| Town House of Treasures |
Winter/Spring 2002
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As a 5-year-old child growing up in New York, Jay often visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his mother......
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| A Pair of Porcelain Plaques |
Winter 2002
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This is an extremely rare pair of plaques painted in very high quality. The scenes on them are derived......
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| Architectural Shelf Clock with Movement by Daniel Balch, Sr. |
Winter 2002
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The architectural case of this shelf clock represents the best in American shelf clock design. There are only eight other recorded examples of clocks that share this style of case and similar engraved brass......
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| Artist-Explorers |
Winter 2002
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Some artist-explorers are inspired by the concept of the unknown, by the notion of painting undocumented territory. Others may simply desire......
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| Baktiari Tree-of-Life Carpet |
Winter 2002
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This unusual wool foundation Baktiari was woven in southwest Persia in the late nineteenth century. A marvelous example of a weaver’s whimsy, it features a sturdy......
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| Black- and Red-Figure Vases: The Lure of Ancient Greek Pottery |
Winter 2002
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In the ancient Greek world, a largely illiterate society sought to understand and explain unknown forces and the vicissitudes of daily life through mythological gods and the......
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| Charles Burchfield, Untitled Lithograph |
Winter 2002
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Charles Burchfield’s distinct and often dreamlike renditions of the Old Western Reserve......
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| Curator's Choice—Patriotism in Industry: A Lady's Riding Hat and Label |
Winter 2002
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'THE AMERICAN ARTS ONLY WANT ENCOURAGEMENT' are the words that embolden a flowing ribbon held firmly in the beak of an American eagle....
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| Federal Wall Clock |
Winter 2002
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The masterpiece of clockmaker David Brown, this clock is in astounding original condition. Of unusual form, it retains its finials, mirror, stamped pendulum, and eglomisé panels representing the New Republic......
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| Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Shell-Decorated Vase & Cover |
Winter 2002
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This vase features an unusual continual frieze of colorful shells, coral, and seaweed against a ground that shades from tan to brown. The shells appear to be three-dimensional—each painted with......
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