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  • Knife (possibly Greece), ca. 1700–1800

    Blade has straight upper edge, the lower edge curving towards the point; [not original]. Octagonal brass handle with baluster-shaped top.

  • Sheath (possibly Greece), possibly ca. 1700s

    Wooden sheath covered with black leather. Silver chape and mount at top, decorated along the rim. Small “handle” shouldered on mount.

  • Pleated Fan, 1850–70

    Pleated fan with double leaf. Obverse: hand-colored lithograph on paper showing central cartouche of noble woman with five female attendants. Two small side cartouches with putti, festoons of flowers and…

  • Pleated Fan, early 20th century

    Pleated fan with double leaf. Obverse: leaf of green silk net with appliquéd green silk and gold metallic spangles in a variety of shapes. Reverse: green net leaf. Sticks: drilled…

  • Pleated Fan (possibly France), 1900–1925

    Pleated fan with double leaf. Obverse: black silk net with appliquéd black silk and black metallic spangles in a variety of shapes. Reverse: silk net. Tortoise shell (imitation?) sticks with…

  • Pleated Fan (France), 1900–05

    Pleated fan. Arch-shaped leaf of green net appliquéd with green silk and gold metallic spangles in a variety of shapes. Blond horn sticks incised and painted with simple flower design.…

  • Scenic, Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth, ca. 1820

    One scene from the twelve which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche. This scene, containing three panels, shows a kneeling Psyche offering a goblet to a seated Venus. Cupid,…

  • Scenic (China), 1800–1830

    Large central motif of flowering tree, with white leaves and flowers at top, brightly colored flowers and exotic birds near bottom, along with rocky formations. Three smaller birds fly among…

  • Saltillo Serape (northern Mexico), ca. 1880

    Late Classic Saltillo serape with a brown field and a central aggregate diamond. Brown field has a repeating red dot pattern with a white wavy dot stripe on either side.…

  • Pedro and Pablo Pair Of Bowls, 2012

    Each bowl a transluscent acqua blue hemispherical body, one smaller than the other, their surfaces showing the texture and irregularities of the stone production molds.

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