Granted the painting isn’t vintage but isn’t it glorious? The idea of such talent using a lovely old frame for a memento mori is brilliant. This is a particularly nice skull in a gold frame of Victorian era. halloween or day of the dead – a classic either way
Charms of the Chatelaine
August 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This has some spectacular enamel charms on it – quite a collector’s piece and a joy to find while searching today. I think this is a 1920’s item, long past the time of the Victorian Chatelaines and purely decorative of course – but what fabulous charms! click here for more details of this spectacular chatelaine
Try to figure out which puffy heart charm on this bracelet is the Walter Lampl
August 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I lust after so many of these hearts, but this hidden treasure is fun because you really have to search to be sure which is the marked Walter Lampl one. have fun! so many wonderful puffy heart charms on this bracelet, a treasure hunt for the lampl
Walter Lampl’s other brilliant charms
August 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This seller raises a valid point – Walter Lampl made MANY charms other than the lovely guilloche Flower of the Month charms for which he is presently best known. He held hundreds of charm patents, and I’d love to have a bracelet full of his gold mechanical charms. click on this link for the Walter […]
Ah the joys of a bracelet full of charms!
July 27, 2009 by 1 Comment
The first bracelet I got was from a dear friend – and when it arrived it turned out to be filled with charms engraved LIL – my mother’s name. The second full bracelet I bought to sell all but one charm – only to discover it was full of charms engraved KEN – my fathers […]
