EditorialCan, Can with ribbed, slightly inserted bottom. Printed, spherical body with a ribbed wire and melted smooth wires. The neck ends in a triple-shaped mouth. Irregularly shaped high-rise ear., anonymous, Venice, c. 1550 - c. 1600, glass, glassblowing, h ...
EditorialSeparation of silver and copper, Lead blocks are melted on the hearth in the fire, the liquid lead is then scooped up in copper pans, there the lead cakes cool, woodcut, p. 401, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius ...
EditorialSpleissofen, In the splicing furnace copper pieces are melted with lead and alloyed, woodcut, p. 410, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ...
EditorialProduction of glass_3, Illustration of a furnace in which the glass pieces are melted in vessels, woodcut, p. 474, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumen...
Editorialfurnace, The Darrlinge, the prepared pieces of copper are now melted, woodcut, p. 430, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deniqu...
EditorialExtraction of sulfur, Boiled sulfur water is put into pots with noses and melted on the fire, woodcut, p. 466, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, ...
EditorialProduction of glass_1, Glass is made from certain salts, sand particles and ashes by melting in a fire. The raw materials are melted in the kiln and the resulting pieces are shredded afterwards, woodcut, p. 471, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf ...
EditorialConstruction of a Saiger furnace, Structure of a Saigerofen, in which lead pieces are melted, copper remains, woodcut, S. 416, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia...
EditorialVase with melted glass powder in purple-red, oval, slightly concave bottom. Flattened body, pleated on both sides, merging into a high, slender neck. Decoration of melted glass powder in purple-red. On the body in wheel engraving the signature Daum Nan...
EditorialWing glass with landscape, Flat base. Straight trunk made of four twisted glass wires. Wings on both sides with pinched waffles. Funnel shaped chalice, on which a landscape is depicted on the underside with fine melted glass grains., anonymous, Germany...
EditorialFlute glass Flute glass with flower vines, birds and insects, Flat base with folded edge. The trunk built from a twisted wire, in which white, red and blue wires are melted. Blue, pinched wings on both sides. Tall, funnel-shaped chalice, engraved with ...
EditorialVase with melted glass powder in brown and orange, slightly concave bottom. Square body with beveled, profiled corners, tapering upwards and ending in a square mouth. Decoration of melted glass powder in brown and orange, partly etched. On the body in ...
EditorialWine glass Goblet with flower and leaf vines, Vaulted base with a ground star at the bottom. Faceted cut with a double white-blue spiral. Above that a hollow knot between two discs. Funnel shaped calyx, rounded on the underside, adorned with melted mil...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialVase with branches of Virginia creeper with blue-black berries, Concave, ground bottom. Rectangular body with slightly convex front and rear. On a mat etched brown and ivory-colored ?berfang in high relief, glass powder melted in green and brown, a dec...
EditorialVase with melted glass powder in blue, light green and dark green, Slightly concave bottom, slightly curved body transforming into a high, slender neck. Decoration of melted glass powder in blue, light and dark green. On the body in wheel engraving the...
EditorialGold acorn cup, c1610. Cup in the shape of an acorn, with two rams holding up a coat of arms, surmounted by the Latin inscription 'IHS', short for 'In Hoc Signo', (by this sign). Gold and silver cups have always been highly prized for their symbolic va...
EditorialStatue of French king Henri IV (1553-1610). The first statue was erected on the Pont Neuf in the early 18th century, but was melted down during the revolution. It was replaced at the Restoration by the re-cast statue from the Vendome column.
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialFragment of a Hanging with Haloed Figure, 5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, 15.75 in. high 7.50 in. wide (40 cm high 19 cm wide), Textiles-Painted and/or Printed, Egyptian linen, considered the finest in the Byzantine Empire, was imported all ac...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Gold Earrings, 550?650, Avar, Gold, Other: 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (5.5 ? 2.3 ? 2 cm, 16g), Metalwork-Gold, In the 500s and early 600s, when the Avars were regularly receiving enormous payments from the Byzantine Empire...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Gold Earrings, 550?650, Avar, Gold, 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (5.6 ? 2.2 ? 2.1 cm, 16g), Metalwork-Gold, In the 500s and early 600s, when the Avars were regularly receiving enormous payments from the Byzantine Empire, vir...
EditorialCrown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes, Ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches), Made in Colombia, Colombian; Popay?n, Gold, repouss? and chased; emeralds, 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Gold, Spaniards arriving in six...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialStatue of French king Henri IV (1553-1610). The first statue was erected on the Pont Neuf in the early 18th century, but was melted down during the revolution. It was replaced at the Restoration by the re-cast statue from the Vendome column.
EditorialGold acorn cup, c1610. Cup in the shape of an acorn, with two rams holding up a coat of arms, surmounted by the Latin inscription 'IHS', short for 'In Hoc Signo', (by this sign). Gold and silver cups have always been highly prized for their symbolic va...