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Commedia dell'arte figures, c. 1740, 1744, 1735, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain.Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.
The Twelve Monograms egg, also known as the Alexander III Portraits egg, is an Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1896 for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. [1] It was presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.
The "AD" monogram that Albrecht Dürer used as a signature. Monograms first appeared on coins, as early as 350 BC. The earliest known examples are of the names of Greek cities which issued the coins, often the first two letters of the city's name. For example, the monogram of Achaea consisted of the letters alpha (Α) and chi (Χ) joined ...
The first cruciform monogram was used by Justinian I in the 560s. Tiberius III used a cruciform monogram with the letters R, M for Rome and T, B for Tiberius; Pope Gregory III used the letters G, R, E, O. [6] The earliest surviving Merovingian royal charters, dating to the 7th century, have the box monograms of Chlothar II and Clovis II. [7]
Royal cypher of King Harald V of Norway. In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram or monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown. [1]
Vin Santo (Italian: [vin ˈsanto]; lit. ' Holy Wine ') is a style of Italian dessert wine.Traditional in Tuscany, these wines are often made from white grape varieties such as Trebbiano and Malvasia, although Sangiovese may be used to produce a rosé style known as "Occhio di Pernice" or eye of the partridge.
Hillside letters or mountain monograms are a form of hill figures common in the Western United States, consisting of large single letters, abbreviations, or messages displayed on hillsides, typically created and maintained by schools or towns.
This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms), large geoglyphs found primarily in the Western United States. [1] [2] [3] There are about 600 in total, but the status of many of these symbols are uncertain, due to vagueness in sources. The states with the most hillside letters are: Montana: 86 monograms; California: 83 ...