EditorialModel of a Made Bowsprit, Round bowsprit with shield and violin pieces. The bowsprit has eight cheeks, with buckle belts clamped against the king. At approximately two-thirds of the length, two clamps for the slings are arranged on either side. There i...
EditorialSling glass with the inscription: The prosperity of the Fatherland, Conical foot. Double railing stem with two knots and multiple slings. Funnel shaped chalice with rounded bottom. On the chalice: The prosperity of the Fatherland. Signed on the foot: H...
EditorialTriangular shawl of needle lace with lilies and poppies, Scarf of natural-colored mixed lace: Brussels lace. Triangular model. A broad, wavy frame runs along the three sides, surrounded by a border of alternately calyx flowers and asymmetrical medallio...
EditorialNeedle lace fringe strip with carnation and rose branch, Belly shape. Alternately large and small scallops are closed at the top by fine slings. In turn, the large scallops contain a branch with two carnations and a rose branch. The small bell-shaped s...
EditorialNine Models or Jury Rudders, Nine models of emergency rudders. They have a stem as a stirring king and the rudder blade is composed of round timber covered with planks. Two of them (nos. 1-2) have a donkey's head as a rudder hook around the king, with ...
EditorialDavid, He is standing with the sling in his right hand ready to throw the stone, David slings a stone at Goliath's forehead (variant), Pietro Magni, Milaan, 1851, marble (rock), h 182 cm h 85 cm ? w 85.5 cm ? d 134 cm h 183 cm ? w 115 cm ? d 63 cm w 11...
EditorialFolding fan with a presentation of the meeting between Ruth and Boas during the corn harvest, Folding fan with a sheet of paper centered with watercolor and gold paint representation of the meeting between Ruth and Boas during the corn harvest, flanked...
EditorialModel of a Topsail, Very detailed model of the upper part of a mast with steng, mars and mars sail on ra's, provided with all the running rigging, on a ground board with nail bench, damaged and incomplete. The march has chain putings, the ra's are equi...
EditorialNatives of Guinea climbing trees using slings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
EditorialSaxon with slingshot used for hunting, method of slinging a shot, and archer and slingers with slings with sticks in a castle tower, 8th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto...
EditorialRigging for sailing ships, including cordage, bale slings, butt slings, can hook slings, ropes, blocks and pulleys, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Milton after an illustration by J. Glover from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary,...