AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...
Q: You composed, scored and performed all the music in the series yourself. Was that always the intention? A: Yes, definitely. I composed and performed the music for the BBC THREE rock opera AD/BC ...
I can't be in love if it's plastic to live on my own just seems tragic but we'll raise our swords high when our day comes you thought it was gold but it was bronze so ...
Staffordshire potters in 19th-century England liked to depict humorous people in everyday activities. The figurines were the only way to see what a brave lion tamer or important political figure ...
Before diving into the highly bizarre 2006 BBC Three sketch-comedy series Snuff Box, it may help to check out the DVD set’s “Taking Control Of Your Body” featurette, in which an eclectic array of ...
A Russian imperial snuff box that the family of a Bulgarian minister claims was stolen from the diplomat's son during the Allies' bombing of Europe. Christie's The family of a late Bulgarian minister ...
What’s your personality like? Long before BuzzFeed or the Myers-Briggs personality test, there was phrenology—a pseudoscience that used the lumps and bumps of human skulls to tease out the secrets of ...
The term used most often to describe cult British sketch show Snuff Box is dark. Very, very dark. That’s about right for a surreal comedy set in a social club for professional hangmen. The Guardian ...
When Benjamin Franklin left Paris in 1785 after several years representing American interests in France, Louis XVI gave him a gorgeous parting gift. It was a portrait of King Louis, surrounded by 408 ...
The showstopper at the Sotheby’s watch auction in New York on Thursday wasn’t a timepiece at all, but a pair of singing bird snuff boxes—two intricately decorated gold cases from the 1800s containing ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This music box was likely made by ...
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