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Tag Archives: England
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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A World Discovered: Unit 1
A World Discovered – by L.A ‘Code’ & E. L. Daniher Illustrated by M. ‘Lovejoy’ & S. Flannery Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Worldcat Identities: A World … Continue reading
Posted in Inventions
Tagged A World Discovered, August 1954, August 1960, August 1963, August 1964, British, Canada, December 1957, E L Daniher, England, geography, Into the Antarctic, Into the Arctic, Into the Dark Continent, J M Dent and Sons Canada Limited, L A Code, M. Lovejoy, Ontario, Publishing, S. Flannery, The Secrets of the Frozen Seas, The South Seas, The the East Round Africa, The West Learns About The East, Through the Darkest Africa, To the East Across the Atlantic, To the East by Cape Horn, Toe the East Through the Arctic, Toronto, UK, Vancouver
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Shared Hysteria – Folie à Deux & The Swedish Twins
Folie à deux is French for “a madness shared by two”, or shared psychosis and is a psychiatric syndrome. Symptoms include delusional beliefs and are often accompanied by hallucinations which are passed from one individual to another. This particular disorder was first conceptualized … Continue reading
A Mystery: The Coventry Carol
If you thought Christmas was all about good tidings and joy, you were wrong. The Coventry Carol is a song about infanticide and also a lullaby sung by mothers of doomed children. Eggnog? The English carol dates back to the 16th Century and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, The Joy of Musik
Tagged Bethlehem, Bible, blessings, Choir, Christian, Christmas, Coventry, England, gifts, Herod, Holiday, Holy, infant, Jesus, Jewish, Joseph, Magi, Mary, massacre, men, mystery, nativity, pageant, star, three, virgin, Westminster Cathedral, wise
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