EditorialLocal resident Paula Mendoza picks up water from a potable water distribution site in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
Editorialteakettle, Anonymous, approx. 1800, tin, copper, Total: 45.3 x 30 x 27cm 453 x 300 x 270mm, Samovar: 39.3 x 30 x 27cm 393 x 300 x 270mm, Lid: 7.3 x 12cm 73 x 120mm, Empire samovar. On a base with four sides resting on hollow spheres, a vase-shaped burn...
Editorialteakettle, Anonymous, approx. 1800, tin, copper, Total: 45.3 x 30 x 27cm 453 x 300 x 270mm, Samovar: 39.3 x 30 x 27cm 393 x 300 x 270mm, Lid: 7.3 x 12cm 73 x 120mm, Empire samovar. On a base with four sides resting on hollow spheres, a vase-shaped burn...
EditorialSeven of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Seven of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a scene with two male figures developing a liquid ...
EditorialPitcher, Enameled t?le, wood, a) Urn-shaped coffee pot, on cabriole legs with flat, turned feet, faucet, ring handles held in lion-masks. B) flat lid with steeple finial. C) triangular stand with concave sides, with circular holder for heating arrangem...
EditorialCoffeepot and stand, Enameled t?le, a) Barrel-shaped coffee pot, standing vertically on cabriole legs with ball feet; b) flat cover with urn shaped knob; ring handles held in lion-mark plates; faucet in bottom. Triangular stand, c) concave sides, with ...
EditorialCover, Enameled t?le, wood, In style of ca. 1770. A: pear-shaped, on cabriole legs with ball feet; with shaped handle; B: domed lid with urn finial (spigot in bottom is missing). Black, decorated in red and gilt, with landscape medallion above faucet; ...
Editorialteakettle, Anonymous, approx. 1800, tin, copper, Total: 45.3 x 30 x 27cm 453 x 300 x 270mm, Samovar: 39.3 x 30 x 27cm 393 x 300 x 270mm, Lid: 7.3 x 12cm 73 x 120mm, Empire samovar. On a base with four sides resting on hollow spheres, a vase-shaped burn...
EditorialCoffee pot and lid, Enameled t?le, a) Cylindrical chamber fitted with coffee basket, standing vertically on pierced square base, which is fitted with sliding drawer for heating arrangement. Cylinder has faucet at bottom, and at top two ring handles wit...
EditorialFaucet or Spigot in the Form of a Bearded Male?Head, ca. 2nd century A.D., Bronze, hollow cast and solid cast in several pieces, 5.5 ? 5.5 ? 3.8 cm (2 3/16 ? 2 3/16 ? 1 1/2?in.), Roman,?Gallo-Roman, Roman, ca. 2nd century A.D., Tools and?Equipment.
EditorialCrane jug, with three faucets, with driven seed beads, flower and flame motifs, The pear-shaped jug, with a separate lid, rests on three legs and is provided with three faucets and two ears. The legs are each constructed from two C-volutes, the lower d...
EditorialTap jug, The pear-shaped jug, with a loose lid, has three high legs resting on rosewood bobbins, a tap and a C-shaped ear of water buffalo horn placed opposite it. The cast legs are shaped like a branch with a flower and end in a base. The body is trou...
EditorialTap of the water pipe and plan of a well, Fig. 137, Faucet from the Palace of Tiberius in Capri, Fig. 138, Plan of a Fountain in Pompeii, p. 174, 1856, Johannes Overbeck: Pompeji in seinen Geb?uden, Alterth?mern und Kunstwerken [...]. Leipzig: Verlag v...
EditorialTap jug, The pear-shaped jug, with a loose, profiled lid, has three legs resting on ebony bobbins, a faucet and placed opposite it C-shaped ebony ear. The molded, curved legs end in volutes, as does the silver connector on the bottom of the ear. The co...
EditorialCrane jug, with three faucets, with driven seed beads, flower and flame motifs, The pear-shaped jug, with a separate lid, rests on three legs and is provided with three faucets and two ears. The legs are each constructed from two C-volutes, the lower d...
EditorialFountain jar with an image of The Archer, Fountain bowl in the form of a baluster-shaped porcelain vase or urn, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the belly four times a cartouche with the archer. The car...
EditorialTap jug, The pear-shaped jug, with a loose lid, has three high legs resting on rosewood bobbins, a tap and a C-shaped ear of water buffalo horn placed opposite it. The cast legs are shaped like a branch with a flower and end in a base. The body is trou...
EditorialOvoid jar (fountain jar) with flowering plants near a rock, Egg-shaped pot (fountain pot) of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Twice a flowering plant (peony) and butterflies near a rock with an orchid in between. On the shoulder a band with a swa...
EditorialCoffee filter jug, rectangular with slightly convex front and back and curved base. On a narrow side a lion's mask with a bow-shaped handle with a wooden handle in the mouth. The faceted faucet has a barrel-shaped section with a rotatable end piece, de...
EditorialFountain jar with an image of The Archer, Fountain bowl in the form of a baluster-shaped porcelain vase or urn, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the belly four times a cartouche with the archer. The car...
EditorialCoffee pot, baluster-shaped, with three taps, The round, baluster-shaped can rest on three legs. It has three faucets, two ears and a separate lid. The molded, curved legs end at the bottom in bulbs decorated with convex ribs and split from the top, wh...
EditorialTap jug, cylindrical, with two handles. The object consists of a housing with a door and two handles, a reservoir with tap and a lid with a raised opening. The glass pear-shaped reservoir with copper faucet and a lamp, which according to the descriptio...
EditorialEgg-shaped pot (fountain pot) with rock and plants and flowers, Pot, underglaze blue, with tap with bedding and swastika motifs. Faucet added later., anonymous, Arita, c. 1675 - c. 1700 and/or c. 1700 - c. 1800, porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (min...
EditorialFaucet (one of a pair), 1725?50, French, Gilt bronze, Overall (confirmed): 9 x 6 x 1 3/4 in., 4.7lb. (22.9 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm, 22kg), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze.