Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Vagaries of The Weather over Time across Mount's Bay...

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I came across this small painting at the Tate Britain last year; it immediately caught my attention and drew me in. Without even looking ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Stamps of Time... Robert Nanteuil.

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While I was looking at the limited edition stamps at the post office, this leaflet and indeed the postage stamp itself caught my eye. As t...
Sunday, January 7, 2024

Helleborus Charm...

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The end of the holidays and therefore just beofore plunging back into the madness of the working day, what more fitting as an antidote to ...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

A Victorian Oriental Jewel... Leighton House

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I learnt of Leighton House due to the commissioned work there realised by the grand ceramacist, William de Morgan and vowed to visit thi...

All Things Bright and Beautiful... The Goldfinch.

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I recently came across two Renaissance altarpiece paintings representing the Virgin and the Child, the one above by a Florentine master in...

Art Nouveau Hair Adornment...

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This little sprig of Art Nouveau mistletoe that is beautifully intertwined around the carved horn of the hair comb above is not, as I had...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Sambourne; a Victorian House and Home...

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Although unable to remember how I actually first learnt of 18 Stafford Terrace , the mere description of a museum in a High Victorian home...
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