Pair of vases, Chinese with French mounts; mounts ca. 1760–70, porcelain early 18th century. Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts, 32.4 × 16.5 × 12.4 cm (each). The Jules Bache Collection, 1949. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (49.7.80, .81)....

Ewer in the form of a conch shell, Japanese with French mounts; porcelain ca. 1700, mounts ca. 1750. Hard-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze mounts, 29.5 × 19.2 × 13.7 cm. Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2013.238.1)....

Double-Sided Pendant with the Presentation in the Temple and the Resurrection, Spanish, c. 1575-c. 1625. Gold, pearls, and reverse painting (verre églomisé) on rock crystal, 7.7 × 3.6 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.52...

Napier (Meriden, Connecticut, United States, 1922–present). Mirror, ca. 1928. Silver, mirrored glass, 35.9 x 15.9 x 1.3 cm. Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2000.45. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) This object was probably part of elaborate dressing...