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Cette glycine a probablement au moins 100 ans si ce n’est plus et quelle merveille quand elle se conjugue avec l’architecture basque comme ici à Ciboure 🪻🌸
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Standing over 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall, this ornate gas lamp was a masterpiece of Victorian industrial art created by David Watson Stevenson for Glasgow's Saracen Foundry. Known as the "Big Lamp," it featured four globes and intricate cast-iron detailing topped with a decorative crown. Briefly installed at Charing Cross in 1888, this landmark was later removed and sold, leaving this photograph as one of the few surviving records of Glasgow's lost street architecture.
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A vintage Singer sewing machine head repurposed as a wall sconce with a sleek black fabric shade
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18th century French pocket sundial, a Butterfield dial compass for navigation and timekeeping. Compact brass tool with string gnomon that casts shadows for precise readings anywhere sunny. Maritime Museum treasure from the age of sail.
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18th-century tricycle replica: stable three wheels, central pedals chained to the rear—England's road-ready velocipede from the late 1700s! Patented 1818 by Denis Johnson, safer than draisines, opening cycling to women & novices. #BikeHistory #VintageTech
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teapawt.net/historydefined/status/… This desk was built by Bernard Molitor for Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland and brother of Napoleon, in the early 1800s. It contains over 200 hidden drawers, a concealed chair, false fronts designed to mislead anyone who tried to access its contents, and locking mechanisms that reveal additional compartments only if you know the sequence. Napoleon commissioned it. The desk was meant for a king who needed to keep secrets.
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Mending the Broken.
"Teacup in Chains" by Glen Martin Taylor. A raw, industrial take on Kintsugi, where shattered porcelain is bound together by metal and chains to transform fragility into resilience.
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1800s, Pullman "Palace Cars" - A Five-Star Hotel on Steel Rails.
In the late 1800s, Pullman "Palace Cars" brought mahogany, velvet, and crystal to the American rails. These luxury sleeping cars transformed grueling travel into a rolling mansion, featuring ingenious fold-down berths and 5-star service.
Would you swap a 5-hour flight for a 2-day journey in this level of comfort?
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A pair of Belle Epoque gold lorgnettes with circular-cut diamond and cabochon sapphire scroll designs on a chased gold frame. around 1900. Through Simon Teakle Jewelry
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The Skeleton Flower (Diphylleia grayi) 🌸💧
A woodland ghost that waits for the rain. In the quiet mist of the mountains, these snowy white petals perform a silent alchemy: they turn to glass as they touch the water, becoming as clear as a winter’s morning.
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1885–1917. The House of Fabergé produced 50 Imperial Easter eggs for the Romanov court. Not mere jewelry — mechanical marvels. A miniature carriage that folds. A swan that moves. Guilloché enamel so fine it catches light like silk.
43 survive. The rest were lost to revolution.
The empire collapsed. The craftsmanship didn't. #Faberge #Steampunk #VictorianEra
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Gold, Enamel and Pearl Étui de Voyage, circa 1800
An exceptional gold, enamel and pearl étui de voyage, circa 1800. Made for the Chinese market and retailed by P. Orr, it contains scissors, knife, perfume vial, key, cuticle stick and awl — all in gold and enamel — alongside a watch, music box and automaton.
