#historical items

credit: Museum of London

Eye miniatures were a curious but brief anomaly in miniature painting that came into fashion at the end of the 18th century. They were an extremely intense manifestation of an already emotionally charged art, apparently an attempt to capture ‘the window of the soul’, the supposed reflection of a person’s most intimate thoughts and feelings. Often, as here, the result was a compelling piece of jewellery. Sometimes, however, the result was merely unpleasantly anatomical or disturbingly uncanny.

Okay this 1905 glass advertisment did amuse me

Does anyone need references for clothing display objects? I found an interesting section in this 1904 catalogue

"if nature has not favoured you" "the princess bust developer"

Even back in the 1890s, nothin would stop Cute Kitchy Pins huh?

Incredibly Josephine-coded item