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Slop jar from a tea service; Tiffany & Company

Title: Slop jar from a tea service
Artist: Tiffany & Company
Physical Description: Silver jar-shaped vessel with flared lip and a band of decoration around center of the body
Artist Life Dates: established 1837
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1885
Accession Number: 2002/1.158.6
Medium and Support: silver
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Agate pebble snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Agate pebble snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1750-1850
Accession Number: 1980/2.23
Medium and Support: agate and jadeite
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Iridescent light and dark green inkwell, glass lid, fire polished; Artist Unknown

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Title: Iridescent light and dark green inkwell, glass lid, fire polished
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A square glass inkwell. The stopper is dark green and the color fades down the inkwell.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.246
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Bottle; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Bottle
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: This small iridescent glass botttle is pinched in the middle and has a leaf/feather like design band the extends towards the shoulder from the base of the vessel.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1892-1896
Accession Number: 1972/2.204
Medium and Support: glass with federzeichnung decoration in silver luster and iridescent striations
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Carnelian snuff bottle in the shape of a carp; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Carnelian snuff bottle in the shape of a carp
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1912-1949
Accession Number: 1980/2.40
Medium and Support: carnelian
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Cut crystal, engraved floral and vine, sterling silver lid; Artist Unknown

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Title: Cut crystal, engraved floral and vine, sterling silver lid
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A square, crystal inkwell with rounded edges. The base is engraved with flowers and ivy. The sterling silver lid also has a flower on the top.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.262
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Vase; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Vase
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: This oval-shaped vase has an irregularly shaped mouth. The decoration, which consists of numerous layers of glass, has green and brown glass in the bottom third; a swriling brown and cream glass the overlays from the foot up to the lip of the vessel, and finally a horizontal pattern of warm brown dots (which are pulled into bands around the widest part of the vessel) that begins at the top.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1896-1900
Accession Number: 1972/2.220
Medium and Support: glass with red slag and varigated design
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Mother of pearl snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mother of pearl snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1780-1880
Accession Number: 1980/2.59
Medium and Support: mother-of-pearl with amethyst stopper
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Enamel Inkwell, milk glass insert, cap. lid, handled.; Artist Unknown

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Title: Enamel Inkwell, milk glass insert, cap. lid, handled.
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: An inkwell that has milk glass inserts, two handles, a rounded lid, and painted enamel. The enamel is in various colors including shades of blue, green, and red.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.278
Medium and Support: metal, plastic
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Element from a mosiac frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House New York (one of 10 elements); Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Element from a mosiac frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House New York (one of 10 elements)
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: This mosaic panel depicts flowers and tendrils against a background with both a chevron pattern and a round flower-like patten. Along either side is a tapering beige element that is half of a blade of a plant; when joined with another panel, they create a full plant blade. [fragment]
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 1986.146.8J
Medium and Support: iridescent glass and plaster
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Baltic amber snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Baltic amber snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880-1940
Accession Number: 1980/2.93
Medium and Support: Baltic amber with moonstone stopper set in horn collar
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Crystal Inkwell with Silver Lid with pen holder, hallmarked silver :CRAIGENDINNIE" London: J.S. Vickery & Sons, Regent St.; Artist Unknown

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Title: Crystal Inkwell with Silver Lid with pen holder, hallmarked silver :CRAIGENDINNIE" London: J.S. Vickery & Sons, Regent St.
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: An inkwell made of glass and crystal has a rectangular shape transparent body and a metel lid cover.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.297
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.14
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Netsuke of a basket of kyôgen masks; Eiraku

Title: Netsuke of a basket of kyôgen masks
Artist: Eiraku
Artist Life Dates: 19th century
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2002/2.36
Medium and Support: ivory
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Candlestick (one of a pair); John Carter

Title: Candlestick (one of a pair)
Artist: John Carter
Physical Description: This silver candlestick, one of a pair, is in the shape of a fluted column topped by a composite capital composed of a double row of acanthus leaves and four volutes at the corners. The column rests upon a stepped base made of four squares of diminishing size, the first and fourth of which are marked with a pattern of strigillations.
Artist Life Dates: (active ca. 1767 - 1789)
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1770-1771
Accession Number: 1968/1.49
Medium and Support: silver
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Covered Food Basket; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Covered Food Basket
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1985/1.159
Medium and Support: natural fiber
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.30
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

One of a set of 12 Apostle Spoons; Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: One of a set of 12 Apostle Spoons
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Physical Description: Silver spoon with figure of a man at the terminal end of the handle
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.193
Medium and Support: cast silver
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Agate Snuff Bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Agate Snuff Bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850-1920
Accession Number: 1980/2.140
Medium and Support: agate, coral, glass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Goldweight
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description: Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.377
Medium and Support: brass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.46
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Container for vegetable tannin for ohaguro [square box with cover], from a bridal trousseau; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Container for vegetable tannin for ohaguro [square box with cover], from a bridal trousseau
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1867
Accession Number: 1955/1.162A&B
Medium and Support: wood with black, red, and gold lacquer
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Root amber snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Root amber snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880-1930
Accession Number: 1980/2.98
Medium and Support: amber and jadeite
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Goldweight
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description: Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.373
Medium and Support: brass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.62
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Bowl; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bowl
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1868
Accession Number: 1954/1.548
Medium and Support: Red lacquer on wood
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Miniature metal snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Miniature metal snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1912-1949
Accession Number: 1980/2.57
Medium and Support: metal and enamel
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Goldweight
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description: Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.406
Medium and Support: brass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.78
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Vase; Arthur Nash

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Title: Vase
Artist: Arthur Nash
Physical Description: Glass vase with wide body and neck and slightly flared lip with irridescent golden yellow surface treatment in vertical leaf or feather design
Artist Life Dates: 1849-1934
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1929-1931
Accession Number: 1972/2.227
Medium and Support: iridescent glass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Baltic amber snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Baltic amber snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880-1940
Accession Number: 1980/2.92
Medium and Support: Baltic amber, mother-of-pearl and brass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Goldweight
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description: Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.429
Medium and Support: brass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Glass snuff bottle; Zhou Luoyuan (Chou Lo-yüan)

Title: Glass snuff bottle
Artist: Zhou Luoyuan (Chou Lo-yüan)
Artist Life Dates: act. 1885-1910
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1885-1910
Accession Number: 1980/2.152
Medium and Support: glass and jade
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Bottle; Artist Unknown, Syria

Title: Bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, Syria
Century: 13th-14th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century - 14th century
Accession Number: 1961/1.189
Medium and Support: glass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Amber vase-shaped snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Amber vase-shaped snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1940
Accession Number: 1980/2.132
Medium and Support: amber and coral
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Crystal canary yellow inkwell, cut corners; Artist Unknown

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Title: Crystal canary yellow inkwell, cut corners
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: This is a yellow cut crystal inkwell with a metal collar. The body is a cube shape with cut corners and the round cap has a multifaceted surface.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.230
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Spoon; Tiffany & Company

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Title: Spoon
Artist: Tiffany & Company
Physical Description: Gold spoon with thin handle that widens at the end with a decorative element at the tip
Artist Life Dates: established 1837
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1906-1956
Accession Number: 1967/2.18
Medium and Support: 14K gold
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Agate snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Agate snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850-1912
Accession Number: 1980/2.15
Medium and Support: agate and amethyst
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Brush inkwell, sterling silver overlay, ribbon glass with sterling silver lid, marked "Gorham"; Artist Unknown

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Title: Brush inkwell, sterling silver overlay, ribbon glass with sterling silver lid, marked "Gorham"
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: This is a clear glass inkwell with sterling silver overlay. The body is oval shaped with a diagonal swirl design. The design has an alternating glass and silver swirl pattern. The collar and lid are silver. The lid has a diagonal swirl design that rises to a peak.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.239
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Air return grill from the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Air return grill from the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: Abstract design within a rectangular metal frame consisting of vertical glass rods of milky white and smoky greenish glass. Holding those rods in place are diagonally-woven silvered flat metal strips.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 1986.146.7
Medium and Support: silver-plated copper, brass and iron with glass rods
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Tourmaline snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Tourmaline snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1930
Accession Number: 1980/2.33
Medium and Support: tourmaline and yellow serpentine
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Square cut-crystal, cut corners, monogrammed sterling lid; Artist Unknown

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Title: Square cut-crystal, cut corners, monogrammed sterling lid
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A square cut-crystal inkwell with a monogrammed sterling silver lid.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.255
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Bowl; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Bowl
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: Glass bowl-shaped vessel with the suggestion of lobes with a large flared lip and iridescent in color in shades of greens and blues
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1896-1900
Accession Number: 1972/2.213
Medium and Support: iridescent green glass
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Turquoise snuff bottle; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Turquoise snuff bottle
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1912-1949
Accession Number: 1980/2.51
Medium and Support: turquoise
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Inkwell made of cut crystal with star base, monogrammed lid, "B" sterling silver; Artist Unknown

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Title: Inkwell made of cut crystal with star base, monogrammed lid, "B" sterling silver
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A small. square, crystal inkwell with a sterling silver lid. A star is engraved on the bottom of the base. The lid is monogrammed.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.271
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Element from a mosiac frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House New York (one of 10 elements); Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Element from a mosiac frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House New York (one of 10 elements)
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description: This mosaic panel depicts flowers and tendrils against a background with both a chevron pattern and a round flower-like patten. Along either side is a tapering beige element that is half of a blade of a plant; when joined with another panel, they create a full plant blade.
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 1986.146.8C
Medium and Support: iridescent glass and plaster
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1875-1925
Accession Number: 1980/2.77
Medium and Support: ivory with green and white jadeite stopper
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

"Porcelain de Paris", French inkwell, Meissen pattern with lid, vintage; Artist Unknown

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Title: "Porcelain de Paris", French inkwell, Meissen pattern with lid, vintage
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A porcelain white color inkwell has a rectangular body with round edges and a small lid. There are simple decorations and paintings of pink flowers on the inkwell.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.288
Medium and Support: porcelain
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Chandelier Fragments; Louis Comfort Tiffany

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Title: Chandelier Fragments
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist Life Dates: 1848-1933
Object Creation Date: 1890-1891
Accession Number: 2011/2.2.7
Medium and Support: glass and metal
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

Brush Holder; Artist Unknown, China

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Title: Brush Holder
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Accession Number: 2006/2.66
Medium and Support: Ivory
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Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts

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