EditorialLe Compliment ou La Matin?e du jour de l'an (The Compliment or New Year's Morning). Dated: 1787. Dimensions: Overall (outer framing line): 30 x 25.1 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.) sheet (trimmed at or just within platemark): 36.7 x 28.6 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/...
EditorialBowl, Head on Rim, 11th?14th century, United States, Missouri, Mississippian, Ceramic, H. 6 1/2 x Diam. 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1cm), Ceramics-Containers, The human head poised on the rim of this ceramic bowl is counterbalanced by a horizontal luglike 'ta...
EditorialThe Londesborough Brooch, Irish, 8th-9th century. The Londesborough brooch is unusual in that all its fine decoration is cast and no filigree was used. The brooch is a heavy silver ring cast with complex patterns of interlace, spirals, animal and bird ...