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Set of Four Light Sconces

Maker: Unknown

Pillar-and-Claw Pembroke Table

Maker: Unknown

Tablespoon

Maker: Emmor T. Weaver (w. ca. 1808 - 1833)

Ladle

Maker: Heloise Boudo (American, active ca. 1827 - 1837)

Pair of Tablespoons

Maker: Daniel Henchman (1730–1775)

Tablespoon

Maker: J. H. and B (1790–1820)

Spoon

Maker: John Coney (American, 1655–1722)

fresco fragments

Maker: Unknown

Fresco

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fresco

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fresco

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fresco

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Saint Stephen's Church/(Charles Bulfinch, Architect)/on Hanover Street; Boston/Looking East from "The Prado"/with Greetings for the Year 1937/ to the Friends of the Merrymount Press/712 Beacon Street/Boston

Artist: Rudolph Ruzicka (American, born Czech Republic, 1883–1978)

Saints Peter and Paul

Artist: Unknown

Bowl and tray

Maker: Arthur J. Stone (American, born England, 1847–1938)
Maker: Herbert A. Taylor (American, 1892–1942)

Tray

Artist: Arthur J. Stone (American, born England, 1847–1938)

Yellow Calla Lily Leaves

Artist: Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)

Section of a Kaaba Cover with Koranic Inscriptions

Maker: Unknown

Section of a Kaaba Cover with Koranic Inscriptions

Artist: Unknown

Virgin and Child with Angels

Artist: Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino (Italian, active 1416–29)

Knitting

Artist: Joseph Margulies (American, born Austria, 1896–1984)

Head of Vespasian after a Roman portrait type of the 1st Century A.D.

Artist: Unknown

Self-Portrait of the Artist Painting His Wife (Sarah Annis Sully)

Artist: Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783–1872)

Elizabeth Clinton Tallmadge (1780–1835)

Artist: Ezra Ames (American, 1768–1836)

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