
The Blacas Ewer
629 · Sheet brass
British Museum, London
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629 · Sheet brass
British Museum, London

1863 · Albumen silver print from a wet collodion...
Library of Congress

1797-1799 · Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1411-1468 · Ink
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

1st century CE · Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1513 · Ink and pigment in eight colors on...
Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Istanbul

Early 7th century AD · Iron cap and internal fittings
British Museum, London, Room 41

1826 · Heliograph
Harry Ransom Center

Later 6th century · Gold
Jointly owned and displayed by Birmingham...

c. 1200 · Brown ink
Austrian National Library

c. 460-450 BC · Cast bronze
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio...

c. 1480-1500 · Tapestry weave
Musee de Cluny - musee national du Moyen Age
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