Tsuba made from yellow bronze with silver inlaid grid pattern and a large butterfly in high shakudō relief. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.
Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive
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Copper working in Baghdad, Iraq, 1932
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By then, Bow's Department Store in Glasgow had also disappeared as it was taken over by a competitor, R. Wylie Hill and Co Ltd, in 1947.
The metal framework for awnings on the former Bow's Department Store on the corner of High Street and Bell Street in central Glagow.
The manufacturer's nameplate indicates they were made by Sage, a prestigious shopfitters which was founded by Frederick Sage in London in 1860, and which fitted out both Harrods (a task that occupied the most of Sage's resources for almost five years) and Selfridges.
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