Chess-piece; walrus ivory; queen wearing floriated crown, veil, mantle and tunic; right hand placed on cheek; seated in chair ornamented on back with adjacent leaf scrolls; cloth hanging over top of back of chair.

1150-1175 (circa) 

Height: 94 millimetres Width: 40.71 millimetres Depth: 30.48 millimetres

COL: [MCM865](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_obect_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=408)

Read more on the [British Museum Blog](http://british.museumblog.org/check-it-out-the-lewis-chessmen-at-the-british-museum/)

115 photographs taken by Emma Palmer, Daniel Pett, Naomi Speakman and Lucy Ellis (a group training exercise.)

A queen from the Lewis chessmen

Chess-piece; walrus ivory; king: bearded wearing floriated crown, mantle, brooch, tunic, seated upon high-backed chair; holding sheathed sword across knees; chair: back ornamented in two compartments with double floral scroll and dragon with floriated tail: interlaced designs on sides.

Date: circa 1150 - 1200 AD

COL: [MCM3280](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=398)


Height: 98.31 millimetres Width: 53.67 millimetres Depth: 34.27 millimetres Weight: 215.4 grains

Made by Daniel Pett and Lucy Ellis from 133 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100.

A king from the Lewis chessmen

This is the heavy crossbow of one of my D&D Characters, I tried to mimic the antlers of a deer with the limbs here. 

Also the metal parts are ornamented as usual.

Sechs Ender Heavy Crossbow

Two small vases ornamented with cranes in flight, placed against a dark blue background

ID no.: MSITJM1142/1-2

Museum: The Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology

https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/1211

Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Małopolska's Virtual Museums Plus project

Two small vases ornamented with cranes in flight

A two-handed sword with a flame like blade and gold decoration. 

Thanks again to Dikart (https://sketchfab.com/dikart), for the ornamentals.

Ornamented Flamberge Sword

"La Manola" is the colloquial name for a sculptural fountain made of cast iron, approximately 3.20 meters high, located in the central area of the Parterre gardens, in the vicinity of the church of Santa María in the town of Daimiel (Ciudad Real, Spain). This composition was manufactured in the Mac Naughtan Bros foundry in the city of Glasgow based in Valencia, being installed in Daimiel in 1891.

The figure represents an upright young woman with her head slightly tilted to the right side of her. She is half-naked, dressed only by a cloth that partially covers her body. She presents her hair gathered and ornamented with a flowery crown. On her right shoulder he carries a cornucopia, while in her left hand he holds a bouquet of various flowers. The sculpture sits on a wide open-profile cup, decorated on its external face by bearded male masks. The iconographic attributes of her infer, although with a certain stylistic uncertainty, that she could represent the goddess Fortuna of the Roman world.

Sculptural fountain La Manola (1)

Model of a large (68cm or 27 inches wide) bronze shengding food vessel from southern China, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

From the object's description on artsmia.org:

*Around the cauldron body are six kui (single horn) dragons in high relief climbing upward toward the lid. Supporting the vessel are three stout legs with stylized dragon masks cast into their shoulders. The surface is ornamented with interlaced dragons, incised scale patterns, and overlapping feather-like motifs. While most of the ornament was made by traditional piece-mold bronze-casting technology, the six dragons, with their complex, perforated shapes, were made separately with the lost-wax method.*

More information about the model here:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/98381/shengding-food-vessel-china

Shengding Food Vessel, around 575 BCE

One handed sword, with a large one edged blade and ornamented copper elements.

Ornamented Copper Blade

Mesh model of a historic sandstone fireplace located in the Knight’s Hall of Sucha Beskidzka Castle, Poland. The model was generated as part of a study on the use of terrestrial photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) for monument documentation. The fireplace dates back to 1616 and is richly ornamented, making it a demanding object for high-resolution 3D documentation.

Historic Fireplace Mesh Model – Sucha Beskidzka

Ornamented Greek ancient helmet made of gold and silver

Greek Helmet

Zoomorphic effigy vessel in the form of an armadillo, decorated on the exterior surface using incising and carving techniques. The vessel has a slightly concave base and gently curved-convergent walls. A spout oriented toward the rim represents the head. When inverted, the armadillo figure is clearly visible; its back displays a grid-like decoration resembling the animal’s plated carapace, complemented by two horizontal bands ornamented with hatched triangles.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0302
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 351

Zoomorphic Effigy Vessel-Form of a Armadillo

Dunblane Cathedral’s cross-slab is a fully ornamented stone carved on both faces, now displayed at the west end of the North Aisle after being found beneath a staircase in the Lady Chapel/Chapter House. It stands just over 6 feet high and is usually dated to the 10th century.

Although often described as a late Pictish sculpture, its date places it in a period of major cultural change. By around AD 900, older Pictish identity was giving way to the new Gaelic-speaking kingdom of Alba, so the stone may be better understood in that context rather than as purely “Pictish”.

The carvings were described in detail by John Romilly Allen in 1881 and later reproduced in The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland (with Joseph Anderson). The rear face includes a dense decorative panel featuring paired beasts, spirals, key-patterns, raised bosses, a small cross, a horseman with spear and hound, a circular disc with cruciform design, and a standing man with staff.

Dunblane 'Pictish' Cross Slab

**Collection:** Prehistory and Historical Archeology Dept.

**Inv.-No.:** [UF-22958.14](https://www.online.landessammlungen-noe.at/objects/1117033)

**Material:** Gold plated silver

**Dimensions:** Ring head 17 mm

**Dating:** 1250 - 1400 CE

A gold-plated silver ring with a slightly oval ring plate. In the center of the ring plate is an ornamented heraldic lily, which is framed by stamens. An illegible inscription (“+ ∙ VONC ∙ MSAO ∙ V”) surrounds the lily. The ring band is characterized by a round oval cross-section, which is flattened and widened in the area of the ring shoulder. Two cross lines and three rows of stepped lines are also characteristic features. The band transitions clearly into the ring plate.

This object was digitized through the ‘Kulturerbe digital’ program of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport.

Gold-plated silver ring

A model of a classic old 20th century era art deco fireplace stove covered in ceramic ornamented tiles

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