Musings of a Metalsmith

[Musings of a Metalsmith]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Gauntlets belonging to Maximilian I of House Habsburg, ca. 1490 [1200x676]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/e7dv5u/gauntlets_belonging_to_maximilian_i_of_house/

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[cma-medieval-art]

Blood Reliquary, 1500, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Size: Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.); Diameter of base: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Average: 4.7 x 6 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Medium: gilt silver

https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.365.a

[Musings of a Metalsmith]

[amapolar]

A Victorian “poison ring” of 18k gold, with a central casket flanked by two ram’s heads (an occult symbol). The casket, which is enamelled in green and set with a large emerald, opens to reveal a sizeable inner chamber that would easily meet all your poison-storage needs.

[the-regeneratin-degenerate]

Can it hold a skittle?

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[steampunktendencies]

Staircase at the Musée national Gustave Moreau, Paris, France.

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[treasures-and-beauty]

Mokume teapot by James Binnion. Silver, copper, and brass.

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[organdivider]

currently losing my mind over the 3d printed piezoelectric violin

it looks like you can play some sick ass riff on it and then turn it around and hack off a man’s head

[louieferric]

https://youtu.be/1U4jjw4SOP4

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[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Brass Tibetan style Dung-Chen’s (Long Trumpets) decorated with Cloisonné enamel depicting floral motifs and dragons. Made as gifts to foreign officials, China, Ming dynasty. 1368 to 1644 AD. [2962x3722]

SWITCH TO FIREFOX AND ADD UBLOCK ORIGIN

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[met-musical-instruments]

Suzu, Musical Instruments

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Wood, metal

[Musings of a Metalsmith]

[Musings of a Metalsmith]

[beifongkendo]

Master Tea Maker, by Totoya Hokkei (ca. 1820).