Hollyhocks growing behind gate

Hollyhocks growing behind gate

Figure of butterfly made from metal and glass

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 - Bronze - Italy Venetian bronze door or gate knocker made using the lost wax process by Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608). The artist was born in the year Giovanni da Verrazano discovered New York Bay and the Hudson River. The passage from one to

Drawing of toddler about to stick metal fork into wall outlet.

Industry & Technology -line art Iron and steel making Upright section of blast furnace.

Industry & Technology -line art Iron and steel making Squeezer for puddled furnace. machinery

Industry & Technology -line art Iron and steel making Reheating furnace, forge, hot, heat, melt, metal, ore

Industry & Technology -line art Iron and steel making Apparatus for collecting waste gases from blast furnace., forge, hot, heat, melt, metal, ore

Industry & Technology -line art (w4) Iron and steel making A late 18th century forge Illustration

Industry & Technology - line art Iron and steel making Machines for blowing air into furnaces

Industry & Technology -line art (w4) Iron and steel making A late 18th century foundry Illustration

Walls made of metal grating