my house of artifacts

Blue-painted Storage jar, New Kingdom, Amarna Period ca. 1353–1336 B.C. .

Blue Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, ca. 1336–1327 B.C. Linen dyed with indigotin .

Textile fragment, embroidered linen textile with silk thread, stylised floral motif, Persia, 1500-1600

Snuffbox, shell shaped, porcelain / silver, made by the Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory, Saint-Cloud, France, c. 1750

Pendant in the shape of an arrow (Sebastian's arrow?), 1600–1800

A Post-Haban jug of the Guild of Wheelwrights.

A jug with a single handle at the top and narrow neck. Richly decorated with stylized flowers and bouquets in cobalt blue, yellow and green. Painted in a cartouche on the front are objects and tools used by the Guild of Wheelwrights (saws, axes, chisels, a wheel and more) and the year 1783. On one side is the motif of a shepherd with a dog and herd of sheep, on the other a plowman with an ox-pulled plow. In the lower section along the circumference is the inscription: CURO.MALIK-SILNI.TRUNEK KUZIWANI WIEK.KRATI.A.ROZUM MIENI (“Strong drink to imbibe shortens life and alters mind”).

A Habán plate. Faïence, white glaze, painted in grand feu colors. Diameter: 29 cm Deep shape with a straight edge. Simple decoration, at the top rim in a green wreath “IHS / 17 03” – the Jesuit inscription Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus, Savior of Mankind) with the year in typical split form.

Bronze basin handle with cones and double palmettes, and part of the rim attached. Etruscan, 6thC BC-5thC BC.

Covered Jar (Albarello), second half 13th–14th century. Attributed to Iran. Stonepaste; overglaze painted and leaf gilded (lajvardina)

Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 1454–1513 Siena) - Galatea (?), ca. 1509. Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels.

Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 1454–1513 Siena) - Venus and Cupid, ca. 1509. Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels.

Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 1454–1513 Siena) - The Chariot of Ceres, ca. 1509. Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels.

Brooch, hairwork and gold, with double bow formed of open table-braided tubes of dark and light brown hair secured at the centre with an engraved gold ribbon rosette set with a pearl; two ribbons formed of thin double cords of plaited hair entwined as lovers' knots, gold ends, attached at the back. Hair, gold. British Isles, 1850-70.

Earthenware floor tile, lead-glazed; mosaic. Late Medieval, Meaux (Yorkshire), 1249-1269

Persian poem, a manuscript. Fine illuminations in golden ink and in color, on the first double spread pages. Artistic binding. [229] leaves, 31 cm.

Persian poem, a manuscript. Fine illuminations and illustrations in golden ink and in color. Artistic binding.

Ceramic Fragment. 9th–10th century. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Earthenware; white slip, purplish-black and red decoration, glazed.