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Vintage Pewter Silver Metal Koi Fish Napkin Serviette Ring Holders || SWtradepost - ebay
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Jugendstil Pewter Bowl with a Snail Pattern in High Relief. Manufactured ca. 1899–1909 by the Osiris metalware factory in Nuremburg, Germany. Photography by Freia Beer / Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Digitaltmuseum id number: NK5184.
(Source: digitaltmuseum.org)
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he Old Fashioned Whisky Tumbler by Cosi Tabellini is handmade in Italy and probably the best known whiskey glass. Could be a good companion for this summer and beyond.
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SELANGER PEWTER Salt and Pepper Shakers and Mustard Chilli Bowl Set Vintage SET // swtradepost-shop-ebay
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Touhou Project theory: the Scarlet Devil Mansion's heavy metal poisoning
something an intro idk how to do this
WARNING! LONG POST AHEAD!
Potential sources of heavy metal toxins
If we look inside the mansion there's a lot of red carpet. One pigment for red is vermilion, which which is derived from the mercury mineral cinnabar which is highly toxic. Vermilion was a highly valued and prestigious dye historically, befitting of an aristocrat's mansion. Another detail is in one of these screenshots the carpet is a rather dark red, and while many red pigments slowly turn pink as they fade vermilion actually darkens and turns brown (similar to blood), which you can see in the painting below. This could be a lighting effect, though.
Another possible pigment is minium, which is derived from lead and is also toxic.
We also see a fair amount of white in the mansion, on the table cloth in the above image and many of the residents' clothing such as Sakuya's apron and Flandre's mob cap. One historical pigment for white is lead white, which is also derived from lead. Lead white was also used in cosmetics to whiten skin, for another potential source of poisoning.
Another potential source is lead from pewter. Given Remilia's weakness to silver she is not likely to use sterling silver for metal objects such as tableware and tea sets. Pewter, a broad term for various tin alloys, is a popular alternative she might use. However, many older pewter alloys contained large amounts of lead as its toxicity was not understood. For a long time lead was actually used in toys since it was cheap and not understood.
There's also a possibility of toxins leaching into food or drink through glass or the enamel of pottery. Lead-crystal glass slowing leaches lead into drink and if Remilia happened to buy any Uranium glass, which became popular during the mid 19th century, and peaked between 1880 to 1920, that would leach uranium. If any pottery uses toxic materials in the enamel that is another source of poisoning.
Potential victims
Sakuya Izayoi and Patchouli Knowledge are the two most human residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Both display symptoms of heavy metal poisoning.
Patchouli is stated to have anemia and weak muscles. Both of these can occur from lead poisoning, though anemia typically takes a very large dose.
Sakuya Izayoi is described as "spacey", which is defined by the Merriam-webster dictionary as a synonym of spaced-out which means "dazed or stupefied by or as if by a narcotic substance,". Given how both mercury and lead mostly affect the nervous system, and both can cause memory impairment, tremors and incoordination, it makes sense that someone suffering from heavy metal poisoning might be compared to someone who is drunk or high.
For more definitive proof that Sakuya has mental difficulties, we should look at the fact that Sakuya does not know what oxygen is. While one might assume that this is just because she lives isolated from the modern world, Oxygen was first isolated before 1604 by Michael Sendivogius, and given a name and recognized as an element in 1777. Oxygen could be an important discovery for her position considering its role in food preservation. Sakuya has had over two centuries to learn that oxygen exists. Keep in mind that she lives with Patchouli Knowledge, a professional scholar, who may have been residing in the mansion for nearly a century. This could suggest serious memory and learning issues, symptoms of both lead and mercury poisoning.
While Sakuya does not display the the delayed reactions or loss of coordination associated with lead and mercury poisoning, her powers over time may prevent this. If she trips and drops something, which might normally cause someone to notice her decreasing coordination, she can just stop time and undo it.
Another interesting, though flawed, possibility is that the fairy maids have heavy metal poisoning as well. The fairy maids are stated numerous times to be bad at their jobs, spending most of their work hours only able to maintain themselves, but were still hired by Sakuya and continue to be employed by Remilia. With symptoms of anemia, weakness, memory loss, pain, lack of coordination and more it's easy to see how lead and/or mercury poisoning could make a maid bad at their job. Fairies in Touhou Project are often compared to children who are especially susceptible to lead poisoning. The fairy maids would probably slowly improve at their jobs since first being hired, and plateau and slowly decrease as increasing heavy metal levels in their blood poison them and affect their work. Perhaps Remilia and Sakuya see this happen with all the maids and assume it's just how maids or fairies work.
While one might object and that youkai would not be affected by human medical conditions like lead or mercury poisoning, there is a tiny bit of precedent for this. There's an exchange in Touhou 19 where Sanae recommends that Mamizou stop smoking so much: "I don't suppose that smoking too much is good for you. Nor is drinking." This, if admittedly stretched, suggests that certain things that are unhealthy for humans may be unhealthy for certain youkai and similar beings as well. Youkai are also affected by alcohol as well and get drunk. While this might be because of the idea that drinking makes you drunk, is it possible that if knowledge of lead and mercury poisoning spread to the humans of Gensokyo, and they started believing that lead makes you sick, that belief might cause certain youkai and related beings to get sick as well?
Problems with this theory
Neither Patchouli nor Sakuya show certain physical symptoms of mercury poisoning: Skin discolouration (usually reddening), hair loss, or peeling of the skin. Let's compare some artwork from Touhou 6:
As we can see, Reimu has the reddest cheeks which is inconsistent with Sakuya and Patchouli having mercury poisoning. However, an interesting connection is that Reimu wears mostly red, and considering it is traditional to paint the Torii gates of shrines vermilion to ward off evil, it is actually more possible than I initially thought that she could have mercury poisoning as well.
Some might object that Patchouli Knowledge, being a youkai mage, might be immune to toxins. Considering how wizards are stated to often have weak bodies due to interaction with dangerous substances, I find this unlikely. One might argue something similar for Sakuya because of her time manipulation, but we only see her use time manipulation consciously, so we aren't sure. The main question would be whether the process that slows her aging also negates most of her bodily functions, so I guess this would depend on whether we see her eat and breath, and since she gets tired from hypoxia in Touhou 18 she must be breathing and is probably susceptible to poison as well.
The main problems I can think with this theory of are with the fairy maids having heavy metal poisoning as well, which was not the main subject. It's been explained that Remilia goes for quantity over quality for her staff, and Sakuya presumably hires anyone with the most basic of skills. However, it could be possible that Remilia goes for quantity over quality because they all end up low quality due to their poisoning. Given that fairies are used to playing and pulling pranks they are probably unsuited to hard work. The reasoning that they might still be affected by poison is rather weak since much of it relies on a single remark from Sanae, who might be wrong. I still found it interesting to consider.
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Treen (literally "of a tree") is a generic name for small handmade functional household objects made of wood. Treen is distinct from furniture, such as chairs, and cabinetry, as well as clocks and cupboards.[1][2] Before the late 17th century, when silver, pewter, and ceramics were introduced for tableware, most small household items, boxes and tableware were carved from wood. Today, treen is highly collectable for its patina and tactile appeal.[3]
Anything from wooden plates and bowls,[4]snuff boxes and needle cases, spoons and stay busks to shoehorns and chopping boards can be classed as treen.[3] Domestic and agricultural wooden tools are also usually classed with treen.
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Homebrew Magic Item: The Troublesome Teapot
A completely random sentient homebrew Magic Item inspired entirely by the belligerent sugar bowl from the Higitus Figitus scene in Sword in the Stone.
As you look around, you hear muffled cursing and the strange sound of rattling crockery. Your attention is drawn to a small wooden box, the sort used in fancy houses to store cruet sets and other tableware. The box is rattling quite violently. A piece of parchment has been glued crookedly to the ornate lid of the box. On this parchment, in scrawled, nearly illegible writing, is the following note:
“The Troublesome Teapot. Or, no. It’s not actually a teapot, it’s a sugar bowl. Just. Alliteration, you know? You give these sorts of things fancy names, don’t you? And sugar bowl or teapot, whatever else it might be, it’s troublesome. I may have, perhaps, had a slight incident with the Animate Objects spell and a surge of wild magic? That’s neither here nor there. The point is, the very foul-mouthed thing you can hear in this box is what I’m calling the Troublesome Teapot. Or the Troublesome Sugar Bowl, if you’ve absolutely got to be accurate about it. It’s … I’m sure there’s got to be someone it’ll get on with? Maybe that’s you! I mean, not at first, it doesn’t get on with anything at first, but you could be the person it warms up to? After a small, absolutely TINY bit of injury and mayhem. Miniscule. I’m sure you can handle it. Or someone can handle it. Just. Well. I didn’t want to destroy it? I mean, it’s an angry, hitty little thing that’s likely of no use to anyone, but …
Well. It just felt wrong. It’s hardly its fault my magic did what my magic always does. And look, if you do hold on to it and just … let it hit you for a bit, it will at least not hit you any more? And if you keep it with you, it sometimes does hit things that are mean to you. Although, most often, just whatever’s biggest around you. Which can be useful! Sometimes. On occasion.
Regardless. If you don’t want to chance it, please leave it alone? Don’t destroy it. There will eventually be someone who’ll be the companion it deserves. Or at least, that’s the hope I’m holding on to. There’s someone out there for everyone, right? Even horrible little sugar bowls who like to hit things. Well. That’s the hope, at least. And … thank you.”
THE TROUBLESOME TEAPOT (/SUGAR BOWL)
Wonderous Item (Construct), requires attunement
The Troublesome Teapot is a squat, rather ugly little blue ceramic sugar bowl, with four stubby legs, two stubby little handles/arms, a badly chipped lid, and a rather indestructible pewter teaspoon that it is violently attached to. You can attune to the Troublesome Teapot by successfully holding onto with both hands for 1 minute while it attempts to attack you. During this time the Teapot will make 10 attempted attacks on you (+8 to hit, dealing 1 bludgeoning damage on a hit). If you successfully endure all 10 without letting go of the Teapot, you have successfully attuned to it, and the Teapot will stay grumbling but acquiescent in its box until you summon it.
While attuned to the Troublesome Teapot, you can use a bonus action on your turn to summon it to your side. If initiative has not yet been rolled, the Teapot immediately makes a surprise attack on one target of its choice from among the creatures within 50ft of it, and will keep attacking that target if allowed to do so. If initiative has been rolled, roll initiative for the Teapot, and place it in the initiative order accordingly. You can use a bonus action to return the Teapot to its box at any time.
While the Teapot is active, it acts on its own turn and initiative. The Teapot does not obey your commands. Instead, it always moves to attack the strongest, most intimidating or otherwise most attractive target to fight in its vicinity. The Teapot is a tiny construct, with an AC of 18, 20 hit points, a Strength of 4 and a Dexterity of 18. It has a walking speed of 50ft.
On its turn, the Teapot can move up to its speed and use an action to make one melee attack on a creature with its spoon. It has a +8 to hit and deals 1d4 + your main ability modifier in bludgeoning damage. The Teapot can use a bonus action on its turn to take the Dash, Disengage or Dodge actions.
If the Teapot is reduced to 0 hit points, it becomes inert and must either be repaired using the mending cantrip or by spending an hour of downtime activity and 5gp to painstakingly glue it back together. After being repaired, the Teapot must be allowed a full long rest of 8 hours in its box before it can be summoned again.
Sentience. The Troublesome Teapot is a sentient, chaotic neutral construct with an Intelligence of 10, a Wisdom of 14 and a Charisma of 6. It speaks and understands Common, and has blindsense and hearing to a range of 50ft.
Personality. The Troublesome Teapot is incredibly belligerent, foul-mouthed, and inclined to insult anything and everything in its vicinity. If allowed freedom to act, it will invariably attack whatever creature in its vicinity looks like it would be the best in a fight, spouting insults the entire time. Once attuned, it will not attack the person it is attuned to, although it may continue to insult them. It is possible, although never yet successfully achieved, that the Troublesome Teapot may warm up to the person it is attuned to, to the point where it will accept commands or suggestions from them. Or at least settle for a warmer sort of insult.
(Optional) Waning Magic. The more often the Troublesome Teapot is damaged, the less it holds on to its magic. If the Teapot is reduced to 0 HP and repaired more than five times, it begins to get noticeably more listless and less lively. Its insults become more lackluster and less enthusiastic, and it begins to slow down in combat, reducing its movement speed to 30ft. After the eighth time it is destroyed and repaired, it can no long use bonus actions in combat. After the tenth time, it can no longer be summoned at all, and can only rattle sadly in its box. Once the Teapot has reached this stage, it has 2d20 days before it loses its magic entirely and ‘dies’/becomes nonmagical. The Teapot will be aware of and may understand what is happening to it. At the DMs discretion, it may be possible to stop and reverse this decline, perhaps by casting a spell such as Greater Restoration on the Troublesome Teapot, or by some other means, such as bringing the Teapot to a temple of a deity of craft, knowledge or arcana and asking for their intercession.
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Jean Després
maestro orafo tra art déco e avanguardie
Melissa Gabardi
Idea Books, Milano 2000, 208 pagine, 23.8 x 29.4 cm, ISBN 978-8870171358
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Il libro è una monografia dedicata all'opera di Jean Després (1889-1980) creatore francese di monili e oggetti di oreficeria, attivo in piena stagione Art Déco.
A definitive celebration of the work of this noted Art Deco designer.
Jean Després (1889–1980) was an Art Deco designer who captured the streamlined, modern aesthetic of the age of the machine and transformed it into objects of great beauty.
As a young man, Després became acquainted with avant-garde artists in Paris, including Modigliani, de Chirico, and Braque, and, after the outbreak of war in 1914, he worked on the industrial design of airplanes. He later transferred this experience and inspiration to his family’s jewelry business, where he became known for his innovative geometric patterns. He also created a wide range of tableware and decorative objects in gold, silver, and pewter, whose bold, industrial looks were uncompromisingly modern, yet always graceful and refined.
Many drawings and designs are reproduced here for the first time, and original photographs are complemented by a number of new photographs taken especially for the book. Després has always been the jeweler of choice for informed collectors and insiders: Josephine Baker was an early admirer, and Andy Warhol’s personal collection was sold at Sotheby’s New York in 1988. This splendidly illustrated survey of his work will delight new admirers and connoisseurs alike.
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Arte Italica Giovanna Vase with Pewter Stem 20" H x 11.75" D
Arte Italica Giovanna Vase with Pewter Stem 20" H x 11.75" D is part of the Arte Italica collection of tableware and home decor, combining imported fine pewter with handcrafted ceramic or glassware into elegant, unique and innovative designs.For More Detail: https://www.chinaroyale.com/arteitalicagiovannavasewithpewterstem20hx11.75d
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Vintage Royal Selangor 1997 Pewter Butter Knife || SWtradepost - ebay
#butter knife#royal selangor#vintage royal selangor#pewter#pewter knife#pewter tableware#grape vine theme#swtradepost#ebay pewter
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Wine Decanter, German origin, ca. 1880. Made up of a coloured glass body decorated with 'prunts' (hot-applied blobs of glass applied to the wall of the vessel) and a pewter lid mount. From the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, accession number: 901.
(Source: collections.imm.hu)
#decanter#jug#vessel#tableware#decorative arts#late 1800s#german design#glass#metal#pewter#yellow#grey
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"Convivio"by Cosi Tabellini is a coffee or tea mug that is made of italian ceramic and a handmade edge of pewter. Cosi Tabellini is italian design and lifestyle. #kitchen #cositabellini #madeinitaly #mug #coffeetime #coffeemug #teacup #ceramic #pewter #tableware #homedecor #handcrafted #interiordecorating #inspiration #living #peterfieldsberlin https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxCe-qodez/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Pewter Steins by Fellowship Foundry
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Still Life with Cheese
Circle of Jan van Kessel I (1626-1679)
Oil on copper
This type of composition would have been described as a ‘little breakfast’, a selection of simple foods, such as bread and cheese, and plain tableware like the pewter plate and rush-covered carafe depicted here. The small white objects on the table are ragged comfits, a sugar-coated confectionery of nuts, seeds or strips of cinnamon.
Holburne Museum
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Getting out all of my pretty @vagabondhouse serving dishes out for all of the upcoming gatherings!! Just look how gorgeous they are {swipe right} Linking each piece below and I’ll add easy swipe-up links in stories! Olive Baguette Tray w/Wood Bowls https://bit.ly/353K31Q Olive Round Serving Tray https://bit.ly/2q4Tr6z . #vagabondhouse #pewter #acacia #acaciawood #christmasdinner #holidaydinner #dinnerware #tableware #servingtray #merrychristmas #home #homedecor #homefortheholidays #homeinspo #kitchenware #kitchendecor #kitchensofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B53hiW6pAtB/?igshid=9o6xob3bswos
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Hey how did the situation look with plates/cuttlery/tablewear in general on ships? How did they clean them, what were they usually made of?
Hi,
there were basically three types of dishes on board. If we leave out the privately brought dishes. The ordinary sailor had wooden dishes, i.e. wooden bowls, square wooden plates (hence the name square meal) and wooden tankards or horn cups. These were issued in bulk by the Navy Board, which is why all these objects bore the broad arrow.
18th century square plate from HMS Invincible (x)
The officers were a little more refined. Pewter tableware was most common in the wardroom and was for everyday use. But there was also good ceramic tableware and glassware in the wardroom.
18th century pewter plates from HMS Africa (x) and a travelling chest with decanter set, wine glasses and beaker for Lord Nelson, circa 1800 (x) this type of chest with glasses and decanters was often found in the great cabin
The captain ate from ceramics, but also had silverware and even the good porcelain.Later, from 1840 onwards, ceramic tableware became standard and even had the mess number on the plate.
A collection of mess plates, 1800s (x)
As far as cleaning is concerned, I haven't actually found anything, but I can imagine that for the officers it was left to the wardroom stewards or captain steward and his mate. For the men, I assume that a man from the respective mess (they ate in messes, i.e. small groups) was responsible for his group and then had to clean up.
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