Handicrafts Collection (page 2)

Gold Vase of Ceremony, Chimu art of the 12th-14th century (gold)
AIS5363115 Gold Vase of Ceremony, Chimu art of the 12th-14th century (gold); Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru; © Iberfoto.

Iron age Vase of the Hallstatt Culture, 9th-5th century BC (ceramic)
AIS5364373 Iron age Vase of the Hallstatt Culture, 9th-5th century BC (ceramic); Museo Diocesano de Solsona, Lleida, Spain; © Iberfoto.

Burnished sherd decorated with incised pointille decoration and white pigment
7309992 Burnished sherd decorated with incised pointille decoration and white pigment, -600 BC (pigment - part or un-glazed ceramic); 7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd
7309967 Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd, where it is kept and how many male and female sheep it contains

Stirrup jar decorated with painted tentacle pattern, -110 BC (clay, pigment)
7309955 Stirrup jar decorated with painted tentacle pattern, -110 BC (clay, pigment); 27.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay, pigment)

Girl with basket, 1881 (painting)
8701491 Girl with basket, 1881 (painting) by Werenskiold, Erik Theodor (1855-1938); 66x48 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Erik Werenskiold (1855-1938)); Photo © O. Vaering.

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072617 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Al Andalus. Islamic goldsmith. Brass goblet., 11th century (brass)
UIG5416330 Al Andalus. Islamic goldsmith. Brass goblet., 11th century (brass); (add.info.: Hammering. Size: 6 x 10,2 cm. Inscriptions written in kufic script. First half of 11th century)

Panatenaic amphora, 400 bc (pottery)
UIG5415979 Panatenaic amphora, 400 bc (pottery); (add.info.: Black-figure decoration, depicting three athletes running in sport competition. Dated aorund 400 BC)

Calendar: representation of the month of December: a baker buried in bread
FGL5474222 Calendar: representation of the month of December: a baker buried in bread. The two zodiacal signs of the month are depicted on the right: sagittarius and capricorn

The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges
MMM5483413 The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges. English watercolor (38x55.5 cm), 1750.; National Maritime Museum, London

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7310052 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Ladle, -350 BC (stone)
7310010 Ladle, -350 BC (stone); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: stone, Material: stone); © Ashmolean Museum .

Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta)
7310002 Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta); 15.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: terracotta); © Ashmolean Museum .

Ladle, -350 BC (stone)
7310001 Ladle, -350 BC (stone); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: stone, Material: stone); © Ashmolean Museum .

Sherd decorated with argonaut in relief. Red slipped on reverse, -50 BC (ceramic; slipped)
7309986 Sherd decorated with argonaut in relief. Red slipped on reverse, -50 BC (ceramic; slipped); 9.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Terracotta figurine of a seated male, -310 BC (terracotta, paint)
7309963 Terracotta figurine of a seated male, -310 BC (terracotta, paint); 9.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: terracotta, paint); © Ashmolean Museum .

One-handled beaked jar, -50 BC (ceramic)
7309956 One-handled beaked jar, -50 BC (ceramic); 40 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic); © Ashmolean Museum .

Vase, -50 BC (serpentinite, plaster)
7309953 Vase, -50 BC (serpentinite, plaster); 45 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: serpentinite, plaster, Material: serpentinite)

House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, 1810 (engraving)
FLO4577745 House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, 1810 (engraving); (add.info.: House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, many tools, saw, hammer)

The Blackburn power loom, 1862
7125203 The Blackburn power loom, 1862; (add.info.: The Blackburn power loom invented by William Dickinson & Sons. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

Weaving a carpet
3479229 Weaving a carpet; (add.info.: Weaving a carpet in the royal factory in the Fauburg de Chaillot. Dated between 1751-80.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Women weaving on a vertical loom
3480166 Women weaving on a vertical loom; (add.info.: Illustration depicting women winding and weaving wool on a vertical loom. The sheep from which the wool has been shorn are shown on the right)

Ideal Victorian home life (colour litho)
8635979 Ideal Victorian home life (colour litho) by Concanen, Alfred (1835-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal Victorian home life)

Advertising card for Lang & Nau furniture and upholstery, New York (colour litho)
8677499 Advertising card for Lang & Nau furniture and upholstery, New York (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper)
7485311 Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper) by Gane, Richard (1839-1877); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Jar with octopus motif, -50 BC (clay, pigment)
7309962 Jar with octopus motif, -50 BC (clay, pigment); 74.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay, pigment, Material: clay)

Seal depicting three water-fowls swimming amongst papyrus also known as Nilotic scene, -350 BC (green jasper)
7309943 Seal depicting three water-fowls swimming amongst papyrus also known as Nilotic scene, -350 BC (green jasper); 1.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), 19th century (engraving)
7214686 Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) Italian goldsmith and sculptor best remembered for his infamous

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072615 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072611 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072610 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Dickinson's 37 inch Reed space loom, from "The National Encyclopaedia
6428145 Dickinson's 37 inch Reed space loom, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge", published c. 1890 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh

Platt's power loom for plain weaving, from "The National Encyclopaedia
6428144 Platt's power loom for plain weaving, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge", published c. 1890 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh

Walking Stick, Sailors' Craftwork, Artist Unknown, 1865
MMM5470195 Walking Stick, Sailors' Craftwork, Artist Unknown, 1865; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: A walking stick made from a shark's vertebrae threaded on a metal rod)

Bric-a-Brac from Damascus, Rome, and Seville 1880 (Oil on canvas)
8766597 Bric-a-Brac from Damascus, Rome, and Seville 1880 (Oil on canvas) by Hall, George Henry (1825-1913); 88.9--121.6 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art .

Woman spinning. Dynasty Ch'ing or manchu. Chinese art, 18th century. Print
AIS5386904 Woman spinning. Dynasty Ch'ing or manchu. Chinese art, 18th century. Print.; Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland.

Cup from the hill of St. Michael (Cerro de San Miguel) Lliria, Spain, 4-2nd century BC (ceramic)
AIS5364367 Cup from the hill of St. Michael (Cerro de San Miguel) Lliria, Spain, 4-2nd century BC (ceramic); Museo de Prehistoria, Valencia, Spain; © Iberfoto.

Cup decorated with the coat of arms of the Bartolini Salimbeni family with garland of fruits and flowers
BEN5479675 Cup decorated with the coat of arms of the Bartolini Salimbeni family with garland of fruits and flowers. Terracotta by Luca della Robbia (1399-1482)

Polychrome ceramic jug decorated with a coat of arms. Palazzo del Bargello, Florence
BEN5479587 Polychrome ceramic jug decorated with a coat of arms. Palazzo del Bargello, Florence; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

The construction of Noah's Ark, description of the activities of shipwrights
MMM5480901 The construction of Noah's Ark, description of the activities of shipwrights by Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514); National Maritime Museum, London

A flask carved in a coconut, seen from one side, c.1782 (coconut)
MMM5476717 A flask carved in a coconut, seen from one side, c.1782 (coconut); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: A flask carved in a coconut, seen from one side)

The construction site of a boat, on the beach of Cancale (France), with a young woman
MMM5466481 The construction site of a boat, on the beach of Cancale (France), with a young woman, dressed in a traditional costume, a blue serge skirt and a gray and white striped shirt

Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), 19th century (chromo)
JAB5037197 Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), 19th century (chromo); (add.info.: Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French mechanic inventor of weaving.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072616 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

The international exhibition, 1850
3479224 The international exhibition, 1850; (add.info.: The international exhibition: Tuer and hall's power-loom for weaving carpets.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Carpet weaving, 1823
3479016 Carpet weaving, 1823; (add.info.: Carpet weaving: wilton. London, 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A silver cup shaped like a pineapple, 17th century (silver)
3507264 A silver cup shaped like a pineapple, 17th century (silver); (add.info.: A silver cup shaped like a pineapple, although actually represents grapes)

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"Exploring the Global Tapestry of Handicrafts: From Ireland to Morocco and Beyond" Immerse yourself in the rich world as we embark on a journey across continents, discovering the beauty and cultural significance behind these exquisite creations. In County Clare, Ireland, a mysterious Sheela-na-Gig adorns the church wall of Killinaboy, showcasing ancient craftsmanship that has stood the test of time. Meanwhile, a knitting leaflet from WW1 by Baldwins reminds us of how handicrafts played an essential role during times of war. Traveling eastward to Krakow, Poland, we encounter skilled artisans meticulously carving handmade wooden Polish Jews - a testament to their heritage and traditions. Further south in Tamegroute, Morocco's Zagora region unveils traditional green pottery with its unique glaze patterns that have been passed down through generations. Crossing over to Laos' Luang Prabang reveals vibrant sa paper umbrellas adorning local markets - each color telling its own story. In Bulgaria's winter solstice festivities, dancers don Bulgarian kukeri masks symbolizing protection against evil spirits while celebrating community spirit. As autumn arrives with Pumpkin Night celebrations around the world, intricate pumpkin carvings showcase creativity at its finest. Slava Ukraini commemorates Ukraine's struggle for independence while White Head Vases and Greek Vases transport us back to classical antiquity. Finally, Pichwai artwork mesmerizes with its intricate detailing depicting Lord Krishna's life stories in Rajasthan; Pichwai Fine Art showcases this centuries-old tradition evolving into contemporary masterpieces. Handicrafts bridge cultures and eras; they are more than mere objects but vessels carrying history and identity. Let us celebrate these remarkable craftspeople who keep traditions alive while adding their own artistic flair to create timeless treasures for all to cherish.