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Travelling toilet set in gilded silver, Augsburg, 1756
Travelling toilet set, 1756, Augsburg. The German masters of the eighteenth century still remained leaders in the production of gilded silver
NB! · Art · Museums · Ethnography · Humour
Eighteenth-century men's waistcoat with embroidered monkeys gathering fruit on the pocket
An eighteenth-century man's waistcoat, with monkeys gathering fruit embroidered on the pocket. And you talk of Gucci!
NB! · The East · Art · Museums · Mores
When you hear talk of sultan's tea, remember this gold set from the Ottoman Empire
Books · Moscow · Museums
V. Dal Museum of the History of Russian Literature seeks a manager for its bookshop
The Editorial and Publishing Department of the V. Dal Museum of the History of Russian Literature seeks a manager. Duties: working in the museum bookshop "Ostroukhov": advising customers, arranging books on the shelves, handling primary accounting documents. Days off: Monday and Tuesday. Experience is not required. What matters
Coming Up · London · Museums · Observations · New York · People
Jeremy Bentham's mummified body to leave London for New York for the first time in 186 years
Speaking of remains, do you remember my writing about my favourite philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, whose mummified body and head are on display at University College London? Well, for the first time in 186 years the philosopher's body will leave London and travel to the USA, where it will
Archaeology · Museums · Observations · Heritage
I was told some interesting details of this story
I was told some interesting details of this story. The burial was discovered by chance. As my interlocutor put it, “they barbarously melted the ice lens with boiling water, damaging it considerably, and then hauled the unmelted remainder off to Novosibirsk on a hastily summoned helicopter. After the reconstruction, paid
NB! · Moscow · Museums · Ethnography · Humour
The clothing of Alaska's indigenous peoples, made from fox, bear and reindeer skins, or the typical attire of Muscovites in the coming days
NB! · Faith · Art · Museums
Giovanni di Paolo painted the beheading of John the Baptist in a cycle of 12 panels
The Imprisonment of John the Baptist, His Execution and the Presentation of the Saint's Head to King Herod. Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-1460. The whole life of the Baptist is depicted on 12 panels
Museums · Society · Saint Petersburg · Humour
Putin: Come to Mikhail Borisovich [Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage] with a rifle, and he still won't hand over certain things
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NB! · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Paris
A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, recreated for the first time as full-size models and on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef
A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, has been recreated for the first time as full-size models and is on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef. The blue stone is called the Hope
NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Museums · Mores