by Lisa Moore | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Mourning Jewellery Above: Victorian banded agate & diamond heart shaped pendant c.1859. The 20th century Irish born artist Francis Bacon had a very simple view of mortality; “You live, you die. That’s it,” This may be seen as a very bleak view of one of life’s...
by Lisa Moore | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Opals: Australia’s ‘Rainbow’ Gems Above: European opal, carved as a cameo, attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt, c. 1880. ?? cm. Photograph courtesy of the author. I recently acquired a striking opal cameo set in silver as a ring. Depicting Nike, the goddess of Victory in...
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