A Fabergé Locket
It’s hard taking a photograph of a small object. Your focus has to be just right, the camera can’t move and lighting is always a concern. Put it behind a…
Read MoreIt’s hard taking a photograph of a small object. Your focus has to be just right, the camera can’t move and lighting is always a concern. Put it behind a…
Read MoreJust in time for Easter, I thought today’s image and the next several days might be appropriate for this week. Until the end of this year, the Houston Museum of…
Read MorePart of the draw of visiting a great museum is the attention to detail and the little things that make the exhibits stand out or look so special. It might…
Read MorePart of the McFerrin Fabergé Collection, this presentation box is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science this year. Given in 1902 by Tsar Nichlas II to Leon Bourgeois, a French politican…
Read MoreHappy Easter. This is my last egg for this Easter series. The Kelch Rocaille Egg by Fabergé is made of varicolored gold, platinum, rose cut diamonds, translucent green enamel and silk…
Read MoreThe Diamond Trellis Egg is carved from pale green jadeite and is enclosed in a lattice of rose-cut diamonds with gold mounts. Made in 1892, this Egg originally had a…
Read MoreNot to be confused with the famous Peacock Egg ( it had a miniature peacock inside that you could wind up and it would spread it’s feathers) this Fabergé Egg…
Read MoreI always enjoy visiting a museum, but science museums are my favorite. We are fortunate that Houston has a great one with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Located in…
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