EditorialBust or Piet Heyn Bust of Piet Heyn, The head, slightly turned to the left, shows a toggle and a pointed beard. The statue narrows down from the shoulders and changes into a winged mascaron in lobe ornament, which continues into the wooden base. He wea...
EditorialCandlestick, two-armed, the legs supported with lions (title on object), The candlestick consists of a foot with a trunk placed on three legs. This is cast in one piece. The two-armed turner is placed on top of which two candle holders are screwed in t...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet), Fragment of green cut and uncut velvet on an orange-tan ground. Surface broken up into eight-sided spaces, each enclosing a tiny flowering branch., Italy, late 16thearly ...
EditorialVase, Tin-glazed earthenware, Tall reeded, eight-sided vase, straight-sided base swells to bulbous body, long thin neck, small bulbous section top, flaring mouth; painted in underglaze blue on white with overall floral pattern, lambrequin border bottom...
EditorialCandlestick, Tin-glazed earthenware, Eight-sided candlestick on domed base, rising to flattened cushion knop, tall shaft, turned-over lip; painted in underglaze blue on white with floral and lambrequin patterns on base, diaper motif on knop, 8 panels o...
Editorialewer, Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658, Adrianus Kocx, Dutch, active 16871701, Tin-glazed earthenware, Eight-sided, flattened, inverted pear-shaped body on raised foot, looped handle, slender neck, everted spout ...
Editorialcandlestick, silver, Eight-sided base from which rises a shaft with knobs and sockets of eight sides. Coat-of-arms engraved on the base., France, ca. 1720, metalwork, Decorative Arts, candlestick.
EditorialVase, Tin-glazed earthenware, Eight-sided bulbous body on tall flaring base, tapering neck with bulbous knop and flared mouth; painted in underglaze blue on white, on the base with lambrequin border, on body with peacock, rocks, flowers, insects, lambr...
EditorialVase, P V M, Tin-glazed earthenware, Tall, twisted, fluted eight-sided vase with short flared foot and flaring mouth with shaped rim; painted in underglaze blue on white with eight vertical panels each with flower bottom, alternate mid-sections of land...
EditorialFork, steel, brass, horn, bone, Large two-tined fork, tines curved and pointed. Bolster rectangular in section, deeply cut. Tang with button end. Handle eight-sided. Brass scales on major plane engraved with wriggle work; four sides of bone; two tang s...
Editorialside chair, Charles Rohlfs, 18531936, oak, leather cushions (modern replacements), High-backed side chair; oak frame composed of two posts culminating in octagonal stiles at top; seat back of four curved horizontal elements. Square seat with slit cut i...
EditorialVase, Tin-glazed earthenware, Tall, reeded, eight-sided vase, straight-sided base swells to bulbous body, long thin neck, bulbous section top, flaring mouth; painted in underglaze blue on white with overall floral pattern, lambrequin border base, leaf ...
EditorialBust or Piet Hein Bust or Piet Heyn Bust of Piet Heyn with accompanying pedestal, The head, slightly turned to the left, shows a toggle and a pointed beard. The statue narrows down from the shoulders and changes into a winged mascaron in lobe ornament,...
EditorialGoblet with the arms of the province of Holland, Conical foot with folded rim. The trunk composed of a bud, an eight-sided, ribbed baluster-shaped trunk with eight diamonds on the shoulder. Funnel shaped chalice with a rounded, thickened bottom with ai...
EditorialThe Annunciation, Angel from an Annunciation group, The angel stands on an eight-sided plinth on the left leg and with the bent right slightly to the side, causing the upper body to tilt slightly to the left and to the rear. He raised the right hand in...
EditorialHanger on pedestal with Cupid, Kleinood representing Cupid on pedestal. The figure with bow and arrow is enamelled and set with rubies, and was originally intended as a pendant. In the center of the pedestal is a large, eight-sided cut topaz., anonymou...
EditorialMan catcher, Human catcher or thief catcher consisting of a partisan with an iron ring underneath, to open the whole in the longitudinal direction. The partisan has an openwork basis. Two side bars with brass knobs prevent the two halves of the partisa...
EditorialThe Annunciation, Maria from an Annunciation group, Maria stands on an eight-sided plinth on the right leg and has the bent left slightly to the side. She holds the right hand in front of the chest as if awaiting gestures and has a book in the left. Th...
EditorialJar with a grape vine, Lightly arched base. Trunk built from a nodus, a collar, an eight-sided ribbed baluster with diamonds on the shoulder and two composite nodes, the lower mat etched. Funnel-shaped chalice, rounded at the bottom, with an etched gra...
EditorialChalice with funnel-shaped chalice, Chalice with conical foot with folded rim. Stem made up of a cuff, a shape-blown, eight-sided ribbed baluster with diamonds on the shoulder and a composite nodus. Funnel-shaped chalice rounded at the bottom, anonymou...
EditorialCandlestick, two-armed, the legs supported with lions (title on object), The candlestick consists of a foot with a trunk placed on three legs. This is cast in one piece. The two-armed turner is placed on top of which two candle holders are screwed in t...
EditorialBeer mug with eight-sided flat lid, mounted in silver frame. Foot edge and lid decorated with etched mauresques, mug with vertically cut facets, Bierpul, mounted in a frame of gilt silver. On the eight-sided, flat lid and around the foot edge a decorat...
EditorialTable automaton in the form of Diana on a stag, Table automaton in the form of Diana on a deer, Diana, seated on a deer. Automatic silver, partly gold-plated. The deer, which has a removable head and wears a crown, is surrounded by openwork band orname...
EditorialBust or Piet Heyn Bust of Piet Heyn, The head, slightly turned to the left, shows a toggle and a pointed beard. The statue narrows down from the shoulders and changes into a winged mascaron in lobe ornament, which continues into the wooden base. He wea...
EditorialMonstrance, Breda monstrans, Monstrans of partial gold plated silver. The eight-lobed foot is interrupted at the narrowest point by an eight-sided nodus. The glass cylinder rests above the nodus on a concave arched stage. This is set in an architectura...
EditorialMars, The god stands head-on, the head slightly to the right, in full armor with equally spread legs on a protruding floor for a framed flat background. The right hand rests on a hatchet, the stem of which rests on the ground behind him, on the left ar...
EditorialDancing terpsichore, On an eight-sided floor she stands on the left leg and on the toes of the right foot placed backwards. She holds her head slightly back and a little to the right, Zuid-Duitsland, 1550 - 1575, pear (wood), h 13.5 cm.
EditorialChalcedony eight-sided cone, Late Archaic or Early Classical, 1st half of the 5th century B.C., Greek, Chalcedony, Length: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm), Gems, Two vultures devouring a stag.
EditorialChalice with an eight-sided funnel-shaped chalice, Flat base with folded edge. The trunk is made up of a hollow, ribbed baluster, three discs and an annular tube with a closed center surface. The trunk is in open communication with the eight-sided funn...
EditorialChalcedony eight-sided cone, Late Archaic or Early Classical, 1st half of the 5th century B.C., Greek, Chalcedony, Length: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm), Gems, Two vultures devouring a stag.