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 In a Garden, Sir Edward John Poynter

living with birds by len howard, 1963

A Tudor salt dish, made between 1530-1550. The item itself is made using salt-glaze pottery, where salt was thrown into the kiln during clay firing to create a glossy, orange-peel-like texture. Formed into the shape of a woman in Tudor clothing, it was glazed with polychrome brown with some yellow to highlight the decoration. Measuring 16.9cm high, salt would have been held in the little dish coming out from the dress of the lady. Salt was a very valuable commodity in the Tudor period, and ownership of it was often a status symbol. Henry VIII had multiple salt holders in his possession upon his death, and his daughter Elizabeth I granted a patent for a new type of iron pan in the 1560s intended to increase salt production in Tyneside. Much salt at this time was imported to London from France, but during the 16th century there was a boom in salt production in Scotland. This salt dish was found in Cardiff's High Street in 1892 when workmen were digging the foundations for a Lloyd's Bank. It was broken and the base has since been heavily restored with plaster of paris. It is held today at St Fagans Gweithdy gallery, Cardiff.

Large Sterling Silver Seahorse Pin, by Carl Schon, 1920s

faridmuzaki via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

The Start of Something: The Selected Stories of Stuart Dybek (Stuart Dybek), Vintage 2017. Cover by Suzanne Dean.

Ján Svetlík, CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Imhoteps book of the Dead is 64 feet long.

Jess Allen, 2022

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

Madam....

Does it count as 'sword in the stone' if it looks more like 'sword in the cairn'...?