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  Dog Figure, 1741

  Figure of a brown-spotted pug with cropped ears and a long tail. Blue collar banded and inscribed in gold “ANO 1741.” Collar secured by padlock.

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  Tile (Germany), 16th century

  Within an arched niche are St. Martin and the Beggar. At base are strapwork, pendants, masks, grotesques, and seven figures symbolizing the three ecclesiastical and four cardinal virtues: Faith, Hope,…

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  Cat Figure

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  Cat and kitten Figure, late 19th–early 20th century

  Gray, black, and white tabby cat standing on hind legs holds an upraised stick above a mewing kitten lying across its knee, as if in the act of spanking.

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

  Blue-green. Design in nine panels: central panel of lily-of-the-valley; flanking panels of raised hobnails; corner panels of one daisy each.

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

  Blue square with flat border. Relief design of a vine with four leaves forming a circle, on a textured ground.

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

  Blue. Framed by plants, or swan floats on a pond.

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

  Amber. All-over pattern of raised rough diamonds with a four-part serrated design pressed in the center of each.

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  Goddess Sakhmet Figure, 6th–7th century BC

  Standing in frontal position on flat base, with vertical support at back. Lion’s head with pierced crest. Two cynocephali, representing the god Thoth, attached to legs in crouching position. Figure…

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  Tile (Ottoman Empire (present day Syria)), late 16th–early 17th century

  Square in shape, painted with an 8-pointed blossom in the center, from which radiate stylized floral arabesques and blossoms.