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The Waddesdon bequest : catalog of the works of art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898 (1902)

British Museum, Read, Charles Hercules · London : Trustees of the British Museum · leaf 128

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of dogs,/.c., Lap Lender (1-90) ; LeibHund (1-40) ; Englische Hunde (1-40) ; the Jagdt Hund score amountingto 300. On the other side, leaf one has the suns rising and setting, andthe length of day and night for each week, while leaf eight has thenumber of months with the number of days in each ; of… … o < io8 WADDESDON BEQUEST. 229. Cylindrical taxkard of amber carved in relief, mounted in silver giltand slightly enamelled. The whole is of transparent reddish amber, thesides formed of nine slabs, each having a figure emblematic of a vice, eg,a woman with a peacock to symbolize Pride, another…

Rothschild, Ferdinand, 1839-1898 · Art objects · Cloisonné

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