26 April 2019

Enlightment Gallery, British Museum

Some things that caught the camera's eye, amid the cabinets of curiosities collected by the gentlemen of the 18th century  -
Exotic feathers

... and the rest of the bird

Pearls in the shell

Terrets are a bit of horse harness - the reins pass through them.
These date to the Iron Age, 8th-1st century

A Chinese bowl with amusing animals

A pot in the shape of a chinese book - the spine is on the right,
and the "pages" curve round to meet on the left

Roman glass with a lovely patina 

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