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| Anonymous American Makers Candlesticks ca. 1920 glass Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| Anonymous French Makers Candlestick 19th century ormolu, with porcelain figurine Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island |
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| Anonymous Persian Makers Bottle AD 1100-1200 glazed earthenware Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
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| Anonymous German Makers Reliquary ca. 1550-1650 rock crystal, silver gilt, gold Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Anonymous Greek Makers Collection Box depicting the Legend of St Charalambos 18th or 19th century painted wood Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Anonymous Dutch Makers Wallcovering 17th century painted and gilded leather Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston |
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| Anonymous German Makers Mirror ca. 1750 mirrored glass with frame of carved oak, papier-mâché and stucco (all gilded) Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich |
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| Anonymous English Makers Etui ca. 1760-70 enamel on copper Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Anonymous German Makers Planter-Vase as Miniature Rococo Folding-Screen 19th century porcelain Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island |
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| Anonymous English Makers Toilet Bowl 1895 glazed earthenware Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Anonymous Russian Makers Cigarette Case 19th century enamelware Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island |
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| Anonymous Russian Makers Icon Cover 19th century cloisonné on silver-gilt Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Anonymous Persian Makers Bowl of Water Pipe ca. 1850-1900 brass with turquoise inlay Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
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| Anonymous Persian Makers Storage Jar AD 500-700 glazed earthenware Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
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| Anonymous French Makers Apothecary Jar ca. 1675-1725 glazed earthenware Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Anonymous European Makers Wine Jar 17th or 18th century blown glass Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Telemachus' Fantasy
Sometimes I wonder about my father's
years on those islands: why
was he so attractive
to women? He was in straits then, I suppose
desperate. I believe
women like to see a man
still whole, still standing, but
about to go to pieces: such
disintegration reminds them
of passion. I think of them as living
their whole lives
completely undressed. It must have
dazzled him, I think, women
so much younger than he was
evidently wild for him, ready
to do anything he wished. Is it
fortunate to encounter circumstances
so responsive to one's own will, to live
so many years
unquestioned, unthwarted? One
would have to believe oneself
entirely good or worthy. I
suppose in time either
one becomes a monster or
the beloved sees what one is. I never
wish for my father's life
nor have I any idea
what he sacrificed
to survive the moment. Less dangerous
to believe he was drawn to them
and so stayed
to see who they were. I think, though,
as an imaginative man
to some extent he
became who they were.
– Louise Glück (1996)