Treasures from distant shores.
Time is passing.
The stars have aligned.
With a wing lift, migration begins.
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September 2011
09/29/2011
09/26/2011
On Your Mark...Get Set...Go!
Gentleman that he is, and generous of heart, the Traveller has suggested a giveaway, and you are invited!
As you already know, two of the Traveller's drawers remain empty. There is a third, smaller drawer, at the very bottom of the cabinet. It is 21" deep and 12" wide, and is divided into two sections. Starting with the highest empty drawer, and working our way down, we will call these Drawer #1, Drawer #2, and Drawer #3.
There is something hidden in each one. Something worn and wonderful. Something chosen with you in mind.
Here's what you have to do:
- leave a comment or send an email
- choose a drawer
- tell what you hope hope hope is inside
- bonus points for telling why
One dear reader will be chosen next week.
On your mark...Get set...Go!
09/25/2011
Wonder
A moment of stillness.
09/23/2011
All The Better To Eat You With, My Dear
Oh, this fascination with teeth....
Custom shadow box: vintage French script, vintage dentures, antique medicine vials, glass Pear-Mint Dental Tape vial, Dangerous Blasting Caps tin.
09/22/2011
Traveller {update}
The Traveller is making himself comfortable. His generous arms hold many wonderful things with great care.
He has 11 drawers that measure 21" x 28" on the inside and hold the following:
- antique ledgers and ledger pages
- 18th and 19th century handwritten French papers
- handwritten French invoices, drafts and business papers
- mixed vintage French ephemera (newspapers, calendars, serial magazines, blotters)
- vintage music books and antique handwritten music (French and German)
- folio books of early engravings and illustrations
- vintage maps and guide books
- vintage marine charts
At some point the Traveller's drawers were double faced so there are now half as many that are twice as deep. A long-forgotten custodian was careful to preserve his maps, which line both sides of the drawer bases. Most are from the Rand McNally New Commercial Atlas, dating from 1904.
They are faded and stained and pockmarked with pin holes along the rail lines. Utterly delicious.
Two of the Traveller's drawers remain empty.
Waiting.
Just waiting.
09/21/2011
09/20/2011
Anatomica
Antique medical specimen of a child's skull. Baby teeth in residence. Opportunistic adult teeth waiting to shove those wee ones out of the nest.
Photo by Stefan Schäfer
09/18/2011
Nefarious Activities
It is illegal to sell human teeth through ebay.
Would this be because...
- the brocanteuse may have removed the teeth from their owner without permission?
- the teeth may be harbouring some traces of the bubonic plague leftover from the 14th century?
- the discovery of a source of teeth for use in creative pursuits would bring on fits of delirium and giddiness?
- or....?
In any case, it is illegal to sell human teeth through ebay.
Thank goodness, then, for the brocante.
Where human teeth can still be found, at a price.
These specimens are very heavy, hardly surprising given the high metal content.
What would you do with such treasures?
09/17/2011
Miss Dorothy Grace's School For Girls
Sophie spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about hedgehogs.
Even Miss Dorothy Grace had never seen Genevieve without her face on.
Francoise felt beguiling on Thursdays.
Spider legs gave Analise those extra come-hither eye lashes.
Even from a very young age, Eugenie needed her morning coffee.
All Claudette really wanted was her own tartan lunch kit.
Ever since her brother told Uncle Delbert he had two chins like a pirate, Martine had dreamed of sailing the seven seas.
09/15/2011
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