The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
French Ceremonial Dagger
- Dated: circa 1860’s – 1870’s
- Measurements: approx. 8-3/8” long with a 5” double edged dagger blade and a 2-7/8”
Blade shows four pierced fullers with decorative designs. Blade flats show scroll engraving. It has a raised ricasso that hows engraved knight on both sides. The hilt features a one piece cast silver-plated figural pattern with integral crossguard and depicts a winged cherub and animal motif.
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ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of an unidentified private presenting two fingers of tobacco and preparing to indulge in a chew]
via Cowan’s Auctions](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t7yer1EG1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of an unidentified private presenting two fingers of tobacco and preparing to indulge in a chew]
via Cowan’s Auctions
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ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a beautiful young woman wearing gold jewelry with applied gilding and black lace gloves]
via Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcm1lfAY2k1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a beautiful young woman wearing gold jewelry with applied gilding and black lace gloves]
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” Clipper Ship Trade Cards “ … Advertising [Circa 1850’s - 1860’s]
Famed samurai Yamaoka Tessyu, ca. 1860s.
