Gold & Silver marvels
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Don´t fall into a black hole in this terrible times.
Gold and silver eye with wings
It is a Goldsmith's work from 1985.
Brought home from Kilkenny, Ireland.
I fell in love with this ring at the moment I saw it in the window of that goldsmith in Kilkenny. I have had it for 10 years now, often wearing it which you can see in the traces on the silver. But the little golden globules at each end of the open double ring have never lost their colour or their shine.
HMM and precious moments today to all participants. 💖
to cheer you on these dark, gloomy days in what should be the lovely Spring month of April. Saw these beautiful white, yellow and orange irises outside a local florists shop. I loved them - plus, they were reduced in price ! Bought them for a little spring sunshine - hope they cheer you too, if you're feeling as dark and dismal as the weather !
Chinese proverb: "A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."
~ Taken with the macro setting on my Olympus E-PL1 camera and edited in Topaz Studio ~
Thank you my friends for every view, fave, comment - or just for looking. May your life be filled with sunshine if you need it now. Had a bit of fun with the tags so they might make you smile !
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. ~ Zig Ziglar
Two British India silver rupees - a Queen Victoria one from 1862 and her son, Edward VII from 1904. They are 91.7% silver.
For « Looking close… on Friday ! ».
Theme : Gold and silver.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Detail of a trephine. A knife of sorts used by the Inca of Peru for creating holes in the skull for various medical and religious reasons. This one was a souvenir from the 1984 worlds fair in New Orleans. The gold plated object was from the Peruvian booth. The sparks were created with a Dremel tool which could also be used as a trephine in a pinch,
This small angel trailer of a necklace is only 6 mm high ... so I used extension tubes together with the Nikkor 2.8/105 Macro lens.
For Looking Close…on Friday, a gold and silver cuff bracelet, with watch, wedding band, Black Hills Gold ring, and a gold leaf. The leaf is a poinsettia leaf that was treated with gold glitter. There is also a dress with gold and silver threads.
“Jewellery is a very personal thing… it should tell a story about the person who’s wearing it.” – Garance Doré (French photographer, illustrator, author and fashion blogger).
Most of us are attracted to certain pieces of jewellery because of their aesthetic, and I am no different, however sometimes the jewellery has additional appeal because of its historical context or family connection, or sometimes the piece holds a secret quirk. In this photograph we have a homemade lucky silver sixpence brooch made up with a George VI sixpence and two thruppences from 1943. Whilst I don’t know the origins of this brooch, other than it came from a car boot sale in the late 1980s, I do know that a silver sixpence represents luck and prosperity in marriage. It was not uncommon for a bride during the Great Depression or the Second World War, when jewellery was a scarce luxury, to wear a lucky silver sixpence brooch made from coins of the day. I could imagine a war bride wearing this brooch and wishing for good luck, perhaps not only in her marriage, but in life as she and her new husband navigated the perils of a world at war. The second piece is an eighteen-carat yellow gold Victorian mourning brooch. Delicate and ornate, it has a central cartouche featuring a single small diamond. Besides its pleasing aesthetic, what is interesting about this brooch is that the central cartouche may be lifted and removed, revealing a small compartment where a small lock of a loved one’s hair may be kept: a secret known only to the wearer.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 24th of November is "gold and silver (colour)", and what better way to create an image for the this theme than with two pieces of jewellery: a gold Victorian mourning brooch and a lucky silver sixpence brooch. I hope you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile!
Last year I found these lovely very small dragonfly earrings. In post double exposure. Take care and HMM:)
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How I longed to own this lighter during those few years that I smoked. Now, having inherited it some fifty years on, I still appreciate its feel and the fine engineering but, if only I had a use for it!
The flowering Melaleuca and Gums with white beauty. Emerging out of the shadows under the tree. The birds love trying to get the nectar from these trees. For my 100x project