
The Cheapside Hoard
Objects range from the first century BC to about 1640 · Enamelled gold
London Museum
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Objects range from the first century BC to about 1640 · Enamelled gold
London Museum

Mined in India, probably at the Kollur workings in the... · Type IIb boron-bearing diamond
Smithsonian Institution

designed from 1373 · Wool and silk on a wool warp

1300-1350 · Hammered sheet brass
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Gallery 116

First half of the 4th century CE · Colorless blown or cast glass
Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany

16th century · Gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1450 · Ink
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

c. 1300 · Iron gall ink
Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England, in the purpose-built...

1741-42, most likely the London assay year running from... · Silver gilt

Late 10th - 11th century · Cast bronze
Musee du Louvre, Departement des Arts de l'Islam, Paris

c. 1607-1624 · Black carbon ink
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

1891 · Color lithograph printed in four colors...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of...
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