Little Gray Bird

Intriguing finds from the past. With focus on the 1800s - 1920s. Art and fashion, antiques, artifacts, and photographs.

[fragrantblossoms]

Baldomer Gili Roig. Model, 1902.

[evalcea]

The Blue Dress

Auguste Toulmouche

oil on canvas, 1872

[vintageeurope]

Antwerp, Belgium 1875/80

[mournfulroses]

Christa Wolf, from her essay collection titled "One Day a Year: 1960–2000," originally published in 2003

[theinternetarchive]

jade rabbit with eyes of ruby, house of fabergé, russian c. late 1800s-early 1900s.

[oldjewelryfeed]

Antique Victorian Memento Mori Skull Ring Gilt Silver and Enamel c1880's

[zegalba]

French Wedding dress (1869)

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Various Antique “Lover’s Eye’ Jewellery Pieces, c. late 1700s

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Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast (1870) by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

[pagewoman]

The  Astronomer’s Garden ~ Ulla Thynell

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Cape by House of Worth, 1890-99.

[achasma]

Triumph of the Marine Venus (detail) by Sebastiano Ricci, c. 1713.

[vint-agge-xx]

1914’

[nemfrog]

The Exhibition of Art-industry in Dublin. 1853. Cover.

Internet Archive

[littlegraybird]

Coffin Plate, undated: “At Rest.”

[thinkingimages]

The Great Nebula of Orion: This is a digital print of a photographic plate from the Ritchey 60-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, made in 1908.

[fripperiesandfobs]

Ball gown ca. 1900

From Drouot