SYC4194869: Runic calendar. Stick in alder wood, incised with sign knife and characters imitated from runes, indicating the days of the week, the feasts of the saints and the important dates of the year. Sign “” A S”” (owner's initials) and date 1566. Origin Finland. Saint Genevieve Library, Paris / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193102: Pas de Calais (62), Nord Pas de Calais (Nord-Pas-De-Calais), France. Local specialities: black soap, dirty fish, cider and tobacco. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193130: Department of the Cote d'Or (21) in Burgundy, France. Series on the French Departments. Local speciality: blackcurrant cream, burgundy wine, Dijon mustard. Portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, (1707-1788) French naturalist. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193090: Le Nord (59), Nord Pas De Calais (Nord-Pas de Calais), France. Portrait of Jean Bart (Jan Bart or Jan Baert, 1650-1702) Dunkirk privateer and local speciality: salt, cotton, cod, sulphide, fabrics of Roubaix and Tourcing (textile industry). Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193104: L'Aube (10), Champagne Ardenne (Champagne-Ardenne), France. Local speciality: cold cuts, calico, paper, wool and cotton hosiery and breeding. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193157: Le Doubs (25), Franche Comte (Franche-Comte), France. Portrait of Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), French paleontologist. Local speciality: kirsch, wormwood, watchmaking, wire and agriculture. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193165: Hautes Alpes (Hautes-Alpes, 05), Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur), France. Local speciality: furskins, game, raptor and butter. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193199: L'Ardeche (07), Rhone-Alpes (Rhone Alpes), France. Local speciality: sheets, paper, chestnuts, plaster, gloves and bristles. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193231: Le Puy Du Dome (Puy-Du-Dome, 63), Auvergne, France. Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (1768-1800), cutlery, wine, apricot compote. Series on the French Departments. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
SYC4193810: Aqueer. India, 16th century. Copper alloy flows. They were used to pour water for toilet and wudoo '. They were associated with ponds. These monumental objects are characteristic of Indian productions from the beginning of the Mughal era. Their elanceded shapes present a decorative relief, spiral. Louvre Museum / Bridgeman Images