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Historical Archive: Private Collections through early 20th century cylinder seal, ANE 1500-1300 BCE in 1970s mount, p.c., which has its own page Ajax drags Cassandra from the Palladion, banded agate intaglio, 3rd-2nd c. BCE Etrusco-Italic, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach gold pendant, Eastern Mediterranean 3rd-1st c. BCE, p.c., which has its own page bound pendant with green glass sphere, Roman period, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris bound pendant with green glass sphere, Roman period, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris bound pendant with green glass sphere, Roman period, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris bound pendant with green glass sphere, Roman period, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris 1st c. intaglios in mid-19th c. gold ring, p.c., which has its own page Merovingian gryphon fibula probably from Lens, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris Merovingian gryphon fibula probably from Lens, Collection Guy Ladrière, Paris Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05 Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05 Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05 gold ring, sapphire/emeralds, prob. 13th c., p.c., which has its own page cameo Christ: double-sided banded agate attrib. to Giovanni delle Corniole (aft. 1470–aft. 1516), in 17th c. enameled silver-gilt setting, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach intaglio Annunciation: double-sided banded agate attrib. to Giovanni delle Corniole (aft. 1470–aft. 1516), in 17th c. enameled silver-gilt setting, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach double-sided banded agate attrib. to Giovanni delle Corniole (aft. 1470–aft. 1516), in 17th c. enameled silver-gilt setting, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach Ethiopian double diptych pendant, late 17th c., StLouis 12:2016, which has its own page St. Francis, ivory/leather, Spain 18th c., p.c., which has its own page Swiss postage stamp with embossed cross-on-oval ‘watermark’, 1862-1908, p.c. Swiss postage stamp with embossed cross-on-oval ‘watermark’, 1862-1908, p.c. fox-shaped watch fob, gold, probably late 19th century, p.c. This object has its own page. Brooch: woman in a flower wreath, shell cameo, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. Brooch: woman in a flower wreath, shell cameo, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. Brooch: woman in a flower wreath, shell cameo, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. Brooch: woman in a flower wreath, shell cameo, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. Ethiopian amulet case, leather, 20th c., p.c., which has its own page United States half eagle gold coin, 1900, p.c. United States half eagle gold coin, 1900, p.c. United States half eagle gold coin: marks of die tooling, 1900, p.c. Imperial Germany postage stamp, Germania wearing the 1871 crown, with diagonal grid watermark, 1902-1919, p.c. Imperial Germany postage stamp, Germania wearing the 1871 crown, with diagonal grid watermark, 1902-1919, p.c. United States quarter eagle gold coin, Indian head and eagle, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle gold coin, Indian head and eagle, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle gold coin, Indian head and eagle, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle gold coin, Indian head and eagle, 1911, p.c. Bavarian kingdom postage stamp: Germania with overprint, 1919-20, p.c. Bavarian kingdom postage stamp: Germania with overprint, 1919-20, p.c. Bavarian kingdom postage stamp: Germania with overprint, 1919-20, p.c. Volupté compact: silver, mirror, fabric, and cosmetic powder, probably early 20th c., p.c. Volupté compact: silver, mirror, fabric, and cosmetic powder, probably early 20th c., p.c. Volupté compact: silver, mirror, fabric, and cosmetic powder, probably early 20th c., p.c. Volupté compact: silver, mirror, fabric, and cosmetic powder, probably early 20th c., p.c. Earrings: diamond and gold with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c. Earrings: diamond and gold with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c.