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Portrait of Mary Frances (Fanny) Swinburne
Richard Cosway
watercolor on ivory in a gold, enamel, and split pearl frame · 1786
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Mary Frances (Fanny) Swinburne
Richard Cosway
watercolor on ivory in a gold, enamel, and split pearl frame · 1786
Cleveland Museum of Art
Man as Old Age
Ralph Wood, the Elder
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) · 1785
Art Institute of Chicago
Woman as Old Age
Enoch Wood
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) · 1780
Art Institute of Chicago
Woman as Old Age
Enoch Wood, English
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) · 1780
Art Institute of Chicago
Woman as Old Age
Enoch Wood
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) · 1780
Art Institute of Chicago
Fan
Benjamin West
Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl · 1775
Art Institute of Chicago
Fan
Benjamin West
Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl · 1775
Art Institute of Chicago
Fan
Benjamin West
Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl · 1775
Art Institute of Chicago
Fan
Benjamin West, Benjamin West, American
Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl · 1775
Art Institute of Chicago
Watch
George Prior, English
gold, pearls, and enamel · 1775
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Fan
Benjamin West
Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl · 1775
Art Institute of Chicago
Rolltop desk
David Roentgen
Oak, cherry, pine, mahogany, veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, hornbeam (all partially stained), tulipwood, mahogany, and other woods; mother-of-pearl; partially gilded and tooled leather; gilt bronze, iron, steel, brass, partially gold-lacquered brass · 1771
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Snuff Box: Portrait of Saxon Prince
Johann Christian Neuber
Gold, hardstone, enamel, copper, glass, and pearls · 1770
Art Institute of Chicago
Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock
James Cox
Case: gold with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver, pearls; Dial: white enamel; Movement: partly gilded brass and steel, wheel balance and cock of silver set with paste jewels · 1766
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Desk
Abraham Roentgen
gild on rosewood (wood), maple (wood), ebony (wood), satinwood (wood), ivory, cherry (wood), bone (material), tin (metal), mother of pearl, rosewood (wood), copper (metal), steel (alloy), tortoise shell, wood (plant material), walnut (hardwood), bronze (metal), oak (wood), silver (metal) · 1758
Rijksmuseum
Portret van een dame met waaier
Daniël Bruyninx
glass, mother of pearl, parchment (animal material), silver (metal) · 1758
Rijksmuseum
Desk
Abraham Roentgen
gild on rosewood (wood), maple (wood), ebony (wood), satinwood (wood), ivory, cherry (wood), bone (material), tin (metal), mother of pearl, rosewood (wood), copper (metal), steel (alloy), tortoise shell, wood (plant material), walnut (hardwood), bronze (metal), oak (wood), silver (metal) · 1758
Rijksmuseum
Toilet Box
Johann Martin Heinrici
Lacquered metal inlaid with mother-of-pearl, copper, brass, ray skin, colored stone, gold · 1755
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miniature secretary incorporating a watch
James Cox
Case: agate, with gold mounts, gilded brass, pearls, and paste jewels set in silver; Dial: white enamel; Movement: wheel balance and cock set with paste jewels · 1755
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Writing table (table à écrire)
Risenburgh, Bernard van, II
Oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth, mahogany, ebony, mother-of-pearl, stained horn; gilt-bronze mounts; modern velvet · 1750
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Snuffbox
Viller
Gold, mother-of-pearl, ivory, enamel · 1750
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Snuff box
Johann Martin Heinrici, Swiss
containers, decorative arts, snuff box — inlaid gold and mother-of-pearl, chased gilt-metal, enamel · 1745
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Archlute
David
Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl · 1725
The Metropolitan Museum of Art