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Copper with repoussé design of a sea creature and naturaliste / abstract motifs with inset mother-of pearl — Bowl, 1906
Ludwig Vierthaler; Manufacturer: J. Winhardt & Company

G379

finely carved; sides inlaid with Mother-of-pear; carving depicts the sky, mountains, trees and river, a fitting spot for contemplation; symbol of ideal existence — Snuff Bottle, 1850-1925
China

G216

mother-of-pearl top; horn panels carved with landscapes; sides of bottle inlaid with mother-of-pearl — Snuff Bottle, 1850-1925
China

G216

Two glazed doors separated by a central panel decorated with a stylized floral motif in marquetry of various colored woods inlaid with mother-of-pearl and abalone shell, the brass door handles with circular enamelled plaques; original finish intact; fitted with green velvet interior; arrived with key — Display cabinet, c. 1898
E. A. (Ernest Archibald) Taylor

G378

necklace with large central drop pendant and ten smaller decorative elements; double strand of waisted, slightly flattened silver beads, decreasing to single strands near back; hook and loop closure; large pendant has broken circle at bottom with white and black lobes around outer edge and is topped with a stylized head wearing a similarly lobed (feathered?) headdress, with white "face", red triangular "mouth", two triangles representing hair on forehead and pair of turquoise drops on either side of head (drops in front of ears of headdress?); each of the ten decorative elements are similar to the "head" part of the squash blossom main pendant — Squash blossom necklace, from a three-piece set, 20th century
United States

G260

black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; Kang-Shi Period — Tray, late 17th century
China

G210

12 string instrument; circle and crescent openings at bottom reflected in top inlay at one short end; mother-of-pearl inlay, two birds and moon in clouds at upper surface, sides adorned by birds and plants; underside grain appears to look like oak — Kayagum, 19th century
Unknown Korean

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lozenge shaped; plum branches carved in relief on top with two flowers and two buds of inlaid mother-of-pearl; two hand-written characters at interior bottom that don't look like a signature — Manju netsuke decorated with plum blossoms motif, 1840s
Unknown Japanese

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cross-legged seated figure with PR hand on PR leg and PL hand, palm up, on lap; elongated earlobes; mother-of-pearl inlaid eyes — Figure of a Buddha, 1350-1767 (Ayutthia period)
Thailand

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jewelry box — Jewelry box, c. 1810-1820
France

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double-edged sword with modern inlay on pommel, bronze, mother-of-pearl. Arms and Armor-Edged Weapon — Double Edged Sword, 900-400 BCE
Persia (Iran)

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octagonal rifle barrel with simple decoration at the breech; wheel pierced by four hearts; trigger guard forged with three loops at cusps of finger grooves; bone and mother-of-pearl inlay throughout, cheek inlaid with a standing south American Indian. Arms and Armor-Firearm — Wheel lock rifle, c. 1630
M.P.

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four braided tassels attached, at "top", of various widths; one divides into three narrow strands; each of the braids has multiple tassels and white mother-of-pearl buttons; green and orange — Tassel, 1950
Siwa Oasis

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inlaid, rectangular, fluted box; hinged at top back; top front panel hinged at top and drops down when opened; sides hinged and swing out; four claw feet with four toes; inlaid cartouche on top and front panels; inlaid strips of light and dark wood define sides and top — Inlaid box, from a cordial set, c. 1870
England

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round two-piece netsuke; black lacquer with gold flecks; grasses and delicate mother of pearl flowers — Black Netsuke with Flowers, 19th century
Hara Yōyūsai

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brown body with wide shoulder and small mouth; brown body and stopper with central inlaid flower inside a diamond on each side, surrounded by repeating quatrefoil or flower-like patterns; inlaid leaf form on underside; spoon lost — Snuff bottle with inlaid flower motifs, Date Unknown
China

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Mother of pearl inlay on handle — Tea kettle with warming stand, 1901
Kate Harris; Manufacturer: William Hutton & Sons, Ltd.

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rectangular form on bracket feet; hinged beveled cover; inlay overall with central palmette medallion with pendant element and corner pieces with cartouche borders; side with trefoils forming trellis pattern with similar borders — Storage Chest, 17th-18th century
Turkey

G243

brown lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl; flaring edges on a short foot; floral patterns at edges; winding river with figures, buildings, boats and bridges at center — Tray, 16th century
China

G210

ovoid box with hinged cover; three raised characters on back; raised characters under cover; cover decorated with yali head on top, with various inlaid gems (primarily turquoise) and wire filigree; inlaid multicolred gems around edges of box; tara inside with turquoise inlay and gems on crown, holding filigree flowers — Gahu Amulet Box, 19th century
Tibet

G212

round wooden pulley with dark finish; raised persimmon and leaf motif with mother-of-pearl details; grooved edges; square hole through center — Pulley, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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rectangular writing box with maple tree design; sparse red, pewter, and mother-of-pearl leaves; small drawer with pull; stylized deer inside cover — (Writing box decorated with maple tree and deer in the style of Hon’ami Kōetsu), late 19th - early 20th century
Unknown Japanese

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ecru crinkled silk with cotton cuffs, neck and front opening, with five mother-of-pearl buttons; sheer body, gauze-like, with vertical stripe from shoulder to bottom of plain weave silk; stripes on long sleeves; unusual sleeve construction; bottom edge tatted — Undershirt, early 20th century
Turkey

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woven or knotted horsehair; woven black cotton border on three sides; button and loop on top corners — Face veil, early 20th century
Uzbekistan

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abstracted, surreal design; two human figures and two human faces, one with very long extended tongue; bird-headed creature with humanoid body; another creature's head with inlaid eye holds human figure in its mouth — Charm, 19th century
Haida

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box with two removable drawers and top with two pairs of hinges containing a mirror; inlaid mother-of-pearl designs; two cranes on top with branches with fruit; front of drawers have hexagonal pattern with starbursts; right decorated with deer in a landscape with trees; left decorated with cranes in a landscape with trees; plants on back; lock and key included — Cosmetics box with cranes and deer, 19th century
Unknown Korean

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dark brown lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl; hinged cover; top has central longevity symbol flanked by two flying cranes and fruits on branches; front has pair of deer on right side and pair of cranes on left in a landscape with trees; left and right ends have fish with trees; back is plain; large floriform metal fitting with latch on front; blue paper at interior; lock included (no key) — Lacquer storage box with cranes, deer, and fish, 19th century
Unknown Korean

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stylized frog-like figure outlined in buttons against navy blue background; red border; figure has three-pronged head, and is seated upright, with arms to side, displaying its belly; stylized ribcage pattern and embellished stomach decoration; in plexi shadowbox — Northwest Coast Button Blanket, c. 1900
United States

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stylized head wearing a black and white lobed (feathered?) headdress, with white "face", black triangular "mouth", two triangles representing hair on forehead, turquoise and coral elements at top of head on "headdress" and pair of turquoise drops on either side of head (drops in front of ears of headdress?); bar pin on back with safety latch closure — Pin, from a three-piece set, 20th century
United States

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pin with hook at top on back for conversion into pendant; stylized figure with wings for arms and legs open, bent at knees, wearing stepped hat; wedge-shaped, bird-like tail; various colored inlays in symmetrical pattern; pin on back with safety clasp — Pin or pendant, 20th century
United States

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black lacquer table with inlaid shell in the shape of lotus petals on legs and edges — Table with mother-of-pearl inlay, 15th century [?]
Unknown Japanese

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blue and red wool; bird design with human face on chest; pair of serpents heads with bear (or human?) face between them below bird; iridescent buttons highlight center design and form geometric designs at top and sides — Button Blanket, c. 1982
Marion Hunt Doig

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Spoon or ladle of yellowish horn probably 'bighorn sheep'. The handle is flat and roughly ornamented with eye and feather-like ? designs with mother-of-pearl inlays. — Spoon, 19th century
Tlingit

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One of a Set of Twelve chairs designed by the Greenes for the dining room of the Robert Blacker House and made in the workshop of Peter Hall, Pasadena California. — Side chair, c. 1907
Peter Hall Manufacturing Company; Designer: Charles Sumner Greene; Designer: Henry Mather Greene

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Lacquer circular Foliate box with mother-of-pearl inlay; nine lobes; dignitaries at leisure with attendants on a terrace — Foliate box and cover, 14th century
China

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squatting chubby boy wearing jacket with inlaid floral designs and inlaid diamond medallion on chest; green ivory inside grommets — (Karako squatting), 20th century
Gyokuzan

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Fan-'Amore Scene', Unknown French — Fan-'Amore Scene', 18th century
Unknown French

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Fan, Unknown French — Fan, 19th century
Unknown French

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oval shaped irregular ivory ring divided into sections with decorated brass wire; studs around central opening at top and bottom with oval stones of various colors and materials set in each section on side — Netsuke [tree section], late 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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brownish-black lacquer with inlaid design of seated man with a vessel on his lap and jumping 3-legged toad on top of cover; red interior — Small Circular Box, late 16th-early 17th century
China

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black lacquer with red interior; central medallion of carved mother-of-pearl; pewter wire accents on edges — Round Lobed Box, c. 1300
China

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round tray with straight, short sides on a tall, round pedestal and wide base; black ground with gold flecks, and gold and mother-of-pearl chrysanthemum design — (Ceremonial Offering Stands, one of a pair), 18th century
Nagata Yūji

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deep rectangular box with beveled edges; brown lacquer background with bamboo leaf motif painted in gold; a few bamboo leaves are made of mother-of-pearl inlay; black lacquer interior — 芦図蒔絵硯箱, 1910s
Kamisaka Sekka

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large concave rectangular plate with slightly bowed edges attached to short platform; top has gold background with rippling blue mother-of-pearl lines and gently raised designs in form of chevron over surface; black lacquer base and underside with tiny gold flecks — Plate, 2010
Okada Yūji

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lacquer writing box with blossoming wisteria vines growing from R in gold and mother-of-pearl; large blossoming peonies LRC; inside a Chinese-styled lion chases a blue and gold butterfly amid grassy landscape with peonies — (Writing box with peonies, wisteria, and a Chinese lion chasing butterflies), late 19th - early 20th century
Unknown Japanese

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slim, rectangular, black lacquer box in five separable segments topped with a removable lid; gold speckled and gray mountains decorate the front and back of the box and a gold moon hovers in the ULC of the lid; the bottom two tiers (4 and 5) are slightly taller than the top three tiers — Five-tiered lacquer box: Mountain Range, 2013
Enoki Kei

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Ring, from a three-piece set, 20th century

United States

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gold lacquer box with inlaid decoration of man on horseback on top of cover and flowers and a footpath on underside of cover; compartmentalized tray for inksone, rectangular water dropper, knife and two brushes with floral inlay — Writing box (suzuribako), early 19th century
Hara Yōyūsai

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two large bulls-eye forms with mother-of-pearl centers; mother-of-pearl outline between rings; rings in black, blue, red, and orange with speckles; orange and black speckled background; painted and inlaid on a car hood; back has Japanese one cent coin adhered at back center — The Dual Sun II, 2008
Kurimoto Natsuki

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organic, gracefully curving wisp of black lacquered wood covered with tiny rectangles of mother-of-pearl; small, downturned point near end attaches to small, delicate pointed base with clear adhesive square — Living Ornamental Hairpin, No. 8, 2008
Murata Yoshihiko

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abstract leaf like form with mother-of-pearl inlay at top and near bottom; opposite side resembles bat wing; attaches to small rectangular wooden base — Wing of Foliage #37, 2010
Muramoto Shingo

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inro with rectangular compartment; rounded form; medium brown patina with branch in relief with various symbols; ojime in the form of a red persimmon with green leaves; tan silk cord — Single compartment inro adorned with auspicious symbols and persimmon ojime, 1820s
Teiji

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small panda figure with PR arm raised; stands on PR foot on square base covered in strips of mother-of-pearl; bear is covered in mother-of-pearl chips with black lacquered face and inner ears; eyes, nose, and cheeks painted in gold — Bear: Glittering, 2010
Sano Akira

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four stacking compartments with cover; decorated with fruits, leaves, and foliage with swirling parallel lines on each side; black with gold and orange-red; red interior — Four-tiered box decorated with fruits, leaves, and foliage, early 20th century
Unknown Japanese

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*pearl — Bandolier bag, 1992
Stella Young Bear

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Shoulder bag, Stella Young Bear — Shoulder bag, 20th century
Stella Young Bear

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Square Lacquer box (for storing incense?), chrysanthemum design on exterior with butterfly design on interior of lid; black lacquer, maki-e and mother-of-pearl shell inlay, and metal — Box with chrysanthemum design, mid 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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orange ground tapestry mounted between two pieces of glass and framed — Tibetan Dignity, 1990
Sheila Hicks

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Snuff bottles, pair of, black lacquer inlaid with design of birds and flowers in mother of pearl. Teakwood stands. — Snuff Bottle, 1662-1722
China

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Oblong box with scalloped edges. Flowers, insects on top and sea animals inside in relief, and incrusted pearl. Signed on bottom. — Incense box with flower and insects design, 19th century
Unknown Japanese

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Snuff bottle; lacquer; red coral top with silver setting; sides inlaid with Mother of Pearl; natural piece of Abalone Shell set in panels on each side. One panel partly carved. — Snuff Bottle, 17th-19th century
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Fan, China — Fan, 19th century
China

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black and gold lacquer with armorial crest; contains five smaller boxes with ivory, mother-of-pearl, cowry shell and bean counters; contents of five smaller boxes 65 mother-of-pearl fish with scales on one side and love birds on the other (L.2-¼ x W.3/4 in.), 18 mother-of-pearl rectangles (L.½ x W.2 in.), 28 floral circles (Dia.1-¼ in.), 115 cowry shells, 93 brown seeds (L.3/4 in.), 97 fish, ivory with red eyes (L.1-¼ in.), 72 mother-of-pearl ovals (Dia.2-¼ in.), 18 mother-of-pearl ovals (Dia.1-3/4 in.), 29 mother-of-pearl circles (Dia.1-¼ in.); Holiday Traditions, MacFarlane Room. — Game Box, 1790-1810
China

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Fan, Unknown French — Fan, 18th century
Unknown French

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black lacquered box with stylized thatched-roof house with peaked gray roof and low eaves; gold fence at R; gold tree at L with round mother-of-pearl blossoms — Small box with country house, 1920s
Kamisaka Sekka

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two-panel folding screen; thin, stylized red, gold, silver, and burgundy bamboo stalks against black background; small spray of bamboo foliage on L screen — Bamboo, mid 20th century
Atarashi Kōsen

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small chest with gilded copper hinges and corner fittings; design of dandelions and wisteria in shell and lead inlay and raised sprinkled design; three dragonflies on inside of the door; three removable shelves with floral pull; two keys — Portable chest with wisteria, 17th-18th century
Unknown Japanese

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square writing box with exterior design of gold and lead overlapping reeds; inside stylized gold stream in corer with mother-of-pearl inlay designs representing current; gold and lead reeds continued inside — Lacquer writing box with design of autumn grasses and stream, late 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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black lacquer box made of three separate boxes and cover; striped designs of inlay with rectangles of mother of pearl, geometric and floral patterns in gold pigment — Three-tiered box with stripes and Nanban patterns, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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primarily black; maskette with round eyes and frowning mouth with red lips and visible white teeth; alternating gold and mother-of-pearl inlays around face; raptor's head at top with wings on back, with rust red inlays on top of wings and mother-of-pearl at center of back; vertical element wrapped with gold wire and tipped in ivory at bottom — Shaman's curling medallion, 2010
Darrell White

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round tray with straight, short sides on a tall, round pedestal and wide base; black ground with gold flecks, and gold and mother-of-pearl chrysanthemum design — (Ceremonial Offering Stands, one of a pair), 18th century
Nagata Yūji

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black lacquer bull with mountainous hump with red tip rising from back; bull is decorated with various vignettes of trees, plants, clouds, animals, and people; belly painted with brighter colors; pink leather tongue sticking out of mouth; wooden legs; detachable rattan tail — Mount Bull, 2013
Someya Satoshi

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lacquered gourd with organic and geometric designs suspended to lacquered plaque with wire; two bent wooden "arms" on sides of gourd; golden tuft emerging from top of gourd, ending in two spirals; golden persimmon (?) attached to bottom of gourd; black lacquered plaque with golden center; rounded at top with two horizontal spikes on either side, ending in narrow "tail" — A Magician of the Forest, 2008
Sano Akira

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black lacquered chest with ornate mother of pearl inlay; nature scenes on side panels, with trees, grasses, deer on front; drop-down front panel; seven small drawers inside with grasses, flowers, birds, rivers; drawer at center with archway and keyhole, featuring two fish swimming among seaweed — Portable desk, early 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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long, narrow, stringed musical instrument; four indentations cut out of sides; black lacquer with small round mother-of-pear inlays along one edge; orange tassels with light blue cord — Zither named “Flowing Water", 1794
Nakamura Sōtetsu

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hexagonal box with two swimming trout on lid; bubble motif in tiny gold flecks; other gold flecks in background — Incense box with decor of sweetfish, 1998
Yamazaki Mushū

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square box with rounded corners; black lacquer with gold flecks; stylized peacock with outstretched wings and erect tail on cover; peacock feather designs in gold inside — Incense box with peacock design, 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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gold lacquer; low relief inlay of two figures dancing, wearing butterfly wings; light brown silk cord — Manju netsuke decorated with two butterfly dancers, 1810s
Unknown Japanese

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black lacquered box with mother-of-pearl inlaid flowers and vines; twisted wire design creating swirling tendrils; mother-of-pearl dots along outside edge of box — Box with floral scrolls, late 19th early - 20th century
Unknown Korean

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Shell / Butterfly, Stuart Nielsen; Printer: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis; Publisher: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis — Shell / Butterfly, 1978
Stuart Nielsen; Printer: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis; Publisher: Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis

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Fan, 18th-19th century

France

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Fan, 18th-19th century

France

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Fan, 19th century

England

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Fan, 18th-19th century

France

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Fan, 18th-19th century

Italy

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Watch with fob, late 18th-early 19th century

England

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Fan, 18th century

France

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Manicure tool set item, key? (part of dressing box set), 19th century

England

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Manicure tool set item, part of dressing box set, 19th century

England

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Manicure tool set item, part of dressing box set, 19th century

England

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Manicure tool set item, part of dressing box set, 19th century

England

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Manicure tool set item, part of dressing box set, 19th century

England

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Manicure tool set item, part of dressing box set, 19th century

England

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Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

Bookcase door from Prindle house, 1900-1914

John S. Bradstreet

G320

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