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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Gail on January 05, 2014, 08:51:43 AM
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Any suggestions as to what snowdrop is in this painting? - see below.....
The Pre-Raphaelites prided themselves on imitating nature so presumably the four outers on the bottom flower were genuine. I wasn't sure if it was a not very full 'Flore Pleno'??
Any pointers to other snowdrops in paintings would be appreciated...
edit by maggi to add photo- image is in the public domain : http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/by_artist.php?id=3 (http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/by_artist.php?id=3)
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I think it is much more likely to be a nivalis 'Flore Pleno' than anything else. These can be quite variable.
If you put "snowdrop" into the Fitzwilliam Museum Collection Explorer here http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/ (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/) you get two good results for snowdrops in paintings.
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Thanks Alan
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If you put "snowdrop" into the Fitzwilliam Museum Collection Explorer here http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/ (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/) you get two good results for snowdrops in paintings.
Well, of course I had to try that......
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=166416 (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=166416) for a charming mezzotint and
http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30067 (http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30067) for a coloured drawing - complete with a bluebottle - at least that's what it says- hope it's not a fancy narcissus fly!!
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Not exactly paintings, but here are two chromolithographies (also called VTCs, Victorian Trading Cards) from the end of the 19th century, showing very "human" snowdrops!
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One of my NY resolutions is to look at every new snowdrop thread/topic on the Forum this year. It will add hours though, to my computer time.
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To me,an interesting aspect of snowdrops in art is that it may reveal something about their history. The drawing in the Fitzwilliam museum (with bluebottle) is over 4 centuries old. The snowdrops in the first of the Victorian-era pictures have elongated and sometimes split spathes but not the green mark on the outers that is commonly associated with that type (deriving from Galanthus nivalis Scharlockii, which was named in 1868).
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Not exactly paintings, but here are two chromolithographies (also called VTCs, Victorian Trading Cards) from the end of the 19th century, showing very "human" snowdrops!
Those are great fun - thanks for posting.
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Another type of Art, from famous glass masters of the early 20th century, the Muller brothers :
http://art-lor-marteau.blogspot.fr/2012/04/vase-aux-perce-neige.html (http://art-lor-marteau.blogspot.fr/2012/04/vase-aux-perce-neige.html)
Or these glass lamps, in the "Art Nouveau" style, located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy, France:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexprevot/6155570687/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexprevot/6155570687/#)
http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--daum-freres-1825-france-vase-perce-neige-2643862.htm (http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--daum-freres-1825-france-vase-perce-neige-2643862.htm)
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...then there's always this one from Benington Lordship church porch.
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What a lovely thread - this is a little exhibit of crockery at the Essex AGS Group Local Show, which includes snowdrops on the cup and saucer. It adds a whole new aspect to the winter garden! (My apologies that I don't recall the exhibitor but I do know that one member of the Essex Group regularly shows ferns).
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Fun topic for a thread. I think this drawing/watercolor is quite beautiful. It is on a Christmas card (maybe quite common in the UK?) and is by Margaret W. Tarrant (1888-1959).
Love the Benington Lordship window, Brian, who is Ms. Mills? She lived a long life.
Happy New Year to everyone,
Carolyn
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Hello Gail,
Looking at http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/) and putting Snowdrop in the search engine you can find 15 paintings (including horses named snowdrop!).
Two nice ones are
Gathering Snowdrops by Edward Atkinson Hornel at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Portrait of a Woman Holding Snowdrops by Beryl Fowler at The Beacon Museum Whitehaven
Modern ones can be found on eBay!
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Perhaps this is the right place....?
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/11998741913_7005a39c90.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16486271@N08/11998741913/)
lovelysnowdrops (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16486271@N08/11998741913/#) by John Jearrard (http://www.flickr.com/people/16486271@N08/), on Flickr
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Most definitely John ;D
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Oh, isn't that good! Should be the frontespiece for the new snowdrop book.
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Brilliant, thanks Brian.
Some lovely things on here now.
I went to see the 'Facing the Modern' (The portrait in Vienna) exhibition at the National Gallery recently with friends; they had Elena Luksch-Makowsky's Self Portrait with her son Peter, which has her son clutching a bunch of snowdrops;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elena_Luksch-Makowsky_-_Self_Portrait_with_her_son_Peter.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elena_Luksch-Makowsky_-_Self_Portrait_with_her_son_Peter.jpg)
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Perhaps this is the right place....?
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/11998741913_7005a39c90.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16486271@N08/11998741913/)
lovelysnowdrops (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16486271@N08/11998741913/#) by John Jearrard (http://www.flickr.com/people/16486271@N08/), on Flickr
Brilliant, reminds me of spike milligans drawings.
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He's 'Magnet'ized perhaps? :)
The child in the self portrait is a delight but where is the lady herself? A self portrait without a head, so far as I can see.
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A tender self portrait Gail.
He's 'Magnet'ized perhaps? :)
Groan ;)
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I am enjoying this thread very much and wondered if there is anyone prepared to put together a lecture on this subject. I am sure snowdrop event organisers would welcome something different.
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Don't you just love it when your favourite things come together? In my case, snowdrops and Moorcroft pottery.
Is the vase Godfrey Owen, with artistic licence?
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I'm glad to see that plant sale money is being wisely spent Margaret ;D
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Ohhh, nice thread!! here I put a bowl colored by my Ukrainian good friend - eye doctor ;D
And I had spun G. koenenianus lace myself by cold winter evenings ::) ::) a hobby....
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Ohhh, nice thread!! here I put a bowl colored by my Ukrainian good friend - eye doctor ;D
And I had spun G. koenenianus lace myself by cold winter evenings ::) ::) a hobby....
Well, of course we know how clever you are with knitting and the like ;)......... we have the evidence of your lace work already ;D : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5698.msg158277#msg158277 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5698.msg158277#msg158277)
- but you know it would, I think, be possible to truly copy the leaf to make lace ! 8) The patterns are so beautiful.
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Can we invite whoever puts this talk together to come and speak to us in Kent? It's a brilliant idea of Olive's and might even cheer up a few Yorkshiremen and women once they've read T'ed Hughes' poem. Dr. Dilys Davies gave a great talk to our HPS Group years ago on plants in paintings, and I have always found the history of botanical art fascinating. And those cross sections of snowdrop leaves are very beautiful; a reminder of student days peering down microscopes. Hope this thread keeps its querky nature!
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Well, of course we know how clever you are with knitting and the like ;)......... we have the evidence of your lace work already ;D : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5698.msg158277#msg158277 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5698.msg158277#msg158277)
- but you know it would, I think, be possible to truly copy the leaf to make lace ! 8) The patterns are so beautiful.
many thanks, Maggi, I see I found here a real connoisseur of a Dimi's lace beaux-arts 8) I'll go further bending crochet hooks and knitting needles :-X
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I am finding making lace very difficult but thought you may like to see some of my bobbins...
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I went to Blacksmith's Cottage Garden snowdrop sale today and was very impressed with Christine Mole's snowdrops!
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I had a friend who made bobbin lace on a pillow with lovely antique bobbins - none so appealing as yours though, Gail. I watched her work many times - and never understood how it worked! :-\
The painted snowdrop nails are quite something - it must have taken ages to do those - such fiddly work- what fun for a special 'drop day!
Missing a 'Kencot Ripple', though........ perhaps in fear of losing a finger...... :-X
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I went to Blacksmith's Cottage Garden snowdrop sale today and was very impressed with Christine Mole's snowdrops!
Sorry I missed you Gail, I must have gone before you arrived. Thanks for posting the pic, she was telling me about them last night on the phone and I was hoping someone would have a good photograph. Good old Christine!
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Not sure if this is "art" as many would think of it, but........
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picture via C. C. ;D
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It may not be 'Art' but it tasted jolly good ;D ;D
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What can one say.
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Do needle felted pink snowdrops count as art ? I don't know who to crop the picture to make it small enough on my iPad to show people
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........ yes, they do count!
Here is Emma's pink snowdrop
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I've emailed you Maggi :-*
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I've emailed you Maggi :-*
I know! Look above........ ;D ;D
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Lol thank you Maggi :-*
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Looking for something else, I found details of a talk given at the Kalmthout snowdrop event in 2009 (translation courtesy of Google).
Stefan Vidts: Galanthofilie, a strange disease. Snowdrops are something typically Flemish? Or is it an English fad? A search through botany and Flemish art through the ages.
If "botany and Flemish art" is a correct translation then perhaps Stefan is the man to give the "Snowdrops in art" talk that we have been seeking?
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Further to my previous posts, I have had an exchange of messages with Stefan Vidts (who turns out to be a forum member). It seems he might be willing to come to the UK to give a talk on "Snowdrops in Art" if invited to do so. So if you want to hear such a talk, now is the time to start lobbying the snowdrop event organisers to put him in their 2015 programme.
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Alan
That sounds like a good idea.
I also suspect from talking to other snowdrop enthusiasts that a Gala talk that looked at the common or garden problems of beginning to grow snowdrops healthily, dealing with the everyday problems that growing snowdrops present, and which varieties might be the best to start with to form the basis of a collection, would be welcomed.
Perhaps we could take a break from the talks about snowdrops growing in the wild in Turkey, excellent though they doubtless are; and from the talks about exotic new varieties that are actually not going to be available for ten years and then only for the price of a small house.
Steve
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I have suggested to Alan Street that he put together a talk about 'Snowdrops In Art'. He didn't say 'No' but also suggested Hitch Lyman, who of course is in America but spends time in England during to snowdrop season. Anyway I have sown the seeds for others to take up.
Looking forward to meeting forumists at Shaftesbury on Saturday.
Olive
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Well , if we we decide that the Shaftesbury event is a success and worth doing again , I will see what we can organise regarding a snowdrops in art and which snowdrops to start a collection with ( could probably do that one myself )
Look forward to meeting you Olive on Saturday
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Alan
That sounds like a good idea.
I also suspect from talking to other snowdrop enthusiasts that a Gala talk that looked at the common or garden problems of beginning to grow snowdrops healthily, dealing with the everyday problems that growing snowdrops present, and which varieties might be the best to start with to form the basis of a collection, would be welcomed.
Perhaps we could take a break from the talks about snowdrops growing in the wild in Turkey, excellent though they doubtless are; and from the talks about exotic new varieties that are actually not going to be available for ten years and then only for the price of a small house.
Steve
Hear, hear!
In fact, it is the case in general that there is a large desire for practical plant/propagation/cultivation talks- though these are few and far between for the most part.
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Hello all of you, very interesting topping over here.
As snowdropcolector and art historian I've a keen interest for flower into art trough the last centuries. Snowdrops are of course one of my favourites.
Snowdrops, just Galanthus nivalis, are, in some area, growing wild over here in Belgium so we find them back into art since the early middle ages.
There is a very beautiful and changing emblematic association with the flower. I did a keen ans systematic research on that topic and I already did several conferences. They explain the changing emblematic meaning of the snowdrop through the centuries. As key examples I use masterpieces and more intimate pieces of our art history and also make a link with endemic snowdrops here in Belgium to explain the topic Belgian art or in UK collections called 'Flemish Art' and some beautiful, in my opinion ;D, variations I found here locally.
In addition one of the watercolour I made myself with snowdrop as a topic. I'm translating my website in English and the conferences I give will be on it. I hope to finish it around the end of the month.
www.stefanvidts.be (http://www.stefanvidts.be)
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Welcome to the forum Stefan, I am sure we are all interested in what your research has shown and will enjoy looking at your website. Nice snowdrop find :D
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Hi Stefan,
Not showing a photo of your very lovely 'Parcel' ?
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Stefan, the talk you did in Winschoten for the Royal Horticulteral Society "Groei en Bloei" about gardenhistory was very good. Great pictures and a good story, told with humor.
And the one at Kalmthout about snowdrops I liked too.
I will always remember the great picture of the little stream with lots of snowdrops. So beautifull!
Lina.
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Hello Stefan,
I do hope it is not long before we are welcoming you to talk in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK.
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Thanks Lina for the compliment, is was great for me to be invited in Winschoten, certainly with a great audience as your garden club has. Rarely seen so enthusiastic people.
Maggi I would be delighted to be invited in England or in the Scotland. I think I have an interesting talk that will please a lot of people.
Just back form a walk in the garden, before the next rain will fall, ;D ;D, and was happy surprised, finally I reached to select a double stable form with 4 or 5 outer petals and 3 inner petals, 3 and 5 are great religious numbers. (6 is the number of the devil, that's why snowdrops where banned in catholic representations form the 17th century onwards. But that's my talk.
I give you here some of the selections witch turned out to be prolific and stable.
Hope they will please all of you. For the parcell lovers, It cooked the bulbs and they seemed and potted them up, and, .... they don't seem to be stable this year, they were for 2 years, but, ..... :-\, not this year.
Hope the pictures will please all of you. Now translating the site, .... very hard during snowdropseason :D
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Your 'Passion of Christ' is a lovely snowdrop with the aberrant inners like 'St Pancras', 'Mosquito' and now 'Berthille', I rather like the effect and it is well named.
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Thanks Brian, i's a still only a name suggestion, but as I as art historian and garden designer often between my snowdrops and the art I found a keen name as well. Especially when you know that catholic church did a whole crusade against snowdrops into art when they realised they had 6 (2x3) petals.
Six is the number of the devil and since the early 18th century you hardly will find it represented in catholic regions while before it was part of the standard flower symbols. So I suggest to name it this way so catholic church has with snowdrop a convenient flower for there religious numerologies. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Art in Postage Stamps...... coming soon:
British Flora - Spring Blooms Stamp Set
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"The six Spring Blooms Post & Go Stamps are printed in a vertical strip and overprinted with First Class values. They are brought to you on a carrier complete with fascinating facts about each of these beautiful but in some cases declining species.
Primrose
Walk into a clearing in the woods and you could well be pleasantly surprised by a colony of primroses, for a sheltered spot between the trees is one of their favoured habitats, as well as parks and churchyards. According to folklore, these lemon-yellow flowers with their heart-shaped petals – which flower from February to May – will grow red if watered with bullock’s blood or planted upside down on Good Friday
Snowdrop
Haunting woods, meadows, parks and churchyards, these delicate lantern-shaped blooms encapsulate, for many, the beginning of spring. From the Amaryllidaceae family, they are in flower in February and March. A symbol of hope and purity, the snowdrop is traditionally dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Lesser Celandine
Catch these bright yellow star-like flowers on a sunny spring day and you will be in for a treat, for they open wide in the sunshine. Spot them in woods and hedgerows and on road verges and the banks of streams from March to May. ‘Local’ names for the celandine include ‘goldy knob’, ‘filding cup’ and ‘golden guinea’.
Common Dog Violet
From April to June, these rich purple flowers bloom across Britain’s woods, downlands and grass heaths. From the Violaceae family, dog violets are widespread throughout the British Isles
Wild Daffodil
The iconic bright yellow flower that famously inspired William Wordsworth blooms from February to April, and is seen in coppice and open woodland. Its Latin name, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, is said to have come from the Greek mythological figure Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. The daffodil’s trumpet shaped centre is seen as the head of Narcissus bending down while he admires his face in the water. Daffodils are traditionally meant to first flower on St David’s Day – 1 March.
Blackthorn
Forming hedgerows and scrub, the white flowers of this very spiny shrub are in bloom from March to May. Come the autumn, the blackthorn produces sloes – those plump, purple berries that are used, of course, to make sloe gin."
Specifications
Design Kate Stephens
Illustration Julia Trickey
Stamp format /size Landscape 56mm x 25mm
Released on 19th February
Issue Date: 19 February 2014
Catalogue code: ZS027
£3.60 (incl VAT) see here : http://shop.royalmail.com/post+go-stamps/british-flora-spring-blooms-stamp-set/invt/20120208 (http://shop.royalmail.com/post+go-stamps/british-flora-spring-blooms-stamp-set/invt/20120208)
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Little image of an American snowdrop stamp from 1996 :
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Little image of an American snowdrop stamp from 1996 :
I remember using them when I was living there!
Probably have some used ones ...somewhere! ;D
cheers,
fermi
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ones more droppy nails of my colleague-botanist! ;D
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From RHS Rosemoor today:-
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Given the prices that some real snowdrops fetch. £35 seems cheap!
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This is a painting of St Dorothy on the rood screen at St Mary's church in Somerleyton, Suffolk. Given that her feast day is 6th Feb, I'm assuming that the flowers are meant to be snowdrops?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/2563394761/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/2563394761/)
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St Dorothy, or perhaps Rapunzel, with all that wonderful hair ;)
You would think it should be snowdrops, wouldn't you - and we must make allowances for artistic licence - but I "see" anemones ( Anemones nemorosa / Windflowers)) in the lobed foliage ) ....... :-\
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I "see" anemones ( Anemones nemorosa / Windflowers)) in the lobed foliage ) ....... :-\
I know what you mean. Another painting I have trouble seeing the snowdrop in is Millais's Mariana - the white flower in the stained glass window is said on the Tate website to be a snowdrop but looks more lily-like to me with that leaf on the stem.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary)
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I know what you mean. Another painting I have trouble seeing the snowdrop in is Millais's Mariana - the white flower in the stained glass window is said on the Tate website to be a snowdrop but looks more lily-like to me with that leaf on the stem.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary)
Particularly since the other stained glass in the painting depicts the Annunciation- so one would assume the Madonna Lily , as you say.
One could, of course, argue that it is a snowdrop with the spathe dropped down the stem to allow the flower to be more neatly centered in the lozenge!!
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but I "see" anemones ( Anemones nemorosa / Windflowers)) in the lobed foliage ) ....... :-\
All the flowers are on one side of the basket and the leaves are on the other with nothing much to indicate they are attached. So I wonder if the basket holds two different plants, each with their own symbolism?
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All the flowers are on one side of the basket and the leaves are on the other with nothing much to indicate they are attached. So I wonder if the basket holds two different plants, each with their own symbolism?
Ah, yes, another distinct possibility.
I wish I knew more about the significane and symbolism of flowers. I've tried to find a useful book but most seem to mention mostly roses and tulips!
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The National Gallery says
According to legend she was condemned to death because of her faith during the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. She converted two women who had attempted to change her faith. On her way to execution she was mocked by a lawyer who asked her to send him flowers and fruit from heaven; a child miraculously appeared with a basket filled with both. The basket of fruit and flowers became her attribute
Other sites specify roses and apples so I think the interpretation is the artists own based on what material was to hand, the point being that at a time of the year when there were no flowers and fruit she was sent them from heaven.
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An interesting discussion, and wide ranging use of snowdrops in art. Here is a 1935 House Beautiful magazine cover of a high art deco rendition of snowdrops...I like it and will try to find out more about the piece. This was posted this evening by a reader, Anner M. Whitehead, on the Facebook group page, Snowdrops in American Gardens.
Can anyone definitely ID the drops?
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I was up in Aberdeen for the weekend last month to visit my son who has just started at the university there. We went to have a look at the art gallery there and found another example of a snowdrop in art;
Les Femmes de la Révolution is an installation produced in 2003 by the Scottish poet, artist and gardener Ian Hamilton Finlay. It consists of a beautiful cherrywood table laid out for a dinner party, with each plate painted with a wild flower and the name of a woman who played a part in the French Revolution. The opposing sides, Republicans and Monarchists, are imagined dining together so Queen Marie-Antoinette sits opposite Marat’s assassin Charlotte Corday. The plate for Jean Manon Roland is painted with a single snowdrop.
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Thanks for sharing that Gail - pretty isn't it? I have to confess to not having visited the late Ian Hamilton-Finlay's garden Little Sparta - shame on me.
In the first picture, the large painting to the back/ right of the table is by our dear friend Joyce W. Cairns RSA RSW MA(RCA). Small world, isn't it?
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Harvey's snowdrop sale today was excellent and not as manic as Myddleton.
Christine Mole has had her nails painted again this year. (First image clutching a pot of Sutton Courtney, courtesy of Sue and Wol Staines)
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I think the background needs to be something between last years black and this years light blue! You wait 'til I see her :D
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Someone has time on their hands! Run a comb through my beard and that's me ready! Shows a dedication to the 'drops though.
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A comb, what's that?
Not that I'm considering it for myself, but how long does 'nail art' last for?
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Great to see Christine again. Ken & I travelled with her from Cerney to Covertside and on to Colesbourne a few years back. Lovely lady.
Now I have to wonder if the toes got the Poculiforms? No way I'd make the reach for intricate marks. Take heed Alan.
Mercifully none of us have descended to a smattering of snowdrop tattoos... :-X
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Great to see Christine again. Ken & I travelled with her from Cerney to Covertside and on to Colesbourne a few years back. Lovely lady.
Now I have to wonder if the toes got the Poculiforms? No way I'd make the reach for intricate marks. Take heed Alan.
Mercifully none of us have descended to a smattering of snowdrop tattoos... :-X
^ Well not that we know of anyway !
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^ Well not that we know of anyway !
Oh my, that has made me giggle :-X Can we be well warned before any photos are shown?
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Now funny that you should say that about tattoos a certain lady that I was sitting with...............................................
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What a lovely thread with beautiful pictures. I was taken with this snowdrop art at the AGS in Kent in 2013. If I had not just spent all my money I would have got the snowdrop mirror and/or jewellery box. They also offered to custom make pieces with snowdrops of your choice. I had the card and cannot find it now :(
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Just seen those snowdrop nails.....they are marvellous ;D
If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo :)
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If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo :)
I don't think you should let age stop you!
Not that I'm considering it for myself, but how long does 'nail art' last for?
I didn't ask Christine that but they should at least last the snowdrop season out, which to be honest is about as long as some snowdrops I've bought! We were wondered how the cost of having them done compares with buying the snowdrops (two potfuls of Sutton Courtney apparently).
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Just seen those snowdrop nails.....they are marvellous ;D
If I was 10 years younger I may consider the attached Snowdrop Fairy as a tattoo :)
Love the tattoo idea. I mentioned it to my husband, and he said that if I did that, then I could name my new X-marked snowdrop 'XHusband', catchy isn't it?
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Love the tattoo idea. I mentioned it to my husband, and he said that if I did that, then I could name my new X-marked snowdrop 'XHusband', catchy isn't it?
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I didn't ask Christine that but they should at least last the snowdrop season out, which to be honest is about as long as some snowdrops I've bought! We were wondered how the cost of having them done compares with buying the snowdrops (two potfuls of Sutton Courtney apparently).
I asked her today and she said six weeks, and not as expensive as you think! Next year a russet background is under consideration ;D
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Another photo from Twitter - this snowdrop work ex a Quentin Stark Tweet
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I know what you mean. Another painting I have trouble seeing the snowdrop in is Millais's Mariana - the white flower in the stained glass window is said on the Tate website to be a snowdrop but looks more lily-like to me with that leaf on the stem.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553/text-summary)
I am just catching up with several pages of this thread so forgive me for going back.
The Moorcroft pottery is just superb! Such beautiful pieces I'm really happy to have seen tyhese here.
Gail I have a poster of Mariana, bought at Dunedin Art Gallery a few years ago (3? 5?) when the Tate sent a stunning Pre Raphaelite exhibition to the gallery. A wonderful experience altogether, to see the genuine paintings. I particularly loved Mariana, not (I admit it, and yes, looks more like a lily to me) because of the snowdrop but I had such fellow feeling for Mariana herself, with that sore and aching back. I have stood like that a thousand times, trying to ease the pain so know exactly how she felt.
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Yes, I can empathise with that.
I just love that blue velvet dress.
I was in Vienna last year and came across an interesting Vanitas painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. By Maria van Oosterwijck, one of very few professional female artists at the time (1668) it is beautifully detailed and features an aconite and snowdrop resting on the book.
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Do you mean this, Gail?. We could do with a few more pixels (higher resolution) if we are to see the snowdrop clearly.
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Do you mean this, Gail?. We could do with a few more pixels (higher resolution) if we are to see the snowdrop clearly.
Yes, that is it. Sorry about the lack of a proper image - I suggest a trip to Vienna to see it in the flesh. (The chocolate torte at Hotel Sacher is also highly recommended!)
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Gail, you make a trip to Vienna seem almost irresistible. I wonder if the snowdrops are in flower there yet?
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Millais' painting of Mariana is very beautiful isn't it - though I must admit it is the lady herself that attracts me and the wonderful use of colour and light, and I hadn't really noticed the snowdrop/lily ;). Many years ago Dr. Dilys Davies (famous in the Hardy Plant world for abseiling down a rock face to plant her garden in the Lake District, and she also wrote a guide to the genus Allium) gave a talk to us on plants in paintings which was unique and fascinating, just like this particular thread on Snowdrops in art.
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On sale in Scotland on 4th June by Lyon & Turnbull will be "Scottish Paintings & Sculpture"
THURSDAY 04 JUNE 2015 AT 6PM IN EDINBURGH (http://auctions.lyonandturnbull.com/auction-catalog/438) - and look what I spotted
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Snowdrop and bee by KATHERINE CAMERON R.S.W., R.E. ( 1874-1965)
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Lovely
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I think it's pretty - it's only 18cm x 18cm (7in x 7in) - sale estimate is quite high, £800 to £1200 !!
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I think it's pretty - it's only 18cm x 18cm (7in x 7in) - sale estimate is quite high, £800 to £1200 !!
A mere nothing to a girl of many means. 8)
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Nice find Maggi.
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Hang on, is that a narcissus fly?
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Hang on, is that a narcissus fly?
Yikes! Never thought of that! Really scary thought to have one there all the time -looking down at you from the wall ..... please let it be a bee!
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From FaceBook - brought to my attention by Ru - Best Out of Waste's picture (https://www.facebook.com/GetBestOutofWaste/photos/a.318681831603806.1073741828.317761138362542/645697785568874/?type=3#)
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Love it Maggi. My Dad is a glass artist, so i've shared this on my fb page, hoping he'll get the hint and make me one. ;D
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Cor, that would be good, wouldn't it? ;)
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Absolutely! He could make a living doing nothing BUT making rare plants in glass and shipping them to the uk me thinks. ;D
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Absolutely! He could make a living doing nothing BUT making rare plants in glass and shipping them to the uk me thinks. ;D
He quite possibly could do!
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I love the slightly untidy arrangement of the flowers - looks like one of my flower arrangements!
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I chanced across a new snowdrop book to be published mid-year called 'Snowdrop (Botanical)' according to Amazon and written by Gail Harland http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780234929?redirect=true&ref_=s9_wsim_co_p14_d99_i3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780234929?redirect=true&ref_=s9_wsim_co_p14_d99_i3)
This book would seem to cover a lot about snowdrops in art. I don't know forumist Gail's last name but I wonder if this is her book?
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It is forumist Gail - a book to look out for - or pre-order! (Via the Amazon link on the SRGC pages, of course, to benefit the Club! )
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowdrop-Botanical-Gail-Harland/dp/1780234929/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453228015&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Snowdrop+%28Botanical%29+Hardcover+%E2%80%93+15+Jun+2016 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowdrop-Botanical-Gail-Harland/dp/1780234929/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453228015&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Snowdrop+%28Botanical%29+Hardcover+%E2%80%93+15+Jun+2016)
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Preordered it :)
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Preordered it :)
Many thanks friends!
I'm meant to be proofreading the references tonight but got distracted by the notification of 'reply in Snowdrops in art topic'!
And yes, there are chapters on snowdrops in art, snowdrops in literature etc. And of course thanks to the members of a certain rock garden forum in the acknowledgements.....
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Preordered it :)
Me too, will have to get it signed Gail ;D
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An embossed snowdrop. Now, how to make it flat??
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Why would you want it flat? I love embossing. I think it is a very effective image.
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;D ;D No I meant the resulting card is buckled so won't stand up!
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oops! sorry! :-[
Cushion it with bubble wrap and roll around something in the opposite direction to straighten it out. :)
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.......new snowdrop book to be published...........
It is forumist Gail - a book to look out for - or pre-order! (Via the Amazon link on the SRGC pages, of course, to benefit the Club! )
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowdrop-Botanical-Gail-Harland/dp/1780234929/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453228015&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Snowdrop+%28Botanical%29+Hardcover+%E2%80%93+15+Jun+2016 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowdrop-Botanical-Gail-Harland/dp/1780234929/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453228015&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Snowdrop+%28Botanical%29+Hardcover+%E2%80%93+15+Jun+2016)
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Publication date - 1st August . ... hope you've ordered yours !
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.......new snowdrop book to be published...........
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Publication date - 1st August . ... hope you've ordered yours !
Beat me to it Maggs! ;D
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Beat me to it Maggs! ;D
I can be deceptively speedy ! After all, I'm the same shape as a bumblebee ;D :)
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.......new snowdrop book to be published...........
... but not published on 1st August as had been scheduled, it would seem. I have one on order but got an email today saying that the bookseller is still trying to obtain it.
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Gail has yet to receive her pre publication copies, but has had artwork returned so hopefully it won't be too long.
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Amazon now say that the estimated delivery is :DAugust 17 2016 - August 31 2016
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Gail has yet to receive her pre publication copies, but has had artwork returned so hopefully it won't be too long.
Thanks Brian.
Message from my editor today;
"The latest schedule I have says that the book should be delivered into our warehouse and released on 15 August rather than 1 August, so it may have got a bit held up at customs. I'll check up on it."
I'll let you know when I know something!
Kind regards
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Good to know they are all singing from the same hymnsheet Gail 8) Such a shame they don't stick to schedules, however, I expect there were unforeseen circumstances which delayed their work :-X
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One for Gail - a bit late for the book but perhaps it features. This is a hassock from the parish church in Congham, Norfolk. Congham has links with the Elwes family as Robert Elwes, the painter and traveller, had Congham House built. He was the second son of Henry Elwes and Susan (nee Hamond) of Colesbourne. It is good to see that the link is commemorated in this which was sent to me by a lurker ;) We must go there next time we are in the west of the county to see how else the family are remembered.
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Brian,
Thank you for posting this lovely work of snowdrop art with its interesting linkage to the Elwes family, Colesbourne and Snowdrops. I assume this is some form of needle point...just beautiful and the old twisted trees are particularly intriguing to my eye.
Rick
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I'm glad you found it of interest Rick, more information is here:
http://www.ggmbenefice.uk/our-churches/congham/the-congham-kneelers/ (http://www.ggmbenefice.uk/our-churches/congham/the-congham-kneelers/)
Susan Gurney (nee Elwes) was the daughter of Robert Hamond Arthur Elwes so Gg grandaughter of Henry Elwes of Colesborne fame.
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Brian,
Thank you for the link involving the larger backdrop of the art as a part of the renowned and virtuous woman of Proverbs 31. Cool to see all of that fine needle work and if I read it correctly, the woman who created the Snowdrops scene, Daphne Harmer was 90 years old when she did that piece.
Thank you again,
Rick
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Found posted on Facebook by Galanthophile, Janet Benjafield who found this in an Exeter Museum display on Devon Lace.....
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One for Gail - a bit late for the book but perhaps it features. This is a hassock from the parish church in Congham, Norfolk. Congham has links with the Elwes family as Robert Elwes, the painter and traveller, had Congham House built. He was the second son of Henry Elwes and Susan (nee Hamond) of Colesbourne. It is good to see that the link is commemorated in this which was sent to me by a lurker ;) We must go there next time we are in the west of the county to see how else the family are remembered.
Thanks for posting that Brian - yes too late for the book sadly but I will go and have a look sometime as I now live in Norfolk... Our village chuch also has a snowdrop hassock, I'll take a picture next time I'm in there.
Love the lace and shall perhaps try to do something similar if I ever unearth my bobbins from whichever box they are lurking in.
Publishers are currently saying the 22nd for the book but we shall see.
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Many of you who follow me on facebook will have seen this already, but for those who don't do facebook; my Mum painted me this beautiful watercolour of a Galanthus. I love it and can't wait to frame it and have it on my wall.
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That really is super, you lucky fellow, what a mum!
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Glorious painting - lucky you, Jamus. Something to treasure.
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This charming picture of an old card was shared on Facebook today to galanthophile Thomas Seiler (also a member here) on his birthday ..... pretty, isn't it?
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It is - looks like Pink Panda ;D
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Wrong animal, I think Brian. This is what I found when I looked up Pink Panda:
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Wrong animal, I think Brian. This is what I found when I looked up Pink Panda:
I don't think Joe has got any of them secreted in Cambridgeshire. Of course I meant Pink Panther - I must have been thinking of the fragaria ::)
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Found posted on Facebook by Galanthophile, Janet Benjafield who found this in an Exeter Museum display on Devon Lace.....
Janet got these links about the Honiton lace from the museum :
http://rammcollections.org.uk/object/lace-sprig-30/ (http://rammcollections.org.uk/object/lace-sprig-30/)
http://rammcollections.org.uk/object/lace-sprig-28/ (http://rammcollections.org.uk/object/lace-sprig-28/)
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.......new snowdrop book to be published...........
Well I owned this book between Saturday and Monday (today) but had to send it back as it arrived slightly damaged. I had a chance to leaf though the first two chapters and I particularly enjoyed the little snippets of side information, such as the ultimate fate of Queen Olga of Greece and her relationship to the Duke of Edinburgh. In fact I would have liked some of these to have been more expansive but I guess one has to edit to avoid too much digression. There were some wonderful pictures too; pity the book is only A5 sized.
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If anybody should want to purchase the new book 'Snowdrop' by Gail Harland then 'Books etc' have it at a discount: http://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781780234922 (http://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781780234922) .
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I particularly enjoyed the little snippets of side information, such as the ultimate fate of Queen Olga of Greece and her relationship to the Duke of Edinburgh. In fact I would have liked some of these to have been more expansive but I guess one has to edit to avoid too much digression. There were some wonderful pictures too; pity the book is only A5 sized.
Thank you Alan. I've not seen the finished thing myself yet but you are correct in that they felt the need to edit a lot of my digressions!
Kind regards
Gail
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Thank you Alan. I've not seen the finished thing myself yet but you are correct in that they felt the need to edit a lot of my digressions!
Kind regards
Gail
Probably a mistake on their part- for myself I have found the digressions in life to be of infinite interest and value!
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Super book, a reminder that gardening should be relaxing and therapeutic and good books are those you can't put down. Take a bow.
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It's a great book , well done Gail
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Sorry for the tardy reply - I've been visiting my son in Oslo (excellent botanic garden there, I liked the fact that they labelled some of the rocks as well as the plants!) and thank you for your kind words; my copies still have not arrived so I must do some chasing!
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Fiona Osbaldstone is an artist who works a lot in ceramic. These are some Snowdrop - and other flower- decorated pots she has been showing this weekend at Great Comp Gardens.
I suppose they are tea-light holders really....
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See more here: https://twitter.com/foartist (https://twitter.com/foartist)
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Nice!
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Emma's Mum, Cherry, just found these in her local garden centre ....
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Janet B. has found bell shaped ones too ......
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I think these pretty things can count as "art" can't they? ;)
I found other shapes too - here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gisela+graham+snowdrop+baubles)
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I think glass baubles count as art
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I've just got the 2017 programme for the Mid-Anglia Group of the Alpine Garden Society. The talk scheduled for Sunday 12th February is
Eddie Roberts "Paintings of Snowdrops (and the influence of the exquisite and perplexing paintings of Jan Breugel the elder)"
Eddie poses these questions:-- "Did Breughel paint Galanthus plicatus in Belgium c1600? How did Holland's most famous flower painter tackle snowdrops? Why are snowdrops missing from Rosetti's portrait of Janie Morris? How do the Glasgow Boys tackle white flowers?"
Meetings are held in Birdbrook, Essex and I thought that anybody nearby with an interest in snowdrops in art might wish to attend. I'm not sure about the protocol for guest entry but if anyone is interested send me a PM and I will find out.
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A friend recently showed me this photo of a lovely snowdrop bag.... from the 1920s, covered in metal beads
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Wow that's lovely
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A lovely necklace given to me at Christmas - my daughter knows I am a Snowdrop lover!!!!
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Nice gift :)
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These delicate carved wooden snowdrops are something different
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No other information but connected, I think, to Oost- Groninger bloembollenroute
https://www.uitagendaoldambt.nl/detail?organisatieid=5294665&bron=gids2 (https://www.uitagendaoldambt.nl/detail?organisatieid=5294665&bron=gids2)
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Very nicely done, would stop those in their tracks who say they are only white and green ;D
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Beautiful Maggi sculptures, are they yours?
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No Fred, I just found their photo - I would love them!
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They are really nice!
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No Fred, I just found their photo - I would love them!
There is something. These are beautiful works.
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There is something. These are beautiful works.
Well I am sure I am not the only one who is wondering whether they are readily obtainable?
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Well I am sure I am not the only one who is wondering whether they are readily obtainable?
Definitely not...
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They are made by wood artist, Mr. Ibo Heeres in Kolham - I'm trying to find a source , though I believe they may be available at the Oost -Groningen bloembollenroute events, as said before.
http://archief.eemskrant.nl/index.php?id=3491&titel= (http://archief.eemskrant.nl/index.php?id=3491&titel=)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QStO4pv5zys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QStO4pv5zys)
It seems Mr Heeres has been featured in a number of prestigious exhibitions - perhaps his work is not exactly "readily available " to buy!
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Should this thread be promoted to a 'Sticky Topic'?
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It can be purchased from here:
http://www.renniesgallery.co.uk/product/snowdrops-mackenzie-thorpe/ (http://www.renniesgallery.co.uk/product/snowdrops-mackenzie-thorpe/)
Tim DH
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Should this thread be promoted to a 'Sticky Topic'?
I just found this, whilst looking for something else! (Attachment Link)
It can be purchased from here:
http://www.renniesgallery.co.uk/product/snowdrops-mackenzie-thorpe/ (http://www.renniesgallery.co.uk/product/snowdrops-mackenzie-thorpe/)
Tim DH
He's my favourite artist !
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Galanthus platyphyllus painted for Kew by Christabel King
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Very Nice!
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"art" comes in many forms, of course - Emma T was delighted to find a pretty snowdrop decorated collar at Shaftesbury - seen here modelled by one of her doglets, Eavis
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McQueen was a bit of a genius - beautiful dress. Just the job for attending a snowdrop scrum too.
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Looks a bit old fashioned to me but then, I'm no fashionista ::)
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The first lady of snowdrop nail art was at Shaftesbury ..... Christine Moles- how I'd love to meet her....
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I've just got the 2017 programme for the Mid-Anglia Group of the Alpine Garden Society. The talk scheduled for Sunday 12th February is
Meetings are held in Birdbrook, Essex and I thought that anybody nearby with an interest in snowdrops in art might wish to attend. I'm not sure about the protocol for guest entry but if anyone is interested send me a PM and I will find out.
Excellent talk by Eddie Roberts on snowdrops in painting yesterday at the AGS; he showed a wide selection of paintings including several I had not come across before - I now have to fit in a trip to the Walsall art gallery to see the snowdrops by Vincent van Gogh (http://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/collections/?creator=van-gogh-vincent (http://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/collections/?creator=van-gogh-vincent) )
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John Aipassa posted this pretty card, from the RBGE shop, on FB a few days ago .....
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Also found on Facebook - not "art" in everybody's mind, I expect! An arm tattooed with a snowdrop
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Quite like the tattoo
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I quite like that it's not in colour.
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Think I might have one on each cheek :o :P ::) ;D
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Following an appearance on TV programme, the Beechgrove Garden - Helen Rushton has posted this on Facebook :
"Bruckhills Croft - An Open Garden in Scotland
Inspired by the appearance of the garden's snowdrops on Beechgrove Garden, talented local artist Patricia Ware has produced this delicately carved egg painted with watercolours - isn't it gorgeous? "
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Quite like the tattoo
Think I might have one on each cheek :o :P ::) ;D
David, that'll be fine as long as you keep your pants on ;D
A friend of mine showed me his floral tattoos which included a snowdrop
cheers
fermi
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A selfmade Snowdrop of my granddaughter to the birthday of her 67 years old galantophile grandfarther
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Greetings from Orkney with snowdrop-gifts from Sheila Fleet
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Greetings from Orkney with snowdrop-gifts from Sheila Fleet
Oh, so there are ! https://sheilafleet.com/collections/snowdrop
I have friends who have Sheila Fleet rings. I didn't know there was a snowdrop collection.
I really like your grand-daughter's present - made with love!
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Thank You Maggi, The snowdrop-collection from Sheila Fleet we fond last year in september in Orkney and in airport Edinburgh. I try to send You a foto from this.
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Galanthus - Chionodoxa - landart projekt: Portraits from Katharina von Bora and Martin Luther in the roses-garden of castle Hartenfels Torgau Saxonia.
In august 2016 we planted several thousands of Galanthus nivalis and Chionodoxa bulbs in the lawn of the roses-garden Torgau/Saxonia near Castle Hartenfels in the forms of the portraits of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora.this landart - projekt flowered from february till april 2017 during the 500. years jubiläum of the reformation of Martin Luther.
Next year in spring the portraits will flower stronger again!
Foto DSC01441 : our family team with the rasterplan
Foto DSC01445 : the raster of the portrait of martin Luther in the lawn
Foto DSC01450 : View from the castles tower
Foto DSCo3502 : the portraits in flower in mart 2017
Foto DSC03526 : the Luther - rose (the coat of arms of Luther) in front of the "Heilandskirche" Beilrode
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the Luther - rose (the coat of arms of Luther) in front of the "Heilandskirche" Beilrode
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That's lovely, we have been planting circles with snowdrops, and a snowdrop pathway, in
a grassed raised ridge next to a stream, I have really enjoyed doing it. Your rose looks
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Thank You, Bernadette for Your comment, here the G. r-o are in flower since 2.10.17 and for here very early in 19.11. started the first G. elwesii!
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a silver pendant as bithday gift for my wife, made from a real Kroatian snowdrop.
I got this from "solveigh-linke.de"
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Lucky lady!
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A friend (lurker) asked me to post these for your delectation, the first is a little lantern made by Hannah Nunn in Yorkshire the second seem to be rather nice tags.
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How pretty! (I've turned the lantern pic, Brian.)
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How pretty! (I've turned the lantern pic, Brian.)
Thanks Maggi, I was in a rush to get out in the garden and hadn't looked at the post!
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Lucky lady!
thank You Annew, my wife is happy about this silver snowdrop. End of february we come to Scottland to visit snowdrop parks as Castle Cambo!
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a selfmade birthday gift from my granddaughters for the Snowdrop-grandfather! :-)
The pearl snowdrops are typically Plicatus! :-)
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a selfmade birthday gift from my granddaughters for the Snowdrop-grandfather! :-)
Bless them! How sweet.
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The first lady of snowdrop nail art was at Shaftesbury ..... Christine Moles- how I'd love to meet her....
I am reliably informed that she has given in and is having her nails done tomorrow ready for her appearance at the AGS etc. Hopefully someone will post pictures as we won't see her until Sunday.
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Lo and behold! The nail lady has had her baby but these were done by one of the others. Christine told me that she thought she had better have them done for Maggi!!
Look out for her on Saturday at the AGS.
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How wonderful! The sight of these snowdrop nails is truly one of the highlights on my 'drops season. It must make life more fun for Ms Mole and her chums too, I'm sure!
Well done Christine - and your second clever nail artist!! 8) 8)
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A poem from Hugo von Hoffmannsthal about snowdrops:
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One of the oldest prints of Snowdrops, here called "Schneetropfen" in Brunfels Kräuterbuch from 1590:
The drawing shows a real snowdrop in the left side, and a Leucojum in the right side under the tulip!
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Thanks for that Harald.
If we can count music under the heading art;
Radio Three were playing a piece recently 'Snowdrop' by the Croatian composer Dora Pejačević - https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/41c4bb47-6c21-4754-ba75-e8bf554f7359 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/41c4bb47-6c21-4754-ba75-e8bf554f7359)
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Galanthophiles probably know about the Snowdrop trails and events at Cambo in Fife ( Lady Catherine Erskine of Cambo is the prime mover in the Scottish Snowdrop events etc) this lovely quilt was pictured by a member of the Aberdeen Embroiderers Guild, hanging in the cafe at Cambo - pretty isn't it?
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Really lovely. Planning to make a snowdrop quilt, now I feel inspired and no excuse as snowed in.
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I hope you won't be snowed in long enough to make a whole quilt, Susan! Just long enough to get inspired and the job begun!!
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I love that quilt! Besides snowdrops it is a lovely design and combination of colours.
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In 2008 I took this picture in a cafe on the island of Texel in North Holland.
Is it actually the same quilt, do you think? Looking closely I see it is not identical but the artist must be the same.
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Created during heavy snowfalls in east Germany:
Snowdrop-caces in special varieties :-) :
12 = South Hayes
3 = Grumpy
6 = Robin Hood
9 = a Virescence snowdrop
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By Natalija Brancevičienė......
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I love those gloves!! :) Does she sell them?
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Yes, she does, Maxine - hang on and I'll find her Etsy store for you....
here you are ..... https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/auksaranke (https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/auksaranke)
also has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nbGlovesAndMittens/ (https://www.facebook.com/nbGlovesAndMittens/)
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Saw and had to buy. Needle felted and hand embroidered collage by local artist.
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Nice one, Susan.
I've rotated the image for you.
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Yes, she does, Maxine - hang on and I'll find her Etsy store for you....
here you are ..... https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/auksaranke (https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/auksaranke)
also has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nbGlovesAndMittens/ (https://www.facebook.com/nbGlovesAndMittens/)
Thanks Maggie - I've looked them up - a bit pricey, but compared to a Snowdrop? ;D Will see who I can persuade to by me some!!!
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I'm sure you deserve those for your next birthday, Maxine!
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I'm sure you deserve those for your next birthday, Maxine!
;D ;D ;DTry to forget those now Maggie!!!
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I've had to bin this rather fine mug... as it is no-longer water tight..
One thing I liked about it is that the four main panels are not just copies of each other.
I see it is still available..... but given that (following the marriage of our households) we still have about four times the number of mugs we need.... I can't really justify replacing it......
http://www.connaughtonline.co.uk/store/product/74585/Dunoon-Spring-Flowers-Snowdrop-Bute-Shape-Mug-(300ml)/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg4Td5rew3QIV2ed3Ch10AgJ9EAQYAyABEgL1T_D_BwE (http://www.connaughtonline.co.uk/store/product/74585/Dunoon-Spring-Flowers-Snowdrop-Bute-Shape-Mug-(300ml)/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg4Td5rew3QIV2ed3Ch10AgJ9EAQYAyABEgL1T_D_BwE)
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Oh dear - it's like losing a friend! How about keeping it on your desk to hold pens and pencils?
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You are almost Yorkshire, Maggi. That's what I'd do as well. (they do a daff mug too!)
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You are almost Yorkshire, Maggi. That's what I'd do as well. (they do a daff mug too!)
Scots/Yorkshire = 6 of one, half a dozen of the other, Anne! Plus there is the influence of Ian's Yorkshire born and bred Mum!
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Something like:
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A special snowdrop-art is the "Black Snowdrop Ring", created after wishes of the owner (probably also a galantopfile!) from the goldsmith Neugebauer Torgau (see foto Neugebauer), who also will take part in our 1. springflowershow im march 2019 in Torgau!
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one of the first pictures of snowdrops in Torgau - Saxony I found in the famous "Kreutterbuch" 1563 from Johann Kentmann. This coloured Aquarell-picture is one of more tha 600 plants, which this book contains. The aquarells are the reason, why there are not copies of this old herb-book, as othe books from Fuchs, Mathioli and others. In 1563 the snowdrops are called: "little white hornung (= february) flower. The big "white hornung flower" means Leucojum vernum, which is also part of the old book!
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Not one that I'd come across, thanks for posting Harald.
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On SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2019 at 2.00 for 2.30 our own Gail Harland will be talking to the East Anglian Garden Group.
Details attached
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Debbie Joliff's etsy shop has all sorts of great things - including snowdrop cards and lovely , framed, fine art prints of 'drops and more
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PhotographsOnMyWall?coupon=CODE10&utm_campaign=Share&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_source=DSMT2&utm_term=so.smt&share_time=1551260241000 (https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PhotographsOnMyWall?coupon=CODE10&utm_campaign=Share&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_source=DSMT2&utm_term=so.smt&share_time=1551260241000)
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debbiejolliff.co.uk
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I've not added to this thread for a while but I do keep my eyes out for something different in the world of snowdrop art, and this painting is definitely something different! Sadly I don't have £9,000 to spare...
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Twin-Hearts/718792/2085781/view
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Was cheered to see this image posted elsewhere by the Branklyn Garden team and copied to the Branklyn page here -but it deserves to be shown on this thread too..... surely the tea tastes better with these .....
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Oh, those are fun!