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View full screenSporting double rifle by Alexander Henry presented by Queen Victoria to her Highland Servant John Brown, as a Christmas gift in 1873
X.2018.13
Henry, Alexander, 1818 - 1894, Gunsmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
1873
Giver: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of
India
Recipient: Brown, John, 1826 - 1885
Wild and Majestic Romantic Visions of Scotland (28 Jun 2019 - 10 Nov 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
EarlyFirearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the collection of Clay P, Bedford, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971, p.103
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Stone urn, which originally also had a cover: Southern Europe, Malta, Hagar Qim
Sample of porcelain clay, from a collection of raw and manufactured products acquired at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London in 1851: China, Jingdezhen
Sample of porcelain clay, from a collection of raw and manufactured products acquired at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London, 1851: China, Jingdezhen
Male figure (Loro Blonyo), half of a bridal couple also including a female figure, carved and painted wood wearing a silk ikat wrap skirt (sarong): Asia, South East Asia, Indonesia, Java, probably 18th century
Female figure (Loro Blonyo), half of a bridal couple also including a male figure, carved and painted wood wearing a silk ikat sarong: Asia, South East Asia, Indonesia, Java, probably 18th century
Jewellery box or ziynet sandigi from a bridal set, of plywood, crimson velvet and sheet silver, decorated with designs worked in embossed, stamped and gilded silver: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991
One of a pair of bath clogs or nalin from a bridal set, of plywood, leather and sheet silver, silver worked with designs in relief in embossed stamped and gilded techniques: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991
One of a pair of bath clogs or nalin from a bridal set, of plywood, leather and sheet silver, silver worked with designs in relief in embossed stamped and gilded techniques: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991
Comb or tarak from a bridal set, of white bone with silver band applied over central spine, silver worked in relief in embossed and stamped techniques with repeated small rosettes between overlapping foliage scrolls: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991
Hairclip or sac tokasi from a bridal set, of silver scalloped at sides, decorated in stamped and embossed relief and gilding with a circular rosette within symmetrical bands of foliage: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991
Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century
Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century
Box, to contain wedding gifts, one of a set of two boxes, gilded and lacquered wood: Indonesia, Sumatra, South Sumatra Province, Palembang, late 19th century
Box lid, for a wedding box containing gifts for the couple, circular, gilded and lacquered wood: Indonesia, Sumatra, South Sumatra Province, Palembang, late 19th century
Globular mustard pot of porcelain with bracket handle, painted with eight petal-panels of alternating lotus and peony stems: China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, from the Vung Tau Cargo, c. 1690