Silver bird

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While preparing our place for a shoot awhile ago, had remarked, in all seriousness, that the pièce de résistance would be a white peacock, just as in Ryan Korban‘s New York apartment. [Often mistakenly referred to as an albino peacock, it is actually a white peacock, and a genetic variant of the Indian Blue Peafowl.] Either way, it is elegant and exotic, dramatic and undeniably beautiful . . . {p.s.} did you know that, just as snakes shed their skins, […]

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NightLovell
Bird Date: ca. 1580 Culture: German, Nuremberg Medium: Rock crystal, silver gilt and ruby Dimensions: H. (with base) 12-1/8 in. (30.8 cm) Classification: Natural Substances-Rock Crystal Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Accession Number: 17.190.534a, b Vintage Perfume Bottles, Rococo, Art Ancien, Gorgeous Glass, Vintage Perfume, Objet D'art, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Rock Crystal, Schmuck Design

The coveted qualities of both natural wonder (naturalia) and fine craftsmanship (artificialia) are embodied in this hollow vessel. In the 1500s, rock crystal was priced at its weight in gold. The material’s extreme hardness allows it to be worked—cut, carved, or drilled—without shattering, while at its finest, as here, it is luminous and transparent

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JACKIE BUISMAN

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