EditorialNorth African rifle with Amsterdam barrel, The Mediterranean lock is made in Algiers or Tunis, the lock plate is narrow and runs in a curve, the rooster has two finger grips in the form of cones with coral at the ends, embossed with relief, the trigger...
EditorialDetector lock with key, The iron mechanism consists of a bolt that can be moved with a knob and a lock, with a bolt that can be moved by closing. it is mounted on an iron cover plate and encased in a brass lock case with a door knob, a man's figure and...
EditorialKey intended for a sign. The handle is formed from a large C-volute with the curls turned downwards, which grips the shaft. On this large C-volute rests a smaller C-volute turned upwards, the splitting ends of which hold a ring. Two more volutes spring...
EditorialFour Fuse Extractors, Two pairs of tube pullers to remove wooden timers from round shells. The one pair is made of iron and works according to the same principle: they consist of a pair of pliers that grips around the end of the tube and is then pulled...
EditorialUnexpectedly our cleaners up come to grips with a party of Germans isolated in a captured village, private soldier, charge, battle, Realistic Travels (mentioned on object), 1914 - 1918, cardboard, photographic paper, gelatin silver print, h 85 mm ? w 1...
EditorialMars, The god stands head-on, the head slightly to the right, in full armor with equally spread legs on a protruding floor for a framed flat background. The right hand rests on a hatchet, the stem of which rests on the ground behind him, on the left ar...
Editorial'Their manner of careynge ther children ..' How the woman of Dasmonquepeuc carry their children. Engraving of a woman carring a naked child on her back, who grips her shoulders. She wears a double apron-skirt of fringed skin, and has painted or tattooe...
EditorialGerman table items from the early 16th century. Box for a flask A, knife from a hunter's cutlery set B, grips C,D, table knife E, and long-bladed knife from Thurnau castle F. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances fr...
EditorialSix Designs for Key Grips, 1900, Graphite and gouache, sheet: 3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm), Edgar Gilstrap Simpson (British, 1867?1945 (presumed)), Six designs for key grips, all made up out of interlacing straps reminiscent of Celtic patterns. The de...
EditorialLimestone votive relief with a lion killing a bull and two human figures, Archaic, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 17 3/4 ? 26 1/8 ? 3 3/4 in. (45.1 ? 66.3 ? 9.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Above the flat band serving as a grou...
EditorialGuardian Lion, Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), mid-6th century, China, Limestone, H. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm); W. 22 in. (55.9 cm); D. 23 in. (58.4 cm), Sculpture, One of a pair, this fierce guardian lion bares his fangs, crouches, and grips the platform un...
EditorialGuardian Lion, Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), mid-6th century, China, Limestone, H. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm); W. 22 in. (55.9 cm); D. 23 in. (58.4 cm), Sculpture, One of a pair, this fierce guardian lion bares his fangs, crouches, and grips the platform un...
EditorialFashionable couples dancing la Sauteuse, a pair dance popular circa 1800. The man grips the woman around the waist, while jumping from foot to foot and spinning her around. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialGerman table items from the early 16th century. Box for a flask A, knife from a hunter's cutlery set B, grips C,D, table knife E, and long-bladed knife from Thurnau castle F. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances fr...