The Costume Museum of Nuoro in Sardinia has an amazing collection of historic jewelry and traditional religious objects on display, among a huge collection of ethnographic artifacts.… Read More personal ornaments, amulets, + objects of devotion from the costume museum of nuoro, sardinia
The last functioning goldsmith atelier left on the Ponte Vecchio.… Read More inside fratelli piccini – the last goldsmith on the ponte vecchio
Silver (Ag), argentum in Latin, is a mineral that has been known to have natural antibiotic and antibacterial properties. It has been used historically for thousands of years by ancient civilizations to disinfect and treat diseases. It also helps to preserve foods and liquids from contamination. The ancient Greeks and Romans stored perishables in silver vessels.… Read More blue bloods and colloidal silver
Silver is a natural antimicrobial, antifungal, and antibacterial metal that also contains anti-inflammatory agents. In the case of the nipple shields, it heals and prevents cuts, wounds, cracks, soreness, and infections. … Read More metallic nipple shields
My favorite items in the museum are the small, personal, intimate objects archived with information about many children who were brought to the hospital in the 1800s to be cared for as orphans.… Read More identification marks + foundlings’ fate
“In alchemy, lead needs the lowest grade for it transformation in gold. It is both a cold and heavy metal linked to Saturn and melancholia, and a more spiritual metal due to its silver components.” – Anselm Kiefer… Read More alfabeti sommersi: anselm kiefer, lead books + the florence flood
