The Honjo Masamune
First half of the fourteenth century · Forged and folded steel
Unlocated since January 1946.
Arms, clocks and instruments
Armour, blades, clocks and musical instruments. 47 artworks recorded, across 3 kinds, each with a cited chain of ownership.
47 artworks
Violin, the 'Duke of Alcantara'
1732 · Carved spruce top
University of California, Los Angeles
Marine Timekeeper known as H5
1770 · Silver
Science Museum, London
Harpsichord, called the "Ruckers-Taskin"
c. 1695 · Wood case and soundboard
Musical Instruments Museum
The Silver Swan
c. 1773 · Chased and repousse silver over an iron and...
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564)
dated 1549 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Celestial Globe with Clockwork
1579 · Case
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Violoncello, the 'Marylebone'
1688 · Spruce top
Smithsonian Institution
Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England
dated 1527 · Steel
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Marine Chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw
c. 1800 · Brass movement
British Museum, London
Violin, the 'Lady Blunt'
1721 · Spruce top
Private collection
The Trumpets of Tutankhamun
c. 1336-1327 BC · Silver trumpet
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza