Artifacts - Metal - Germany Candlestick from the Church of St. Magdalen at Hildesheim, c. 1000.

Artifacts - Weapon - Persia Perso-Indian Dagger and Scabbard. The Handle of Jade inlaid with Gold, c. 1840 Persia was renamed Iran in 1935 southwestern Asia, Iran, knife, inlay, male, metal, weapon, 19th century Persia was renamed Iran in 1935

Artifacts - Silver - Belgium A Flemish Tankard, c. 1650

Artifacts - Gold - Germany A bishop`s cross from the Church of St. Magdalen at Hildesheim c. 1000.

Artifacts - Bronze - Italy Ciborium of Bronze in the Fontegiufta at Siena, c. 1560 A ciborium holds the consecrated Eucharistic bread in a Christian service.

Artifacts - Metal - India Bidri Ware c. 1750 Bidri ware is the name given to decorative metal objects primarily manufactured in the town of Bidar (thus its name) Lucknow and Murshidabad. The material is a zinc/copper alloy with a black finish that resis

Artifacts - Metal - England Romanesque Altar-Candlestick. 10th, - 11th Century. candle, light, church, religion, religious, medieval, Middle Ages, English The Romanesque period was a style of art and architecture that was prevalent in Europe from c. 900-

Artifacts - Silver - England Silver Goblet of Sir Martin Bowes. English. c. 1575 This piece was made in Elizabethan England in the years that Shakespeare was at the height of his fame.

Artifacts - Silver - Germany Silver mug made at Augsburg. c. 1600. This piece was created about the time Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor".

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Early Christian Cross from the Catacombs of Santa Ponziano, c. 450AD Early Roman converts to Christianity faced brutal suppression and punishment in pagan Rome. They held services in the underground catacombs beneath the city.

Artifacts - Glass - Italy Cup or Goblet c. 1400 After the fall of Constantinople in 1254 by the Crusaders and in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks drove many Byzantine glassworkers to Venice. The Venetians closely guarded their techniques and a defection was pun

Artifacts - Salver - Belgium Salver (dish) c. 1660 An example of repoussZ - a design method in which metal is first created by stamping a design from the back with hammers and then shaped by engraving (taken from the French verb - pousser - to push forwar

Artifacts - Metal - India Metal Bottle c. 1840