Saturday, March 24, 2012
RANDOM FAMOUS ORATIONS
A.M. Sullivan 1879 on the zulu war
i pay my tribute to the gallantry + herois of those british soldiers who fell beneath their flag. they served their queen and their colors well. but while i admire them, i more admire the men, savages tho they may be who fell with their feet on their native soil DEFENDING themselves against an invader. my morality is not cribbed, cabined, + confined by geographical lines. i mete out to the savage the same measure of justice which i extend to more civilized races. altho a man be a savage, we ought not to deny him the degree of praise which is due to his patriotism, aspraise is paid to caractacus + kosciusko. this zulu king stood within his own territories. he only did what queen elizabeth did in the case of the spanish armada when it threated english soil. he called his forces around hi, as she did hers, and said: "i will make the invader bite the dust." and he did so.
A.M. Sullivan 1879 on the zulu war
i pay my tribute to the gallantry + herois of those british soldiers who fell beneath their flag. they served their queen and their colors well. but while i admire them, i more admire the men, savages tho they may be who fell with their feet on their native soil DEFENDING themselves against an invader. my morality is not cribbed, cabined, + confined by geographical lines. i mete out to the savage the same measure of justice which i extend to more civilized races. altho a man be a savage, we ought not to deny him the degree of praise which is due to his patriotism, aspraise is paid to caractacus + kosciusko. this zulu king stood within his own territories. he only did what queen elizabeth did in the case of the spanish armada when it threated english soil. he called his forces around hi, as she did hers, and said: "i will make the invader bite the dust." and he did so.
RANDOM 341 OBJECTAntique ARTS & CRAFTS Quartered OAK FRAME w Applied GESSO FLOWERS, Best of Type -$51
Aesthetic Movement elements make this Arts & Crafts period frame even more exciting to those of us who enjoy observing the evolution of design. The offset opening and the applied vignette’s confinement in the lower left corner bring back images of Oscar Wilde and his band of merry men.
The piece is 10” by 12” with an oval opening of 3 ¾” by 5 ¼”.
PLEASE NOTE: The image I put in there is not an old one. It is a photograph of an old cabinet card. I just thought she looked great in the frame. I’ll show you what was in there when I discovered the piece.
Now that’s nice! I’ve never known what one should call this type frame. I’ve always called them those oak frames with gesso applications, but I’m sure they have a technical name. But do I care? Heck no. I just stumble on, hoping to make it through this life without doing any harm.
After all these years, likely around 90 to 100, there is but one minor loss of the gesso. If you look very closely you’ll see a small section of the ultra-thin flower stem has turned up missing. It is a non-issue. Go find another like this. Go find any of this type frame, and I’ll bet it’s not this nice.
That should give you an idea of the depth of the decoration.
Speaking of decoration; I made a real fool of myself this past weekend – trying to “decorate” myself up a little. I’ll tell you about it in a jiffy. I first must talk you into buying this frame, not that it’ll take much encouragement. It stands on its own.
Remember, that’s not an old photo. But she’s purty, ain’t she?
Those are the two cabinet photos that were in the frame when I discovered it. The slick haired guy was facing out. BY THE WAY: I left them in there for you. They’re behind the wild woman’s photo.
I may as well confess about how I made a fool of myself Saturday, but please understand, I had the best of intensions. I wanted to impress a little widow gal who works the register up at Pink’s Truck Stop – not for the reason you’re thinking. I just wanted to boost my self esteem a little.
As I’ve matured, my middle section has grown out over my belt, and it sags down covering my belt buckle. Well . . . have you heard of that underwear they call “S p a n x?” I’m sure you have. Seems like everyone is wearing them to pull in their bellies. I went to the store and bought two pair.
Since She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed had some sort of lunch to attend, I waited until she pulled out of the drive and went in the bedroom and put on a pair of my new
The drive went okay – no problems – but when I got there and stepped down out of the truck I noticed my feet were numb. I tried stomping the blacktop, which seemed to help, but then I looked up at the sky to see if it looked like rain or not. That’s when I got all swimmy-headed, my knees buckled, and the next thing I knew some kid was slapping my cheek asking, “Are you with us, Old Man?”
I didn’t go in. She can just wait a little longer to boost my ego. However, I did pull over at the first exit on the way home and took those things off. Whew! I thought I was a goner.
Don’t forget to bid on this fabulous frame. It’ll make me forget an old man’s tomfoolery.
SATURDAY INQUISITION BLOGGING
modern reconstruction of a french 19th c guillotine with some orig parts. (the head hole?)
RANDOM ARNE
NO! this is the moscow train station, but by the riga waiting area.
RANDOM 341 OBJECTS3 Antique MINIATURES Tin China & VERY RARE 2-piece Pewter CHAMBER CANDLESTICK -$16
All three pieces are quite early, but the chamber candle holder is rare as rare can be. I mean, the other two doodads are nice, but the little Civil War era candlestick is . . . well, it’s the only one I’ve ever heard tell of in my fifty-plus years of fooling around with antiques.
It has at least two generations of dust accumulation. The only reason I didn’t clean it up is because I wanted you to see it as I discovered it in the wild.
Friday, March 23, 2012
RANDOM 341 OBJECTSRARE Estate Find, COLLECTION of 4 ANTIQUE MINIATURE Pottery STONEWARE JUGS -$61
Occasionally, over the last half century of monkeying around with antique stuff I’ve discovered one good Civil War era miniature in an estate, but never this many at once. They descended through a family instrumental in the construction of the Madison, Indiana railroad incline, but they are originally from Pennsylvania. Along with these four pieces I found threenon-pottery miniatures, which will also blow you away, but I’ll list them next.
The first thing I noticed other than the superior glazes was that the little grouping includes a pair of matching batter jugs or pitchers. That’s exciting.
I think someone at the kiln tried to level out the disk jug, but they weren’t successful. However, to me, that simply adds to the country charm of the collection.
If for any reason whatsoever you aren’t totally thrilled, just send them back for a full refund, including the cost of return shipping (US only). I’ll keep them until they drag me off this little dirt farm feet first.
