Decorative Indulgences

unravel-history: This is Queen Victoria’s coronation ring. It is meant to be placed on the little finger. However, the Archbishop placed it on the wrong finger. He forced it on so tight that Queen Victoria had to soak her hand in ice water to remove it.

unravel-history:

This is Queen Victoria’s coronation ring. It is meant to be placed on the little finger. However, the Archbishop placed it on the wrong finger. He forced it on so tight that Queen Victoria had to soak her hand in ice water to remove it.

(via ifiwerescience)

johnnyseeker: Krause Music Store, Louis Sullivan

johnnyseeker:

Krause Music Store, Louis Sullivan

fashionsfromhistory: Armchair c.1860 V&A

fashionsfromhistory:

Armchair

c.1860

V&A

19th cent., [Folk art, chip-carved crooked knife with a raised coffin handle inset with a gem tintype of a young woman] via Cowan’s Auctions

19th cent., [Folk art, chip-carved crooked knife with a raised coffin handle inset with a gem tintype of a young woman]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1891, [Marriage certificate with tintype portraits of George P. Heath and Carrie R. Susley, December 22, 1891] via Harvard University, Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography

ca. 1891, [Marriage certificate with tintype portraits of George P. Heath and Carrie R. Susley, December 22, 1891]

via Harvard University, Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography

drtuesdaygjohnson:

Ram Horn and Wild Flower Headdress, by Briar & Gloam (Etsy)

Soft cream yarn and hand folded paper flowers give this headdress a warm earthy touch.

Daisies, peonies, a rose,a daffodil, a dogwood flower, a morning glory and ivy all nestle around glorious rams horns, making a headdress suitable for any masquerade or Midsummer celebration.

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messytimetravel:

1920s : Toasters
Curated by Chris Wild

(via timetravelteam)

ca. 1860’s, [small part of a collection of 570 anatomically perfect glass sculptures of jellyfishes, octopus, squid, anemones, and nudibranchs],  Father-and-son glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

via Cornell University, Albert R. Mann Library, Blaschka Collection of Invertebrate Models

Richard Cecil, Gift for Mourners (1833), pub. American Tract Society via the Library Company of Philadelphia, Cloth Bindings Database

Richard Cecil, Gift for Mourners (1833), pub. American Tract Society

via the Library Company of Philadelphia, Cloth Bindings Database

steampunktendencies:

The Gentleman’s Surprise Chair (Circa 1880)

(via jeanfivintage)

Helmets of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V circa 1540 (by Desiderius Helmschmid), 1545 (by Kolman Helmschmid), and 1530 (by Filippo and Francesco Negroli) respectively.

(Source: stannisbaratheon, via vinaigrette)

drtuesdaygjohnson: catafalques: ‘THE ROUCHOMOVSKY SKELETON’:  A RUSSIAN GOLD ARTICULATED SKELETON IN SILVER-GILT SARCOPHAGUS: the fully articulated human skeleton in a velvet-lined coffin chased around on each side with three panels showing the course of life, one end with attributes of the arts, the other with attributes of war,  the removable cover with the journey in the footsteps of the Angel of Death, surrounded by the faces of infants alternately laughing and crying. Skeleton by Israel Rouchomovsky ca. 1892-1896; sarcophagus by Mozyr and Odessa ca. 1896-1906

drtuesdaygjohnson:

catafalques:

‘THE ROUCHOMOVSKY SKELETON’:  A RUSSIAN GOLD ARTICULATED SKELETON IN SILVER-GILT SARCOPHAGUS: the fully articulated human skeleton in a velvet-lined coffin chased around on each side with three panels showing the course of life, one end with attributes of the arts, the other with attributes of war,  the removable cover with the journey in the footsteps of the Angel of Death, surrounded by the faces of infants alternately laughing and crying.

Skeleton by Israel Rouchomovsky ca. 1892-1896; sarcophagus by Mozyr and Odessa ca. 1896-1906

fashionsfromhistory: Polyorama Panoptique c.1850 France

fashionsfromhistory:

Polyorama Panoptique

c.1850

France

highvictoriana: English Etched Gold-Filled Victorian Hair Ornament, late 19th century, forming a crown of mounted elk’s teeth, with inscribed name on back.

highvictoriana:

English Etched Gold-Filled Victorian Hair Ornament, late 19th century, forming a crown of mounted elk’s teeth, with inscribed name on back.

victusinveritas: the-wicked-knight: Four barreled Indo-Persian flintlock pistol, possibly Indian or Ottoman, 19th century, the four barrels fully decorated in gold damascening with stylised foliate designs, the ivory grip with studded design 22cm. Pretty.

victusinveritas:

the-wicked-knight:

Four barreled Indo-Persian flintlock pistol, possibly Indian or Ottoman, 19th century, the four barrels fully decorated in gold damascening with stylised foliate designs, the ivory grip with studded design 22cm.

Pretty.