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Category Archives: Death & Culture
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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Great Granny’s Cook Book -Featuring Allspice
From Great Granny’s 1947 copy of “The American Woman’s Cook Book”, Hystoria brings you 3 pudding recipes – one featuring Allspice – yum! A little history first, from The Epicentre – only because Great Granny would have loved their take … Continue reading
POSTMORTEM – The Pattern of Hypostasis
Cessation of circulation and loss of muscle tone after death allows blood within vessels to ‘settle under gravity’, producing a pink/ purple colour in those areas of the body that are lowest, or ‘dependent’. In a body lying on its … Continue reading
Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities
Mr. Potter’s museum had over 10,000 stuffed animals which included a tableaux of: “…a rats’ den being raided by the local police rats … [a] village school … featuring 48 little rabbits busy writing on tiny slates, while the … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Death & Culture, Entertainment, Taboos
Tagged auction, Bonhams, Damien Hirst, Guardian, Harry Hill, London, Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities, mummies, mummified, Museum of Everything, Peter Blake, Primerose, stuffed animals, taxidermist, taxidermy, two-headed goats
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Cocaine & The Process of Human Decomposition
The time taken for a body to decompose can vary greatly due to a wide range of factors that can affect the process. Perhaps the most significant factor in the rate of decomposition is temperature and environment. Warmer temperatures will … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Culture, Medical Arts & Science
Tagged body, body farm, cadaver, climate, cocaine, corpse, drugs, elements, insect, Process of Human Decomposition, submerged, temperature
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