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Category Archives: Collections
Lover’s Eye / Memento Mori Jewellery: Salvador Dali, The Skier Collection & Other Museum Pieces
A “lover’s eye” miniature is a painted miniature of the giver’s eye, presented to a loved one. The notion accompanying this very short lived fad (c.1790 through 1820) was that the eye would be recognizable only to the recipient and … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Death & Culture
Tagged 17 century, 18th Century, 19th century, 20th century, Alemany & Ertman, all-seeing eye of God, Antique Collectors’ Club, Berkshire, brooch, Catholic, Charlotte Jones, clandestine, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. David Skier, Dreweatts of Newbury, England, eye miniatures, Eye of Princess Charlotte, female, funeral, funerary, Ginny Dawes, guillioche, jewellery, jewelry, King, King George V, Lover's Eye, male, memento mori, mistress, mourning, Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert, necklace, New York, Olivia Collings, pendant, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Queen, religion, remember you must die, ring, Royal Collection Trust, Royal Council, UK, vanitas, victorian, wealth, wealthy, wedding
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The Lilliputian Library – Josef Tari Collection: Miniature Books
Josef Tari is a Hungarian gentleman whom began his collection of miniature books in 1972. His library of petite reads – the smallest book being only 2.9 x 3.2 millimeters and some over 100 years old – has grown to over 5000. … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Collections, Games & Toys, Literature
Tagged Apokalipszis ca. 1998, Das Grosse Tierbuch, humor, humour, Hungarian, Hungary, Im Reich der Tiere ca. 2004, Josef Tari, Josua Reichert: Bilder - ABC ca. 2000, Kovács Sándor 60 éves ca. 1972, Lilliputian Library, Móra Ferenc: Dióbél királyfi, Miatyánk - zsákkönyv ca. 2000, miniature books, miniature newspaper, novelties, Typographia
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