![Demon Helmet, India or Persia, 19th Century [2800x2000]](https://preview.redd.it/92iy74o4jt0h1.png?auto=webp&s=6813b0004f1d7492e80413a3368f9951e08b993d)
An anthropomorphic "devil's head" helmet preserved in the permanent collection of the The David Collection (Davids Samling) museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Qajar-era Iran (Persia) or Northern India, produced around the 19th century.
A hiker recently found a 1,500-year-old gold sword scabbard fitting in Sandnes, Norway. The sword it was mounted on likely belonged to an important chieftain.
Known as the chief of all Greek river gods, Achelous represents water’s life-giving and chaotic powers. The statuette captures Achelous as a river-god with a human face and a bull's body, reflecting his shifting, chthonic nature. The horns on this small figurine are missing, but traces remain.
fragment – stingray, near the the coast of Favignana Island, Sicily
American Aviator Moisant (1868-1910) was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel with two passengers, including the kitty in the picture, known as Mademoiselle Fifi or Paree. Moisant died in a fatal crash in 1910, but the cat lived on and attended his funeral.
Photograph of American model and actress Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967) holding a cat. Labeled "The Florodora Mascot', 1901
In the 1970s Iraq mistakenly built their Ruwaished Air Base on Jordan's territory. In 1984 the two countries swapped land for Iraq to keep their base.
Base coordinates: 32.405090, 39.129629
A pair of Turkish ladies, painted in Italy – inscribed ‘Turca per Casa’ and ‘Cortigiana Turca’ – 18th century - from a past Sotheby's auction
Credit goes to the OP who referenced this image as his grandmother with her cat
The Gods and Their Makers (1878) is a monumental oil-on-canvas painting by British artist Edwin Long (1829–1891). Currently housed at the Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum in Burnley, it measures roughly 142 x 224 cm.
One of two trophies located in the New Sacristy of the Medici Chapels in Florence, part of the Basilica of San Lorenzo complex. These trophies were part of Michelangelo's original project to decorate the tombs of the Medici dukes (Lorenzo and Giuliano), but were never completed according to the original plan.The sculptures are composed of a rich variety of decorative elements typical of Mannerism, including breastplates, shields, crests, masks, festoons, and rams' heads. The detail that often draws attention is a small fantastic creature that seems to emerge from the collar of the armor.
A 16th century chair that may have been made for Anne Boleyn when she was lady-in-waiting to Queen Claude of France is going on public display for the first time at Hever Castle where Anne lived as a child.
https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/capturing-a-queen-the-image-of-anne-boleyn/
The painting deptics a witch with a black cat familiar at her feet.
June 1941. "The cat drinks foamy, fresh milk. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
In The Patient Competitors, the cat is a crucial narrative element that underscores the painting's themes of courtship and rivalry. While the two men—the "competitors"—vie for the young woman's attention, the cat serves as a subtle indicator of her preference.
The pieces in this group are said to have been found together in Macedonia, near Thessaloniki, before 1913.
Hellenistic period, gold, rock crystal, emerald. Held at The MET