Bunch Of Violets Brooch By Leito & Irmo, 1940s

Bunch of violets brooch by Leitão & Irmão, 1940s

19.2kt yellow gold and platinum, enamel and diamonds. Leitão & Irmão are the Portuguese crown jeweller.

Convento Casa Raina do Mundo (1961-63) in Gouveia, Portugal, by Ernst van Dorp

A jewel box of a book ✨ This 19th century French sales sample book contains very thin metal ornaments, made of foil over card. These would have been used like fancy sequins, and adorned everything from cards to clothes! They’re sometimes called Dresdens after the town in Germany where many were made. I know I say this a lot, but this book really floored me 🤩 Part of col. 838 in the Winterthur Library 📚

Hanky Panky (1980) by Patrick Angus (1953-1992). The American realist artist produced keenly observed and compassionate depictions of the 1980s gay demimonde. His work captures, with sympathy, understanding, and wit, the longing and loneliness of many urban gay men of the era.