Scrap iron

Open rusting roof framework

Rusty pipes

Rusting hook and winch

Scrap iron in a scrapyard

Metal and machine in scrap yard

Close up of rusting cogwheel

Close up detail of rusting cogwheel

New padlock on old metal gate

Scrap metal

Teenage boys peering through wall

Locked metal gate

"Bishop chess piece, illustration"

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.

Patterns & Motifs - line art Ornament from a Cuirass ( a piece of armor - originally of leather, later metal - consisting of a breast-plate and back-plate) c. 1600

Artifacts - Silver - Holland Silver-gilt Tankard, 1630 This piece was made in the year John Winthrop, the English Puritan leader, founded the city of Boston, Mass.

Text superimposed on a rusted metal surface

Text superimposed on a metal door

2000 text on rusty surface, close-up

3000 text on rusty surface, close-up

Recycling symbol on rusty surface, close-up

Artifacts - Wood/Metal - Germany Reliquary of Oak with Gilt Reliefs in Lead. (1300-1350) A reliquary was used to store blessed relics - pieces of a deceased holy person`s body or belongings - for purposes of reverence.

Artifacts - Wood/Gold - France Early Romanesque Reliquary. Wood Covered with Sheet-Gold c. 1000 A reliquary was used to store blessed relics - pieces of a deceased holy person`s body or belongings - for purposes of reverence.

Rusty fence

A rusting piece of metal