@antiquarianghost.bsky.social
Exiled academic, civil servant, and lover of the antique, the eccentric, gardens, natural history, and things refined. Lives in Slingerlands, New York.
Ra as cat (Mau) slays serpent Apophis from "The Book of the Dead of Hunefer" [British Musem].
Ra, the chief god and solar diety, upholder of Maat (truth), must turn into Mau (yes meow) to kill the serpent Apophis, bringer of darkness and chaos, to ensure morning's sunrise and continued existence.
Ra, the chief god and solar diety, upholder of Maat (truth), must turn into Mau (yes meow) to kill the serpent Apophis, bringer of darkness and chaos, to ensure morning's sunrise and continued existence.
August 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ra as cat (Mau) slays serpent Apophis from "The Book of the Dead of Hunefer" [British Musem].
Ra, the chief god and solar diety, upholder of Maat (truth), must turn into Mau (yes meow) to kill the serpent Apophis, bringer of darkness and chaos, to ensure morning's sunrise and continued existence.
Ra, the chief god and solar diety, upholder of Maat (truth), must turn into Mau (yes meow) to kill the serpent Apophis, bringer of darkness and chaos, to ensure morning's sunrise and continued existence.
In the English-speaking world, cutlery goes business-end (tines and bowls) up. In France, cutlery goes business-end down. Placement of family crests in the 18th century correlated. Which came first?
#cultery #flatware #artifacts #dining #etiquette #silver
French forks (1766-67) [Metmuseum]
#cultery #flatware #artifacts #dining #etiquette #silver
French forks (1766-67) [Metmuseum]
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In the English-speaking world, cutlery goes business-end (tines and bowls) up. In France, cutlery goes business-end down. Placement of family crests in the 18th century correlated. Which came first?
#cultery #flatware #artifacts #dining #etiquette #silver
French forks (1766-67) [Metmuseum]
#cultery #flatware #artifacts #dining #etiquette #silver
French forks (1766-67) [Metmuseum]
#animals #art #DerBlaueReiter #betterworld
"Zoologischer Garten I" (1912) by August Macke [Lenbachhaus]
"Zoologischer Garten I" (1912) by August Macke [Lenbachhaus]
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#animals #art #DerBlaueReiter #betterworld
"Zoologischer Garten I" (1912) by August Macke [Lenbachhaus]
"Zoologischer Garten I" (1912) by August Macke [Lenbachhaus]
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
YouTube video by Seattle Symphony - Topic
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April 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Silver quaich made by William Scott (Banff or Aberdeen), circa 1681❤️🏴
[National Museums Scotland]
What a springtime vessel for an elegant dram!
[National Museums Scotland]
What a springtime vessel for an elegant dram!
March 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Silver quaich made by William Scott (Banff or Aberdeen), circa 1681❤️🏴
[National Museums Scotland]
What a springtime vessel for an elegant dram!
[National Museums Scotland]
What a springtime vessel for an elegant dram!
Happy 96th birthday to Kusama Yayoi!
"All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins," 2016
"All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins," 2016
March 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Happy 96th birthday to Kusama Yayoi!
"All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins," 2016
"All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins," 2016
Atmospheric invocation of the month...
"A Study, in March" by John William Inchbold (by 1855) [Ashmolean Musem]
"A Study, in March" by John William Inchbold (by 1855) [Ashmolean Musem]
March 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Atmospheric invocation of the month...
"A Study, in March" by John William Inchbold (by 1855) [Ashmolean Musem]
"A Study, in March" by John William Inchbold (by 1855) [Ashmolean Musem]
A muzzled cat is no good mouser.
March 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A muzzled cat is no good mouser.
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The way things are going, this vocation may return. Note smuggling is a completely government-invented crime, not condemned by any of the world's major religions or philosophies....
"Smuggler's Lookout" (1867) by James Alfred Aitken [Warrington Museum and Art Gallery]
#smugglers #art #tariffs
"Smuggler's Lookout" (1867) by James Alfred Aitken [Warrington Museum and Art Gallery]
#smugglers #art #tariffs
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The way things are going, this vocation may return. Note smuggling is a completely government-invented crime, not condemned by any of the world's major religions or philosophies....
"Smuggler's Lookout" (1867) by James Alfred Aitken [Warrington Museum and Art Gallery]
#smugglers #art #tariffs
"Smuggler's Lookout" (1867) by James Alfred Aitken [Warrington Museum and Art Gallery]
#smugglers #art #tariffs
Fin-de-siecle feline escutcheon, Deutsches Eck, Koblenz, Germany
#lion #bronze #sculpture #Germany #myphoto
#lion #bronze #sculpture #Germany #myphoto
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fin-de-siecle feline escutcheon, Deutsches Eck, Koblenz, Germany
#lion #bronze #sculpture #Germany #myphoto
#lion #bronze #sculpture #Germany #myphoto
Form following function leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
Flour mill spouts displayed in the Alsatian Folklore Museum, Strasbourg
#Strasbourg #folk #art #grotesque #myphoto
Flour mill spouts displayed in the Alsatian Folklore Museum, Strasbourg
#Strasbourg #folk #art #grotesque #myphoto
February 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Form following function leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
Flour mill spouts displayed in the Alsatian Folklore Museum, Strasbourg
#Strasbourg #folk #art #grotesque #myphoto
Flour mill spouts displayed in the Alsatian Folklore Museum, Strasbourg
#Strasbourg #folk #art #grotesque #myphoto
James Watt Dock Sugar Warehouses, Greenock, Scotland (1884-1886)
We often don't see the apparatuses that make modern comforts possible. The Victorians certainly celebrated the functional in a way that now seems forgotten.
#industrial #architecture #Scotland #myphoto #sugar #warehouse
We often don't see the apparatuses that make modern comforts possible. The Victorians certainly celebrated the functional in a way that now seems forgotten.
#industrial #architecture #Scotland #myphoto #sugar #warehouse
February 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
James Watt Dock Sugar Warehouses, Greenock, Scotland (1884-1886)
We often don't see the apparatuses that make modern comforts possible. The Victorians certainly celebrated the functional in a way that now seems forgotten.
#industrial #architecture #Scotland #myphoto #sugar #warehouse
We often don't see the apparatuses that make modern comforts possible. The Victorians certainly celebrated the functional in a way that now seems forgotten.
#industrial #architecture #Scotland #myphoto #sugar #warehouse
Take delight where you can find it.
"Fish Aquarium" (1928) by Mabel Dwight, lithograph [V&A]
"Fish Aquarium" (1928) by Mabel Dwight, lithograph [V&A]
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Take delight where you can find it.
"Fish Aquarium" (1928) by Mabel Dwight, lithograph [V&A]
"Fish Aquarium" (1928) by Mabel Dwight, lithograph [V&A]
Have a lovely February 1st, whatever you call it.
Saint Brigid's shoe shrine (16th century), National Museum of Ireland
Saint Brigid's shoe shrine (16th century), National Museum of Ireland
February 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Have a lovely February 1st, whatever you call it.
Saint Brigid's shoe shrine (16th century), National Museum of Ireland
Saint Brigid's shoe shrine (16th century), National Museum of Ireland
Happy Lunar New Year!
It's the Year of the Snake, and may we all get a handle on it before it bites us in the rump!
Daoist Priest with Zodiac Animal--Snake (Song Dynasty), Chinese, glazed stoneware [Metropolitan Museum]
It's the Year of the Snake, and may we all get a handle on it before it bites us in the rump!
Daoist Priest with Zodiac Animal--Snake (Song Dynasty), Chinese, glazed stoneware [Metropolitan Museum]
January 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Happy Lunar New Year!
It's the Year of the Snake, and may we all get a handle on it before it bites us in the rump!
Daoist Priest with Zodiac Animal--Snake (Song Dynasty), Chinese, glazed stoneware [Metropolitan Museum]
It's the Year of the Snake, and may we all get a handle on it before it bites us in the rump!
Daoist Priest with Zodiac Animal--Snake (Song Dynasty), Chinese, glazed stoneware [Metropolitan Museum]
If you, as I, long for Enlightenment art and industry in these troubled times, you may find this documentary soothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJe...
The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood | Revolutionary Innovator & Potter Extraordinaire
YouTube video by Standart
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January 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you, as I, long for Enlightenment art and industry in these troubled times, you may find this documentary soothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJe...
A wee bit of aesthetic joy acquired for $3 yesterday in Eagle Bridge, NY. Lawrence pattern (fortified) wine glass by New England Glass (intr. 1868). When I think of all the festivities in which it participated…!
January 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A wee bit of aesthetic joy acquired for $3 yesterday in Eagle Bridge, NY. Lawrence pattern (fortified) wine glass by New England Glass (intr. 1868). When I think of all the festivities in which it participated…!
This morning, I'm wondering if there are lessons to be learned from the hundreds of years old Netherlandish struggle to keep the elements at bay in this new world forever altered by climate change. Photo: Windmills at Kinderdijk that have long been part of the water management system.
January 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This morning, I'm wondering if there are lessons to be learned from the hundreds of years old Netherlandish struggle to keep the elements at bay in this new world forever altered by climate change. Photo: Windmills at Kinderdijk that have long been part of the water management system.
A corner in the Falkenlust stairwell, built for the heron-hunting mad Archbishop-Elector of Koln (Cologne). Heron hunting wasn't supposed to be lethal--one would capture the heron and put an iron ring around its leg.
January 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A corner in the Falkenlust stairwell, built for the heron-hunting mad Archbishop-Elector of Koln (Cologne). Heron hunting wasn't supposed to be lethal--one would capture the heron and put an iron ring around its leg.
The dining room of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
January 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The dining room of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
"Haunted House" (1930) by Morris Kantor [Art Institute of Chicago]
January 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Haunted House" (1930) by Morris Kantor [Art Institute of Chicago]