855–68

Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Hu

Yongzheng period, 1723/1735

Sidewall

1800–1810

Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Japan, 18th century

Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Hu

Qianlong period, 1736/1795

Wall-Light (bras de lumière)

French 19th Century

19th century

Pleated fan

late 19th century

Saint Matthew

Johann Georg Libigo

late 17th–early 18th century

Sceaux Factory (French, active 1748–66)

Flower Holder (Bouquetiere)

1765–1770

Jan Gossaert (Flemish, c. 1475/78–1532)

Virgin and Child in an Architectural Frame

c. 1530–40

Jagdhorn in G

Jacob Schmidt

ca. 1710–20

Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey

Frieze

1905–1915

Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900

Ceiling paper

1905–1915

Lantern

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse)

297–281 BCE

Amphora Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Warmstry House Period, 1751–1783) — Worcester, England, founded 1751

Basket

Worcester, c. 1770

William Rimmer (American, born England, 1816–1879)

Saint Stephen

Massachusetts, 1860

Wall facing

ca. 1725

Bird

900–1200

Bowl

Yongzheng period, 1723/1735

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Lion and Fury with Torches [reverse]

Guillaume Dupré

1607

Victor D. Brenner (American, 1871–1924)

Medal Portrait of Ambrose Swasey

1915

Statuette of Herakles

Etruscan

Etruria, 4th-3rd century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE

Jaina Figure

600s-700s

Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ceiling paper

1905–1915

Pommel Plate

Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1560–70

Flower-Shaped Clothing Plaque

7th–9th century

Covered Spice Bowl

c. 1775–80

Mother-and-Child Figurine

1325–1521

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress

c. 667–647 BCE

Flattened Ovoid Snuff Bottle with Stopper

1573–1620

Niderviller Factory (French)

Bowl

c. 1780

English for the American market — Leeds

Plate

England, c. 1790

Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858

Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)

1820

Miniature Vase

1800s

Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

5th century BCE

goblet

ca. 1820–30

Button

late 18th century

Wall facing

ca. 1725

Tile

late 18th–early 19th century

Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Side Chair

c. 1900

Bull Protome

2000–1000 BCE

Bronze spearhead

ca. 1400–1050 BCE

Pierre François Lejeune — Flemish, 1721-1790; Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory; Germany, 1758–1824

Figural Group

Flanders, c. 1770

Niderviller Factory (French)

Covered Bowl

c. 1775

Beaded Bag (landscape scene)

19th century

Wrist Rest

1736–95

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Warmstry House Period, 1751–1783) — Worcester, England, founded 1751

Coffee Cup and Saucer

Worcester, 1775/80