ARTS AND MINIATURES: Vintage findings

quinta-feira, 21 de outubro de 2010

Vintage findings

For the moment I´m still organizing my studio and future work, so for the moment I will profit to show you some recent vintage findings.

Porcelain plate showing an autumn scene - the harvest, suitable for this time of the year. I think it was one of the plates of a lamp shade with the four seasons of the year, it only shows its beauty when put against light.

I can imagine how beautiful should be the complete lamp, may be in sec. XIX

Cross stich embroidered purse, scissor and needles in a display, the purce needs a little repair work but it is lovely, the flowers are stiched with thread with a velvet look, it was a bargain I found.

7 comentários:

Susanne21 de outubro de 2010 às 10:52
Lovely details, Ana!
Love, Susanne
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Patty21 de outubro de 2010 às 11:04
Ana, The porcelain image is stunning! I also love the purse,needle case and scissors! Great finds!!
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Margaret21 de outubro de 2010 às 16:50
The purse is fabulous and so is the porcelain image. Fantastic bargains!
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Norma Bennett22 de outubro de 2010 às 01:10
Beautiful and unusual treasures :)
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Ana23 de outubro de 2010 às 02:26
Thank you Susanne, Patty, Margaret, Norma and
Clara, sorry Clara but I wasn´t able to publish your comment I don´t know why. Your comments are always wellcome.
Ana
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elis24 de outubro de 2010 às 09:26
Parabéns, Ana Maria. Gostei especialmente, da bolsa.
Elis
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Unknown27 de outubro de 2010 às 05:28
Esta escala me parece muy dicifil de trabajar. No retires los trabajos de antes, estan muy bien. Eres muy exijente.
Me alegro que te decidas por la luz.
Me encanta.
Besos Clara
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Welcome to my new Blog

I hope that you will enjoy my new Blog, I intend to organize it in a diferent way of the others, I will mix images of my work regarding miniatures and other forms of art like artistic paint, but I will also include lots of photos , because I have a passion to photograph, although I know very litttle about it, but I have my artistic filling to choose interesting matters. All the photos in this Blog shall be mine.

In which concerns my miniatures all of them are hand painted, and that´s a work that I love to do, enjoy it.

You are also invited to visit my other blog:

http://am-ambientes-em-miniatura.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-artes-e-miniaturas.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://am-bonecas-e-companhia.blogs.sapo.pt/

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HERCOLANEUM AND POMPEII

Hercolaneum was founded by Hercules according to mythological tradition . In 63A.D. the town was hit by a earthquake which attended all the Campania, and a few years later in 79 A.D. was devasted by the eruption of Vesuvios. When the eruption ended Hercolaneum was covered with a thick layer of mud (at some points over 10 meters deep). Abandoned by its inhabitants this town was never rebuilt.

The same happened to Pompeii, the reconstruction work that followed the earthquake was not yet completed when on August 24th, 79 AD Vesuvius unexpectedly awoke, submerging the countryside with ashes,, cinder and eruptive material, while rivers of lava mixed with mud followed down.

In 20 AD the Volcano was considered extinct by Strabone a geographer, therefore the population was taken by surprise and many of them were killed trying to escape. The eruption of the Volcano was so imense that the top part of the crater collapsed forming the present caldera.

This tragedy that lasted for three long days arrived to us through the letters of the writter Pliny the Younger to Tacitus.
Pompeii remained buried under a layer of ash with more than six meters deep preserving all the evidence of life by that moment, which came mericulously to light more than two centuries ago.