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Cane Handle (Poignée de canne) by Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cane Handle (Poignée de canne)

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

c. 1745 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

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Fluted Cup with Dragon Handle by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fluted Cup with Dragon Handle

Unrecorded maker

early 1300s · Ceramic, Glazed porcelain, Qingbai (bluish-white) ware

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Knife Handle Cover by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Knife Handle Cover

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Arms and Armor, Gold

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Handle of a Jiangu Drum by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Handle of a Jiangu Drum

Unrecorded maker

c. 770–475 BCE · Metalwork, bronze

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Parasol Handle by Michael Evlampievich Perchin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Parasol Handle

Michael Evlampievich Perchin (d. 1903)

c. 1886–1903 · Metalwork, Gold, enamel, diamonds, and platinum filigree

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Patera with Fluted Handle and Ram Head Finial by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Patera with Fluted Handle and Ram Head Finial

Unrecorded maker

500–400 BCE · Metalwork, bronze

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Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Unrecorded maker

c. 480 BCE · Ceramic, ceramic

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Sleep and Death Cista Handle by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sleep and Death Cista Handle

Unrecorded maker

400–375 BCE · Sculpture, bronze

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Knife Handle (manche de couteau) by Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Knife Handle (manche de couteau)

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

c. 1710–1730 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain, steel blade

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Cane Handle (Poignée de canne) by Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cane Handle (Poignée de canne)

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

c.1700–1720 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

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Key by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Key

Unrecorded maker

1–100 CE · Metalwork, iron tang, bronze handle

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Pitcher with Handle by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pitcher with Handle

Unrecorded maker

300s CE or later · Glass, glass, mold-blown

Cleared · CC0

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