Spellbound And Speechless

This collection of nineteenth-century vaseline glass catches the light and creates a lustrous pool of yellow-greens. The effect is enhanced by the subtle arrangement of yellow-green flowers: fennel, euphorbia and lady's mantle.

Flowering Carpet Of Redwood Sorrel

Stainless steel is artfully shaped into an integral sink, backsplash, and countertop in this city kitchen. The nosing has a lipped, or marine, edge to contain drips. The concrete countertop divider is tinted a light green, and the plaster walls are soft yellow.

Brooch

c. 1832

Gold, enamel, hair

The 1,700-year-old mosaic — part of the ruins of the ancient Roman villa complex in Rutland, England — is the first example in the UK displaying scenes from Homer’s The Iliad, and one of only a handful from across Europe.

The ancient Roman villa complex was discovered beneath a farmer’s field by Jim Irvine, son of landowner Brian Naylor, in 2020.

“A ramble through the fields with the family turned into an incredible discovery,” Irvine said.

“Finding some unusual pottery amongst the wheat piqued my interest and prompted some further investigative work.”