Porcelain trade token (Worcester, c1768-82), at Bonhams, London (est. £1,000-1,500) #c18 #c18th #18thc
Did you know you can now post up to 10 pictures on Bluesky? Trying it out with this series of astronomical bodies by Donato Creti, painted in 1711 for the Bolognese count Luigi Marsili, who commissioned them to convince Pope Clement XI to build an astronomical observatory. Now in the Vatican Museums
neil guthrie
Jesse Locker
Dish in Kakiemon style (Chantilly, c1740). Outbid on this yesterday (ON MY BIRTHDAY - the nerve!) but the price ended up getting silly at 12 x the high end of the estimate #c18 #c18th #18thc
neil guthrie
It's International Archives Day! Our own archives include collections of historical manuscripts which date from the 10th century onwards. They contain Books of Hours, wardrobe and household accounts, chronicles, inventories, deeds, pedigrees, armorials, devotional books, treatise, and much more!
From the archives of All Things Georgian, '18th century stationery trade cards' - wp.me/p3JTNy-6YJ #mondayblogs
Pair of Sheffield plate wine coolers by Matthew Boulton (c1810), recently sold (alas, not to me - but perhaps one of you is sending them to me for my birthday?) by Nelson & Nelson, NYC. (Long) #c18 #c18th #18thc
Born #OTD in 1688, James Francis Edward, who in 1701 succeeded his father, King James II and VII, as (de jure) King James III and VIII #Jacobite #c18 #c18th #18thc
