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Copper coffee house token

Eight-daler copper plate money of King Karl X Gustav

Jain yantra

A yantra is an abstract diagram made up of several symbolic …

Copper cent token

Liberia was established in 1821-22 as a settlement for slave…

Copper jug

This large copper pitcher is made from four sheets of copper…

Britannia on a copper coin of Hadrian

Modern British coins often feature the figure of Britannia, …

Copper tribute blades

Before the introduction of imported scrap metal and coinage …

Mask of the Nulthamalth, or fool dancer

The Nulthamalth , or fool dancer is an important figure in t…

Conch shell trumpet

In Buddhist temples in Tibet and China, the conch was used t…

Decorative horse-trapping

The Japanese probably learnt horsemanship from the Koreans d…

Enamelled vase

The technique of painted enamel was invented in Limoges, Fra…

Gilt bronze figure of Padma Sambhava

Padma Sambhava is one of the most eminent figures in Tibetan…

Porcelain Ding ware bowl

This bowl was produced at the Ding kilns in Hebei province, …

Saddle

This is an outstanding example from the mid-seventeenth cent…

Stoneware bowl with underglaze copper-red decoration

Painting in iron-brown or copper-red under the celadon glaze…

Copper 5 sols issued by the Monneron Brothers

The French Revolution of 1789-1792 was a turning point in Eu…

Copper halfpenny token issued by the Carmarthen Iron Works

Copper tokens were made in increasing amounts in eighteenth-…

Copper halfpenny token issued by Thomas Spence

Like coins, tokens became popular with British collectors du…

Love token

Transportation of British convicts to the antipodean colonie…

The el-Amarna Hoard

These ingots and metal rings date from the fourteenth centur…

Uhlhorn Press advertising token

The Great Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park…

Pair of bronze headrest supports (fulcra) from a couch

These bronze attachments would originally have decorated the…

Copper axe

This axe was found in one of the Royal Graves of Ur where no…

Copper foundation peg

This copper figure of a bull in a reed marsh is a foundation…

High-spouted brass ewer

This is one of a group of high spouted ewers made in Herat i…

Pen-box

The pen-box has a long section for pens, with smaller contai…

The Blacas Ewer

An inscription describes the craftsman as 'Shuja ibn Mana al…

Enamel snuff box and cover, painted with the seated figure of John Wilkes

John Wilkes (1727-97) is often called the founder of radical…

Gemellion

A gemellion is a basin used for washing hands, either before…

Headstall (bridle)

A headstall is the part of the bridle or halter that encompa…

Iron spearhead with silver and copper decoration

This large and elegant spearhead was found in the River Tham…

Bronze pan made by Boduogenus

This beautiful bronze vessel was made by a Celtic craftsman …

Gilded copper statuette of Hercules

This large gilded statuette of Hercules, wearing a lion-skin…

Axe with iron blade

Until the second half of the nineteenth century central Afri…

Cast gold lime-flask of a seated female

The cast gold lime-flasks made by the Quimbaya culture are w…

Cast gold lime-flask of a standing male

Such flasks were used to hold lime, a substance chewed with …

Bronze lotus mandala, with silver and copper inlay

Both stone and metal images were made during the Pala dynast…

Fuchi / kashira

Fuchi and kashira are ornamental fittings which were attache…

Gilded bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara

Bodhisattvas appear similar to Buddhas, but with more varie…

Katana (long sword) blade

A katana is a long sword worn thrust through the obi (sash).…

Wakizashi (companion sword) mounting

The wakizashi (companion sword) was worn at all times, insid…

Group of arsenical copper tools

This group of tools would have been suitable for different s…

Copper figure holding basket

The figure holds a basket of soil on his head. This is the t…

Mosaic column

This mosaic column was excavated by H.R. Hall in 1919 at the…

Silver bull

This silver bull with gold inlay on a copper stand may have …

The mechanical galleon

There was a great fascination for automated machines at the …

Carved bone casket with Romance scenes

This carved bone casket features one of the earliest known m…

Earthenware vase decorated with gold lustre, by Walter Crane

This vase depicts a scene from Greek mythology. The three be…

Gold hair ornament or brooch

The ornament is made from three-coloured gold set with diamo…

Kingston Jug

This jug was found in the nineteenth century in an old chalk…

Lustre pottery dish, made by William De Morgan

The multi-talented William De Morgan (1839-1917) began his c…