
Violoncello, the 'Marylebone'
1688 · Spruce top
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

1688 · Spruce top
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

1580, with minor additions in the late 1850s · Walnut
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

1663 · Letterpress printing on paper
The Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia

1788 · Carved and gilded walnut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 527

1631 · Letterpress printing on paper
Bible Society's Library, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge

c. 200-300 CE · Gold leaf fused between two layers of blown...
Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy.

ca. 1785 · Hard-paste porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The American Wing

ca. 1515 · Glazed terracotta
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

ca. 1485 · Glazed terracotta
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 521

1732 · Carved spruce top
University of California, Los Angeles, Herb Alpert School of...

250-300 CE · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Early 12th century, Goryeo dynasty · Stoneware with mold-impressed design under...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Asian Art...
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