BLOOD MILK JEWELS

roman stone dramatic masks, 1st-2nd century

Mixed media and glass covered in gold leaf

It’s been said that we still have only the crudest understanding of ghosts. Here are a thousand vintage ghosts I’ve invited over.

🐉 Ulyssis Aldrovandi …. Bononiæ, apud C. Ferronium, 1640.. Original source Image description: Illustration of a dragon from a 1640 publication by Ulyssis Aldrovandi. The dragon is depicted with a long, sinuous body covered in detailed scales, a prominent wing with webbed, fin-like segments, and clawed limbs. Its head features a fierce expression, open mouth revealing sharp teeth, and a crest or frill extending from the top. The dragon’s tail curls into a loop at the bottom of the image. The style is a black ink engraving on aged paper, with text visible in the background, emphasizing a historical scientific or natural history context. The page number 423 is shown in the top right corner.

Semele by Jannik Senium

This might get your eyes gleaming: my collection of vintage jack-o’-lanterns and pumpkin heads.

Carl Gustav Carus - "Gothic window with telescope, Faust's study"

The buzz: vintage bees, some honeys, some killers.

Christian Lacroix Satin Duchesse Dress by Irving Penn

Sisson's "Beauties of Sherwood Forest." - 1888 - via Internet Archive

Terracotta Bust of Isis-Aphrodite Ptolemaic Egypt, c. 300-30 B.C.

Masao Yamamoto - Nakazora #1139 (2002)

Lobby card for Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) dir. Werner Herzog

This 15th-century French stone figure of Saint Barbara holds the tower she was kept in with one hand, while her other hand holds a book. The book is held slightly open by the insertion of one of her fingers between the carved pages. The tower includes windows and a door with a keyhole and metal hinges.

French vintage postcard

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Robert Ashton