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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
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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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Mouse Killed by 150-Year-Old Trap in English Museum Display
A mouse was apparently killed by a 150-year-old trap inside a museum display in the United Kingdom, officials said. Staff at the Museum of Rural Life in Reading, England got an email saying that a dead mouse was found in … Continue reading
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