Antique St. Cecilia PostcardAntique souvenir postcard depicting Stefano Modernos sculpture of the incorrupt remains of St. Cecilia, a souvenir from Rome. Refer to photos for size and condition.

Presented as found in a wooden frame

and displayed in 1599 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrari

You’ll have to provide your own bulb (takes a small bulb that is nightlight sized) but as you can see

Beautiful Victorian paperweight featuring a child asleep on a cross

The mirror sits rather loosely in its setting

The interviews are highly entertaining: I especially loved reading Alice Neel’s dismissive remarks about diet culture & enthusiasm for caviar

Early 19th century cup & saucer with a rare & unusual classical scene crawling with critters & dramatic

measures about 22” long

souvenirs from the Bramber Museum

the Stonehenge piece makes the viewer aware of how humanity is dwarfed by the sublime power of nature: The scene depicts a violent thunderstorm where the shepherd has been struck dead by lightning

& would have been an inkwell

I like the choice of mat shape: It echoes the arch of the weeping branches