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The work of Cornelis Bellekin, circa second half of the seventeenth century. |
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Same as previous image. |
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Portrait of The Great Eastern steamship, attributed to C. H. Wood, 1861. |
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Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, circa 1850s. |
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From Guatemala/Mexico, circa 250-900 A.D. |
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Powder horn, Gujarat, India, circa seventeenth-eighteenth century. |
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Circa second half of the sixteenth century. |
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Two pieces by Cornelis Bellekin, circa second half of the seventeenth century. |
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Engravings commemorating The Great Britain and The Great Western steamships, 1843 and 1837, respectively. |
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Engraving commemorating The Great Britain steamship, 1843. Also seen above. |
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Same as previous image. |
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From New Caledonia, circa nineteenth century or earlier. |
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Ritual water vessel for worshiping Vishnu, India, circa eleventh century. |
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Indonesian? Contemporary? |
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The work of Cornelis Bellekin, circa second half of the seventeenth century. |
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Same as previous image. |
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As the creator of almost a third of these items, I ought to mention one of the artists:
Cornelis Bellekin (circa 1625 - before 1711), Dutch engraver of mother-of-pearl shells and, apparently, also active as painter. Born into a family of engravers - the founder of the family, Jeremie, having settled in Amsterdam in 1608 - he specialized in the engraving of mother-of-pearl, becoming the most distinguished artist in that field.
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