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Liqueur bottle cooler (Seau à liqueur) (one of two) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1772
Accession Number: 37.20.10a, b
Evening dress

Valentina (American, born Russia, 1899–1989)
Date: ca. 1938
Accession Number: 2009.300.6796
Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur

Piercy Roberts (British, active 1794–1828)
Date: January 1, 1800
Accession Number: 59.533.683
Finger Ring

Date: 1000–1200
Accession Number: 17.190.701
Belt fragment

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.34a–d
French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain

James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London)
Date: October 25, 1803
Accession Number: 42.121(84)
Photograph

Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.3
Martyrdom of a Female Saint

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.383
View of Saruhashi (Monkey Bridge)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1816–20
Accession Number: JP1856
Disk

Accession Number: 62.97.2
Panel from the Tomb of Don Garcia Osorio

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 17.190.2123
Piece

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 20.56.33
[Clapboard Beachhouses on Hilltop, Near Truro, Massachusetts]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1930–31
Accession Number: 1994.255.80
Sleeves

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1986.326a, b
Acacia seed-shaped bead

Date: ca. 1981–1295 B.C.
Accession Number: 09.180.2474
Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1519
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1991.420.1
Shirt

Halston (American, Des Moines, Iowa 1932–1990 San Francisco, California)
Date: 1970s
Accession Number: 1993.517.29
Fringe

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.103.226
The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey

Elihu Vedder (American, New York 1836–1923 Rome)
Date: ca. 1867–68
Accession Number: 1992.205.8

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Liqueur bottle cooler (Seau à liqueur) (one of two) (part of a service)
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1772
Accession Number: 37.20.10a, b
Evening dress
Valentina (American, born Russia, 1899–1989)
Date: ca. 1938
Accession Number: 2009.300.6796
Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur
Piercy Roberts (British, active 1794–1828)
Date: January 1, 1800
Accession Number: 59.533.683
Finger Ring
Date: 1000–1200
Accession Number: 17.190.701
Belt fragment
Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.34a–d
French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain
James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London)
Date: October 25, 1803
Accession Number: 42.121(84)
Photograph
Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.3
Martyrdom of a Female Saint
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.383
View of Saruhashi (Monkey Bridge)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1816–20
Accession Number: JP1856
Disk
Accession Number: 62.97.2
Panel from the Tomb of Don Garcia Osorio
Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 17.190.2123
Piece
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 20.56.33
[Clapboard Beachhouses on Hilltop, Near Truro, Massachusetts]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1930–31
Accession Number: 1994.255.80
Sleeves
Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1986.326a, b
Acacia seed-shaped bead
Date: ca. 1981–1295 B.C.
Accession Number: 09.180.2474
Piece
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1519
Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1991.420.1
Shirt
Halston (American, Des Moines, Iowa 1932–1990 San Francisco, California)
Date: 1970s
Accession Number: 1993.517.29
Fringe
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.103.226
The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey
Elihu Vedder (American, New York 1836–1923 Rome)
Date: ca. 1867–68
Accession Number: 1992.205.8