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Techniques / pierced

These things were made in Germany, France and Italy between AD 400 and 1898. Nicholas Hilliard made one of them.

Rock-crystal tankard
Hanse tankard
Cup of the Tucher Family
Cup of the Tucher Family
Ostrich egg cup
Cup
Enamelled cup
Cup with Apollo
Lobed cup with animal trophies
The ‘Cellini’ Bell
Heliotrope ewer
The ‘Cellini’ vase
Bear cup
Saxon miner cup
The Susanna tankard
Nautilus cup
Spoon
Book clasps
Agate and gold spoon
Knife
Spring driven table clock
Buckle and belt-end
Gun-powder flask
Writing casket
Venus between two dolphins
Venus and Cupid
The Adoration of the Magi
The Annunciation
Hawk
Parrot
Hat jewel
The Lyte Jewel
Nereid and child
Jewish marriage-ring
Circumcision knife
Miniature vase
Miniature vase
Bucket
Bowl
Prayer nut
Prayer nut
Tankard
Casket
Pendant watch
Transylvanian gold cup