Miscellaneous Vintage Objects

early 19th century swan chair

CLOISONNÉ JAR - Meiji period, 1846-1927, JAPAN

Containing two canisters for tea (green and black) and a larger one for sugar, this chest could be locked to secure its valuable contents; both tea and sugar were expensive commodities during the eighteenth century. The polychrome pastoral scenes and Italianate landscapes, combined with Rococo-style gilding against a pink ground, create an opulent effect.

Bow Brooch. first half 6th century. Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1947 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468183

Cup in the form of a peacock. 1791 (?). Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/193554

String of eye beads, 6th century BC-3rd century BC, Egypt.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1893 Tiffany Favrile Glass and Bronze Moorish Lamp

Bracelet. 15th–19th century. Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sayer, in memory of Dr. Milton Gross, 1979 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314038

Victorian Reverse Painted Crystal Intaglio Earrings, 1870