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Tag Archives: Catholic
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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Canadian Classic Cinema – The New Waterford Girl
A movie for a younger audience, perhaps – not a bad flick for those whom might be bored on a Sunday afternoon – “The New Waterford Girl” offers under-aged drinking, drug-taking and fighting during the 1970’s Mooney, a young Canadian … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged Adrien Dixon, Agnes Marie Pottie, Andrew McCarthy, Canadian Cinema, Cape Breton Island, Cassie MacDonald, Catholic, Cathy Moriarty, Cecil Sweeney, Darren Keay, Kevin Curran, Krista MacDonald, Liane Balaban, Lou Benzoa, Mark McKinney, Mary Walsh, Mooney, Nicholas Campbell, Nova Scotia, Patrick Joyce, Susan Quinn, Tara Spencer-Nairn, The New Waterford Girl
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