Carved bloodstone cup with enameled gold mounts set with emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and cameos - Jean-Valentin Morel, 1855.
Bombardement de Tous les Trônes de l'Europe et la Chûte des Tyrans pour la Bonheur de l'Univers (The Bombardment of All the Thrones of Europe and the Fall of the Tyrants for the Happiness of the Universe) - Anonymous French artist, circa 1792.
In this political cartoon the deputies of the French National Assembly (the sans-culottes, or no-britches), led by Liberty, aim their, er, invective at the monarchs of Europe who are endeavoring to overthrow Revolutionary France, headed by Catherine the Great.
Jessica Boehman
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Gold automaton in the form of a chariot bearing a clock pushed by a Chinese attendant, set with pearls, diamonds, and paste jewels - James Cox, 1766
When activated the chariot’s wheels turn, the whirligig in the woman’s left hand spins and the wings of the bird in her right hand flap.
