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Buddha Maitreya (Mile), Gilt bronze with traces of pigment; piece-mold cast, China — Buddha Maitreya (Mile)
China
dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)

Circular plaster relief, Plaster, Roman — Circular plaster relief
Roman
1st century CE

Plaster relief fragment with a reclining woman, Plaster, Roman — Plaster relief fragment with a reclining woman
Roman
1st century CE

Plaster relief fragment with a male figure on a throne, Plaster, Roman — Plaster relief fragment with a male figure on a throne
Roman
1st century CE

Candle Mold, Tin — Candle Mold
1800–1830

Candle Mold, Tin — Candle Mold
1700–1900

Spoons and Spoon Mold, Bronze, pewter — Spoons and Spoon Mold
1700–1800

Sundial Mold, Josiah Miller American, Bronze, American — Sundial Mold
Josiah Miller
1750–75

Glassmaking Mold, Plaster-of-Paris, American — Glassmaking Mold
American
1850–1900

Glassmaking Mold, Plaster-of-Paris, American — Glassmaking Mold
American
1850–1900

Glassmaking Mold, Plaster-of-Paris, American — Glassmaking Mold
American
1850–1900

Glassmaking Mold, Wood, American — Glassmaking Mold
American
1850–1900

Butter Mold, Poplar, American — Butter Mold
American
1793

Butter Mold, Cherry, American — Butter Mold
American
ca. 1790

Button Mold, Brass, wood, ivory — Button Mold
1800–1825

Button Mold, Brass, wood — Button Mold
1700–1900

Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836), Silas Allen Jr. American, Steel, silver, brass, wood, silver wire, American, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts — Flintlock Rifle with Case and Bullet Mould Made for Colonel Jacob Bates (1746–1836)
Silas Allen Jr.
ca. 1820

Jewelry Mold with Figures in a Temple, Argillite, India (Deccan Plateau) — Jewelry Mold with Figures in a Temple
India (Deccan Plateau)
ca. 1st century

Tumbler, Hobbs, Brockunier and Company American, Pressed cranberry glass, two-piece mold, American — Tumbler
Hobbs, Brockunier and Company
1880–87

Tumbler, Hobbs, Brockunier and Company American, Blown cranberry glass, two-piece mold, American — Tumbler
Hobbs, Brockunier and Company
1880–87

Plate with two deer amid flowers, Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under ivory white glaze (Ding ware), China — Plate with two deer amid flowers
China
12th–13th century

Bowl with Peonies, Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under ivory glaze (Ding ware), China — Bowl with Peonies
China
12th–13th century

Metalwork mould, Limestone — Metalwork mould
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Brick Mold from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple, Wood — Brick Mold from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Model Brick Mold from a Foundation Deposit, Wood — Model Brick Mold from a Foundation Deposit
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Footed vase (Vasenpokal), Glass: blown, applied mold-blown, impressed, and milled decoration, engraved, cold-painted, and gilded, Austrian, Innsbruck — Footed vase (Vasenpokal)
Austrian, Innsbruck
ca. 1570–1590

Ribbed bowl, Transparent pale bluish green glass with small spherical bubbles. Cast or poured as a disk, reheated and stamped with a circular mold to form the ribs, then slumped over a former mold to make a bowl; lathe-cut, ground, and polished., Roman — Ribbed bowl
Roman
1st century

Jar, Apparently almost colorless glass with a brown or yellowish tint. Blown, the body inflated in a dip mold, the rim finished at the furnace., Roman — Jar
Roman
about 4th century

Vase, Colorless (slightly gray) and opaque white nonlead glass. Mold blown, "vetro a retorti" and "vetro a reticello", trailed, molded, gilt., Italian (Venice) — Vase
Italian (Venice)
early 17th century

Footed vase, Antonio Salviati Italian, Colorless, opaque turquoise blue, copper flecked (goldstone or aventurine), and opalescent white nonlead glass. Blown, mold blown, trailed, "vetro a retorti", gilt. — Footed vase
Antonio Salviati
late 19th–early 20th century

Conical Beaker, Mold-blown glass, German — Conical Beaker
German
ca. 1450

Beaker, Mold-blown glass, German — Beaker
German
late 15th century

Flask, Almost colorless (brown tinged) and translucent purple glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), the rim finished at the furnace, wheel-cut., Islamic — Flask
Islamic
9th–11th century

Dropper flask, Almost colorless glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), tooled, the rim finished at the furnace., Roman — Dropper flask
Roman
probably 3rd–4th century

Dropper flask, Either colorless or transparent very pale green or very pale yellowish brown glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), tooled, the rim finished at the furnace., Roman — Dropper flask
Roman
3rd–4th century

Dropper flask, Almost colorless glass with a pale green or yellow tint. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), tooled, the rim finished at the furnace., Roman — Dropper flask
Roman
3rd–4th century

Jar, Transparent blue glass. Blown (the body probably blown in a mold), the rim finished at the furnace., Roman — Jar
Roman
possibly 2nd–4th century

Goblet, Gray nonlead glass. Blown, mold blown, enameled, gilt., Façon de Venise, probably Bohemian — Goblet
Façon de Venise, probably Bohemian
late 16th century

Jar, Probably almost colorless glass. Blown (the body blown in a dip mold), the rim finished at the furnace., Islamic — Jar
Islamic
7th–11th century

Beaker, Free- and mold-blown glass with applied decoration, German — Beaker
German
early 16th century