EditorialSuite of furniture Suite of furniture Suite of furniture Sofa on two sleigh feet, Sofa on two sleigh feet. The flat panels of the cheeks end in a semicircular motion at the front. The two handrails are semicircularly cut on the fronts and offer space f...
EditorialCircular dish, Round Empire dish of gilt silver. Decorated with a narrow palm fringe. Engraved with Potemkin's coat of arms, earth (one of the four elements), (story of) Cybele, Rhea Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods (Berecynt (h) ia), flowers in a vase...
EditorialPassport card from the coast of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Cameroon Pas caarte van de Bocht van Gabon between C. Formosa and C. de Lopo Gonsalves (title on object), Gabon and Cameroon, with a compass rose, the north is on the left. In the center belo...
EditorialAttributed to David Kl?cker Ehrenstrahl, Two turtles, painting, 1690, Oil on canvas, Height, 63 cm (24.8 inches), Width, 80 cm (31.4 inches), Inscription, N, 152, on the back,.
EditorialPassport card of the southeastern part of the Aegean Sea Archipelagusche Eylanden (title on object), Passport card of the southeastern part of the Aegean Sea, with an insert card of the port and city of Rhodes, and a compass rose, the North is above. A...
EditorialMen haori with tea pavilion, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a rocky landscape with water and a hut imitating a fan painting, below which is a band with strips with geometric motifs on which an image of a brocade bag for a tea can (c...
EditorialTurtle seller, Five women, under flower trees, with young man with landing net sitting by two water troughs and bamboo rack with turtles and fish bowls with goldfish, in the background the Shinobazu pond. Left and middle sheet of a triptych., Torii Kiy...
EditorialTazza (footed drinking cup) with Jupiter and Io, Drinking bowl on foot with Jupiter and Io, The flat bowl is carried by a Triton, seated on a turtle. A low relief has been driven on the tray with the depiction of Jupiter and Io, his beloved, who was tu...
EditorialPass card of various Surinamese rivers Pass card of the Commewini Suriname and Cupanama rivers (title on object), Pass card of the mouth of various Surinamese rivers in the Atlantic, including the Commewijne, the Coppename and the Suriname River, and i...
EditorialSphargis coriacea, Print, The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilian...
EditorialTrionyx japonicus, Print, Trionyx is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today T. triunguis, the African or Nile softshell turtle, is the only exta...
EditorialMegasternum, Print, Pleurosternon is an extinct genus of cryptodire turtle from the late Jurassic period to the early Cretaceous period. Its type species, P. bullocki was described by the paleontologist Richard Owen (noted for coining the word Dinosaur...
EditorialEmys europaea, Print, Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America., 1700-1880.
EditorialChelydra serpentina, Print, The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova S...
EditorialTestudinidae spec., Print, Tortoises are reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (the turtles). They are particularly distinguished from turtles by being land-dwelling, while many (though not all) turtle species are at least ...
EditorialTestudinidae spec., Print, Tortoises are reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (the turtles). They are particularly distinguished from turtles by being land-dwelling, while many (though not all) turtle species are at least ...
EditorialHouse of the Turtles, Uxmal, with small turtle sculptures on the lintel. Turtle shells were used in the Mayan rain-invoking rituals (7th-10th CE) .
EditorialIllustrated chapter heading for 'The Lobster Quadrille' with dancing lobsters and turtles. Alice's adventures in wonderland / by Lewis Carroll ; illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson. [London?] : Hodder and Stoughton, [1922?]. Source: YA.1997.b.4119 page 13...
EditorialNecklace Ornaments, Frogs, 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec or Mixtec, Gold, H. 7/8 in. (2.1 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Necklaces made of numerous small beads often in the form of animals, including shells, turtles, and frogs, are among t...
Editorial????????, Paperweight in the Shape of Embankment Baskets and Turtles, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th?early 19th century, Japan, Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hirado ware), H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialHouse of the Turtles, Uxmal, with small turtle sculptures on the lintel. Turtle shells were used in the Mayan rain-invoking rituals (7th-10th CE) .