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Nature

Scope note

Use for the concept of the physical world, including the forces at work in it and the nonhuman life inhabiting it, perceived by human beings as separate and independent from themselves, their activities, and civilization. For aggregates of physical things, conditions, and influences surrounding and affecting given organisms or communities of organisms at any time, use "environments (object groupings)." For the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their habitat, use "ecology."

This term has 1,152 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Motif

Getty AAT term number

3000179372

Broader Terms used

<philosophical concepts>

Narrower Terms used

animals
flowers
plants

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Goblet

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Enameller: Beilby family
Maker: uncertain (Probably)

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown
Enameller: Beilby family (Probably)

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Ale glass

Maker(s)

Enameller: Beilby family
Maker: uncertain (Probably)

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Taperstick

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)

Tumbler

Maker(s)

Enameller: Beilby family (Uncertain)

Goblet

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Taperstick

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Decanter

Maker(s)

Glassworks: Unknown

Wine bottle

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Claret Decanter

Maker(s)

Glassworks: Unknown
Silversmith: Unknown (Mounts)

Carafe

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Vase

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Possibly)

Vase

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Vase

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Pétrarque

Maker(s)

Designer: Lalique, René

Wine glass

Maker(s)

Müller, C. H. F. (Probably)

Sprinkler bottle

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Terminology definition for: Nature" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-115 Accessed: 2025-12-10 22:58:49

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