Pair of 4-5thC red/purple leather shoes w/ gold leaf, from Egypt: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/evivaRNEEk
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A turquoise 'Raqqa ware' jar, made in L12th-E13thC Syria: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451360 … & https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jar_Met_56.185.15.jpg …pic.twitter.com/uPyzAMTuMA
Detail of the Sigurd portal from the demolished L12/E13thC stave church at Hylestad, Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylestad_stave_church …pic.twitter.com/WDeBOfX495
A Roman emerald green glass boat, 1stC AD, found Pompeii: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1162831001&objectId=466289&partId=1 … & http://blog.oup.com/2013/08/pompeii-herculaneum-roman-ruins-slideshow/ …pic.twitter.com/afeeYRGaYv
Several theories as to function of Roman glass boats, incl that were women's urinals! See http://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats …pic.twitter.com/E1ZZeABc6V
Three Roman glass double jars designed to hold fragrant oils, from Syria, Gloucester and Palestine; now in the Ashmolean Museum.pic.twitter.com/yoCE94cqjD
Gloucester hardly seems to fit in with Syria & Palestine.
Nonetheless, that's where the middle one was found! :)
Love the iridescence of the glass
Yes! A wonderful accident of time and chemistry! :)
now THAT'S the way to apply eyeliner
any remains of pigment inside?
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