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THE TIME CAPSULE
Gimmel ring. 1600-50, Europe. Gold enamel set with diamond and semi precious stone. The hand mechanism twists to unlock and the ring collapses into three interlocking bands.
Portraits of the Mind
A human skull inscribed by a nineteenth-century practitioner of phrenology.
Watch | Isaac Penard | 17.190.1575 | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Watch in the form of a skull, ca. 1640-50 Movement by Isaac Penard (Swiss, 1619-1676) Case and dial: silver, partly nielloed, with a single silver hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel; back plate of movement
320 Restored antique theatrical trunk Antique theatrical trunk space saver Top Quality
Antique Steamer Trunk #320
History of Science Museum - Galileo Museum
Nocturnal, Italy, 17th century. A nocturnal is an instrument used to determine the local time based on the relative positions of two or more stars in the night sky
ceramics – ferrebeekeeper
"Terracotta rhyton painted in "Marine Style" with murexes (Zakros, Late Minoan IB, ca. 1525/1500-1450 B.C.)"
Battery, Baghdad, 250 BCE. The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar with a stopper made of asphalt. Sticking through the asphalt is an iron rod surrounded by a copper cylinder. When filled with vinegar - orany other electrolytic solution - the jar produces about 1.1 volts.