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The Fashion of Antique Cigarette Cases

July 11, 2013 Alisha Alter Silver, Antiques, Art History, Boxes, General Antique Store, Iris Rosenthal, Lev Tov Antiques, Objects of Art, Rosalie Clauson Antiques, Samuel Saidan & Sons, The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center, Vintage Comments Off

Enamel on Silver Cigarette Case, Continental, 1890. Dimensions: 3″ x 4″ Lev Tov Antiques. There’s a reason several of James Bond’s gadgets come disguised as cigarette cases; like Bond’s tools, cigarette cases are never just utilitarian–they’re objects of fashion. Cigarette cases have always been stylish personal accessories, and due to the renewed interest in tobacciana […]

The Glass Revolution of Ancient Rome

June 28, 2013 Alisha Antiquities, Art History, Glass, Palmyra Heritage, The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Comments Off

Roman glass jar, globular bowl, Israel, circa 2nd century AD, Palmyra Heritage. “You will excuse me for what I am about to say: I prefer glass vessels. Certainly, they don’t smell and, if they weren’t so fragile, I would prefer them to gold. These days, however, they are cheap,” a wealthy character tells his guests […]

June Weddings & Bridal Ornaments

June 17, 2013 Alisha Antiques, Art History, Brooch, Jewelry, Melody Rodgers, Rosalie Clauson Antiques, Silver, The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center Comments Off

Tiffany & Co bride basket and liner, sterling silver, American, circa 1920, Rosalie Clauson Gallery. Still the most popular month in which to get married, June weddings date back to the Roman Empire. Romans planned their weddings to coincide with the festival of Juno, wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage, celebrated on June 1. […]

The Look of a Lover's Eye

February 14, 2013 Alisha Antiques, Art History, Brooch, Jewelry, Leah Gordon Gallery, Portrait Miniatures Comments Off

This Valentine’s Day, we take a closer look at the ardent history of the lover’s eye brooch, featured in our post on Romantic Antiques through the ages. In 1784, at the tender age of 22, the future King of England fell passionately in love with a commoner–a twice-widowed Catholic commoner, six years his senior. George, […]

"Another Mona Lisa" Unveiled

September 27, 2012 Alisha Art, Art History, Art News, Exhibitions Comments Off

Today in Geneva, the Mona Lisa Foundation unveils a younger Mona Lisa whose smile is distinctly happier and less enigmatic than the one the world knows so well. The Swiss consortium that owns the work theorizes the Isleworth Mona Lisa, above, is Leonardo da Vinci’s first attempt at the most famous portrait painted while the […]

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