Objects

<n>Decorated Weight</n> from Ur, c. 2600-2400 BC, held at <n>The British Museum</n>.

<n>Cukiernica 'Kula'</n> sugar bowl designed by <n>Julia Keilowa</n> for <n>Józef Fraget</n>, c. 1933. Photo by <n>Piotr i Ina Leksy</n>.

<n>Electric Kettle</n> designed by <n>Peter Behrens</n>, 1908-09.

<n>Teapot</n> (1991) by artist <n>Brian Williamson</n>.

<n>Canarina's Gaze</n>, a perfume bottle by <n>René Lalique</n>, 1928.

Brass combs photographed by <n>Sergio Guijarro</n>.

A <n>'Padlock' Handbag</n> designed by <n>Elsa Schiaparelli</n> in the 1940s.

An <n>Etruscan Alphabet Tablet</n> from the 6th-5th century BC. Photo by <n>G. Nimatallah</n>.

An <n>Ikom Monolith</n> from Upper Cross River, Nigeria. Photo by <n>Michel Leiris</n> from the book <n>African art</n> (1968).

<n>Mace Ball Candle Holder</n> by <n>Wretched Flowers</n>.

<n>Silver didrachm of Eretria</n> with an octopus depiction, c. 500-465 BC. From <n>Archaiologia Online</n>.

<n>Rock reliquaries</n> by artist <n>Sarah Flavin</n>.

A <n>Roman glass bottle</n> in the shape of a fish, from the 1st-2nd century AD.

<n>Bugne vases</n> designed by <n>Carlo Scarpa</n> for <n>Venini</n> in 1940.

<n>An inlaid mixed-metal netsuke</n> by <n>Koku</n>, from the Edo period, 19th century.

<n>Rick Owens</n>' "Coupe" vessel, exhibited by <n>Galerie Philia</n> during Milan Design Week 2021.

<n>Lepel 12</n> by artist <n>Hermann Jünger</n>.