Museum Of Ornamental Art Collection

Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo, 1874, (c1915). Artist: Felix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux
Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo, 1874, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Landing at Greenwich, c1780. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Landing at Greenwich, c1780. Watercolour held at The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From The Studio Volume 124. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1942]

Painting of a princess listening to female musicians
Painting of a princess with a huqqa listening to female musicians in a palace garden, from Guler in the Punjab, from the V&As collection

The Green Dining-room at South Kensington Museum, c1870. Creator: Unknown
The Green Dining-room at South Kensington Museum, c1870. Interior of what is now the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Decoration designed by William Morris (1834-1896)

Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). Artist: John Constable
Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). The painting is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

The Milkmaid, 1860, (c1915). Artist: Birket Foster
The Milkmaid, 1860, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Across Mounts Bay, c1880. Artist: Elizabeth Adela Forbes
Across Mounts Bay, c1880. Painting held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From The Studio Volume 47. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

Maiden Meditation, 1847, (c1915). Artist: Charles West Cope
Maiden Meditation, 1847, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Chinese statuette of Kuan-Yin as a Bodhisattva, 12th century
Late Sung dynasty Chinese statuette of Kuan-Yin, a goddess of mercy, as a Bodhisattva (Buddha-to-be) in wood with traces of gilt and painting

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Samson slaying a Philistine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Bronze group of Samson slaying a Philistine; inscribed on the base "Adrianus Fries Hagiensis Batvvs f

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt tankard; the Lynn Cup; chrismatory, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt tankard of hexagonal form, narrow in the centre, widening towards the base, ornamented with masks and scrolls

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Chalice, cups, ewer, pyx, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A silver-gilt chalice, the work of Master Bartholomew, of Atri...supposed to have...[belonged] to Pope Boniface VIII...around the stem is...[an]

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Cups, tankard, casket, salt, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt standing-cup; silver cup; silver-gilt beaker; crystal tankard, "The Poison-Cup"; casket; silver-gilt salt

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver parcel-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver parcel-gilt nef or ship of unusually large dimensions, the body of the ship and above the stand embossed with elaborate ornaments

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt nef; the hull, with two tiers of guns; the deck, which takes off as a cover

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver and silver-gilt spoons, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. '...a group of silver and silver-gilt spoons, all of the seventeenth century, belonging to Messrs. E. Waterton and W. Stirling

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Flask, spoon, coffret, reliquary..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Small silver flask...ornamented in repousse, with strapwork and flowers...a crest of a griffin's head in the centre

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Mother-of-pearl cup; Cellini Ewer; vase, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Cup, in form of a partridge; the body formed of overlapping pieces of mother-of-pearl in imitation of feathers...Circa 1600. Baron L. de Rothschild

The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, [London], 1862. Display in what became the Victoria and Albert Museum, of pieces '...of the mediaeval renaissance

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt ewer, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt rose-water ewer. The ewer is oviform, with very high handle, in form of a hydra or monster with three heads, winged body, and forelegs

Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. 1. Proposed Site for the India and Colonial Museums; 2. Government Offices; 3. India Office; 4

Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, [London], 1856. Iron building...purposed to contain the large and valuable collections...belonging to the Dept

Three Graces, 1840s. Creators: William Henry Fox Talbot, Antonio Canova
Three Graces, 1840s

Casket, c1400, (1881). Creator: Frederick Albert Slocombe
Casket, c1400, (1881). Etching of a wooden box with carved lid made in Germany at the beginning of the 15th century. On the front is a man-headed eagle with the German inscription Mit willen dien ich

The Lamb, holding the book of the Seven Seals, adored by the Elders, 14th-15th century. Revelations 5. V6-14. Panel 7 of the Altarpiece of the Apocalypse

The Woman Clothed with the Sun, 14th-15th century. Artist: Master Bertram of Hamburg
The Woman Clothed with the Sun, 14th-15th century. Her child, threatened by the dragon, taken to heaven. Panel 29 from the Altarpiece of the Apocalypse. Master Bertram of Hamburg, (Revelations 12 v)

French playing cards, 19th century
French playing cards note the mythical characters. Now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 19th century

A yakshi (tree-goddess) from a Jain Stupa, 2nd century
A 50cm high sandstone bracket depicting a yakshi (tree-goddess) from a Jain Stupa from Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), from the V&As collection, 2nd century

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: The Dunvegan Cup, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'The "Dunvegan Cup," a cup or "mether" of yew, square above and rounded from the centre downwards

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Alto-relievo, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Alto-relievo, 1862. 'Alto-relievo; three cupids supporting the Papal tiara, cross-keys, and other insignia

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Ivory tankard, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Tankard, mounted in silver-gilt, the drum richly carved with a mythological subject, the Marriage of Jupiter and Juno, &c.: on the cover

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: keys, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: keys, 1862. 'Two steel keys, elaborately ornamented, of the sixteenth century. Rev. J. Beck'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Queen Elizabeth's prayer-book, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Queen Elizabeth's Prayer-book, bound in gold and enamelled, the workmanship of George Heriot

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Missal of Claude, Queen of Francis I., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A magnificent missal, painted on vellum, with illuminated capitals, and whole leaves painted with illustrations from Scripture history

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Pen-case of Henry VI., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'The pencase of King Henry VI. This pencase, of leather, or cuir bouilli, ornamented with gilt roses and crowns, was left by King Henry VI

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Hemispherical cat's-eye, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Large hemispherical cat's-eye (supposed to. be the largest known). It is mounted in massive pure gold

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Sevigné-gold open filigree-work set with pearls, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Sevigne [brooch] of gold open filigree scrolls, set with pearls. Spanish work, seventeenth century. Rev. J. Beck'

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Largest known pearl, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A very large pearl, straight-sided, widening towards the lower part, which has a dark opalised tint

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Stag's horn ewer, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Ewer, in stag's horn, mounted and inlaid with ivory, most elaborately

The Museum of Ornamental Art (engraving)
1618720 The Museum of Ornamental Art (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Museum of Ornamental Art)

National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, the Museum of Ornamental Art (engraving)
1611261 National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, the Museum of Ornamental Art (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: National Exhibition of Works of Art)

Elijah and the Widows Son, 1864. Creator: Ford Madox Brown
Elijah and the Widows Son, 1864. The Prophet Elijah descends down a flight of stairs on carrying a boy brought back to life from death. The boys mother kneels with her arms held up in prayer

Gold book cover, 19th century, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
Gold book cover, 19th century, (1881). Etching of an embossed and enamelled book cover, made in Europe, probably in the 19th century

Writing tablets, 1690-1700, (1881). Creator: W Harbutt
Writing tablets, 1690-1700, (1881). Etching of ivory tablets with gilded silver cover, made by J C Schmidt in Augsburg, Germany, in the late 17th century

Silver-handled knife, c1470?, (1881). Creator: Js Dominy
Silver-handled knife, c1470?, (1881). Etching of a knife ascribed to Pollaiuolo, decorated with scenes including the Judgment of Paris and the Judgment of Solomon

Pyxis, c964 AD, (1881). Creator: M Sullivan
Pyxis, c964 AD, (1881). Etching of a small cylindrical ivory box made in the mid 10th century, at Medina Azahara, Cordoba, Spain

Branched altar cross, 14th-15th century, (1881). Creator: Js Goepel
Branched altar cross, 14th-15th century, (1881). Etching of a silver parcel-gilt cross, the crucifix made c1350, and the figures and base made 1464-1474 by Hans Rutenzwig or his workshop, in Basel

Design for a jug, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Design for a jug, (1881). A jug or ewer decorated with a triumphant procession of Venus across the sea, attended by tritons, nymphs, and cupids

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Step into a world of beauty and elegance at the Museum of Ornamental Art. This enchanting museum showcases a diverse collection that will transport you through time and cultures. One captivating piece is a painting depicting a princess surrounded by female musicians, their melodies filling the air with harmony. The artist's attention to detail brings this scene to life, capturing the grace and poise of these talented women. As you wander further, you'll encounter the Green Dining-room at South Kensington Museum from around 1870. Its opulent decor and exquisite furnishings invite you to imagine lavish banquets and lively conversations held within its walls. A Chinese statuette of Kuan-Yin as a Bodhisattva from the 12th century stands as an embodiment of compassion and enlightenment. Its delicate craftsmanship reflects ancient beliefs in divinity and spiritual guidance. The Milkmaid, painted in 1860 by Birket Foster, transports us to simpler times when rural life was celebrated for its tranquility. This idyllic scene captures the essence of pastoral beauty with its serene countryside setting. In Maiden Meditation by Charles West Cope, created in 1847, we witness a young woman lost deep in thought. Her contemplative expression invites introspection as we ponder her innermost musings. The Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo immortalized by Felix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux takes us back to one of history's most significant battles. The intensity captured on canvas reminds us of human resilience amidst chaos. Elizabeth Adela Forbes' Across Mounts Bay offers breathtaking views that transport us to c1880 Cornwall. The vibrant colors evoke feelings of serenity while showcasing nature's awe-inspiring majesty. Thomas Rowlandson's Landing at Greenwich presents bustling scenes along London's iconic riverfront during c1780. It provides glimpses into daily life during this era while highlighting maritime activities that shaped Britain's history.