growhousegrow:

Antique English surgical instruments and case, circa 1650.

(Source: browndresswithwhitedots)

cocoroachchanel:

Sugar nippers ca. 1890. Manufacturer: C. V. Gibert

(Source: spacehotelusa)

clintcatalyst:

Skull Pocket Watch : Inscribed with skull and cross bone
Silver : Science Museum, London

[ via Morbid Anatomy ] 

alysian-fields:

This is amazing. It’s a rosary from 1500-25.

Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals, even more graphically, show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay. Such images served as reminders that life is fleeting and that leading a virtuous life as a faithful Christian is key to salvation.

Source: Rosary [German] (17.190.306) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Source: thren0dies)

hominisaevum:

Knife

Date:17th century

Culture:Italian

Classification:Knives

Juan Valverde de Amusco, Anatomical fugitive sheet, 1566 

Part of the engraving is composed of printed paper flaps that, when lifted, reveal the internal organs of the figure

artofadornment:

Reupholstered Victorian Office Chair by TigerLilly Shop

omgthatartifact:

Writing Tablet (Aide Mémoire)

England, 1760-1770

The Cleveland Museum of Art

domina-of-retribution:

Miyata Nobukiyo - Dragon Teapot, circa 1876, Walters Art Museum