Last night's haul: Cordial Glass
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July 13, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Cordial Glass
Cordial Glass
Emile Gallé, French, born Nancy, France 1846-died 1904, 1850-1904
polychromed glass · lifted from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
also in the bag:
Walking by a mountain stream
Walking by a mountain stream
Traditionally attributed to Shen Zhou, attributed to 沈周 (1427-1509), 1368-1644 · the National Museum of Asian Art
8 Bone carvings
8 Bone carvings
Unknown, ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE · the National Museum of Asian Art
The Storm
The Storm
Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1880 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain:  Fol. 142v
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 142v
Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519), c. 1500 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman Dropping a Lantern by a Porch
Woman Dropping a Lantern by a Porch
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), 1788 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Line
"Cycles ferried my cradle, rowing and rowing like cheerful boatmen, For room to me stars kept aside in their own rings, They sent influences to look after what was to hold me."
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
From the Vault
WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Brooklyn Museum
WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Brooklyn Museum, 1936-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Galle, Sri Lanka
Galle, Sri Lanka
Galle is a major city on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km (74 mi) south of Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the capital of Galle District. Lay low here.
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