Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Crystal vinaigrette

1701-1800

Sample of tobacco ingredient

1900-1930

Shrine of lingam in yoni

1400-1800

Gold Pocket Watch with Crystal Tourbillon Mechanism by Fordsmand, 1910

1910

crystals pulled from seed

circa 1950

Head for dental burnisher

1760-1800

Head for dental burnisher

1760-1800

Model of an eye

1801-1900

Convex crystal pendant amulet

1801-1900

Amuletic pendant in form of cut crystal drop

1801-1900

Boar's tusk amulet

1870-1920

Oval shaped watch by Richard Masterson

1630

Watch movement with crystal balance-cock by Thomas Cartwright

1700-1725

Small tin containing crystal for Cosmos crystal receiver, made by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Trafford, Manchester, England, 1920-1930

Crystal for Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

1920-1930

Three examples of crystal remnants pulled from seed - one silicon, one germanium, one unknown.

crystals pulled from seed

circa 1950

Gold and crystal slide, a memento mori of a skeleton supported by 2 cherubs, with initials J.S. and inscribed "Come ye Blessed"

Memento mori, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Specimen of calcium salt (?) crystalline formation prepared from solution on wooden stick, English (?), 1801 to 1930

Specimen of calcium salt (?) crystalline formation

1801-1930

Scrying crystal, mountedon ivory elephant studded with stones, used by Bertha Trost a German quack doctor, in leather case, signed, Japanese

Scrying crystal

Mixed-media collage 'Haathi - Dancing Elephant' by Chila Kumari Burman, 2017, showing an elephant with extensive hand embellishment facing left, extending beyond its gold background. The frame embellished with mirror pieces. Made of gold paper, Chinese crystals, embroidered fabric shapes, gold thread, stickers, velvet, glitter, rhinestones.

Haathi - Dancing Elephant

2017