Well, I haven’t been posting so much lately that you’d notice, perhaps, but I’ll be away for an extended visit in India over the next weeks….So Happy New Year! I hope that 2013 is magical for you. These beautiful antique prints come from a friend of a friend’s website… http://www.omfromindia.com/
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How I’d love to find a dusty old 19th century pocket nutmeg grinder in some antique shop. After silverware was introduced in England’s taverns and inns in the 17th century, these precious—and deadly—items were quickly removed again. The cost was too dear; either the utensils were stolen or they could be used for violence. A 1695 [...]
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I’m planning out a garden and thinking about blooms—and botanical hunters—today. It used to be in centuries past that sailing captains, missionaries and professional botanists made it their business to hunt all over China for new flower to export to Europe , facing serious danger in the form of strange diseases and hostile locals all …
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