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Silver-toned reliquary in the shape of a long rectangle with an upper resembling a pitched roof. In relief on its side, armed figures surround a falling figure in distress as a single figure attacks him.

Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia, 1100/50

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-5: English Cottage Kitchen of the Queen Anne Period, 1702-14, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Earthenware plate decorated with central landscape scene and grapevine pattern on rim in greenish black. The landscape scene is accompanied with a cursive inscription "Chateau de Grynau" at the bottom.

Plate, 1800/50

Creil Pottery

Prosperity of the Kingdom

Prosperity of the Kingdom, 1600/1800

A work made of steel and leather.

Field Armor, 1510/70

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-2: English Bedchamber of the Jacobean or Stuart Period, 1603-88, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Porcelain "tulip" vase with a dark blue ground decorated with reserved panels painted in blue monochrome with a baby in clouds holding a bird cage embraced with a finely chased gold framing. The throat of the vase forms two elaborated handles with a gilded leaf decoration on the rim.

Vase (Vase à Oreilles), c. 1754

Jean-Claude Duplessis

A work made of colorless glass and enamel.

Beaker (Humpen) with the Ages of Man, c. 1600

A work made of steel, iron, bronze, brass, gilding, walnut, ebony, nd staghorn.

Walking Stick-Hammer-Sword-Wheellock Pistol, 1590/1600

Porcelain dome cover for a dish with polychrome enamel decorations of foods and flowers, hunting and fishing scenes, embraced by Saldanha de Albuquerque arms and swag.

Cover, c. 1765, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–95)

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-16: French Hall of the Louis XII Period, c. 1500, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of wood-block print in black ink, over solvent thinned and selectively applied yellow ocher ink, on cream wove paper.

Noa noa (Fragrant), 1894/95

Paul Gauguin

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A29: South Carolina Ballroom, 1775-1835, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-7: English Drawing Room of the Early Georgian Period, 1730s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-6: English Library of the Queen Anne Period, 1702-50, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Earthenware white plate with scalloped rim decorated with a pink rose in the center and three sets of flowers at the band.

Plate, c. 1770

Niderviller Pottery and Porcelain Factory

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A32: Louisiana Bedroom, 1800-50, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A27: Virginia Kitchen, 18th Century, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of steel, gilding, brass, and leather.

Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince, 1571

Anton Peffenhauser

Earthenware dish on a short stand decorated in blue with floral bands on a rim and on a skirted base. Central Chinese-style scene depicts birds in a floral garden. The glaze on a rim is damaged and reveals brownish earthenware material.

Tazza, c. 1678-85

Grieksche A Factory

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