14 août 2013

Isis. Orchid brooch/wrist cuff with tsavorite garnet, yellow sapphire, pink sapphire, and diamond by Paula Crevoshay. Photo by Chris Chavez Helios. Brooch/pendant with opal by Paula Crevoshay • Photo by Peter Hurst Photography Luna Moth. Brooch/pendant with chrysoprase, opal, moonstone, and diamond by Paula Crevoshay • Photo by Chris Chavez Midnight Seduction. Ladyslipper orchid pendant with sapphire, blue zircon, black diamond, coral, and abalone pearl by Paula Crevoshay • Photo by Chris Chavez Octavian. Brooch with... [Lire la suite]

Pendant, Venice, late 16th century. 3.3 inches. AF.2859. British Museum © The Trustees of the British Museum Pendant; gold; enamelled and jewelled; shaped, pierced plaque; Virgin(?) with chalice; quatrefoil pendant at base between two chains attached to pelican in her piety with jewelled wings and baroque pearl for breast; below: monster in coral attached by loops from which hang three quatrefoils with pearl at base of each. 

Mick Jagger by Bob Carlos Clarke. ©Estate of Bob Carlos Clarke LONDON.- An impressive selection of rarely seen celebrity portraits by renowned photographer Bob Carlos Clarke have been donated to the National Portrait Gallery collection by the Bob Carlos Clarke Foundation, it was announced today (Tuesday 13 August 2013).  The photographs, which were taken in various locations between 1971 and 1998, include portraits of high profile figures such as Marco Pierre White, who Carlos Clarke photographed in his studio following the... [Lire la suite]