"Nothing is certain but death and taxes" - so goes the old saying, and it is, indeed true (unless you are lucky enough to live in a tax haven!) This list deals with the first bit - death. When we die, most of us end up in a coffin or casket. For the average person
Trey Ganem is offering free customized caskets for the victims of Sunday's shooting. He hopes his designs help to celebrate their lives.
Several Australian Costco stores started selling burial caskets and coffins this week. At $360 to $3800, they are about half the price of coffins sold in funeral homes.
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Also known as Venus in Schatulle (engl.: Venus in casket) or Venus I is one of the most prominent archaeological findings in history. The estimated 29.500 years old piece of lime rock was found about 109 years ago in the Austrian Wachau Region (Lower Austria) and is currently located in the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Vienna 1. Facts aside, if you are a history lover, a cultural assets’ collector or always wanted to have a Willendorf Venus at home without actually having to rob the NHM, you can now make your very own crochet Venus following my pattern below; for a jail-free curriculum vitae and a naked, 11 cm (like the original!) decoration at home. I included a wire in the body (for the arms and legs). If you want to work without a wire, attach the arms to the breasts at the end of your work to make it look like the original. What do you need: a fine to super fine yarn (at a recommended hook size of 2-2.5 mm); it is assumed that she had a white-skin colour, but I tried a lime-paint styled colour to keep it neutral additional curly yarn (bouclé) for her headgear. It is unknown whether she wears a headgear of basketwork or short curly hair. Thus, I used a beige coloured twisted yarn at a recommended hook size of 6-7 (e.g. Woll Butt Adela) and tried to make it look like it could fit for both (wiring) some wadding tapestry needle scissors
"I got up and started hugging my dad then proceeded to close the casket."
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The Jewel Casket by John William Godward (1861 - 1922)
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This casket is a rare, if not unique example of high-quality woodcarving from Anglo-Saxon England. Decorated with scenes from Christ’s life, it was likely made for an ecclesiastical purpose and may
József Rippl-Rónai (Hungarian, 1861-1927) Zorka Wearing A Blue Blouse, with Green Casket. Pastel on paper, n/d
1. In 2003, a New Zealand engineer named Bruce Simpson designed a $5,000 cruise missile using off the shelf parts sourced from the Internet. Despite being entirely legal, his project was shut down by the government.
Someone is selling this Airstream coffin on eBay for $4,500. It comes from Ghana where it was made in a workshop in 1995 by Nii Anum, a disciple of Kane Kwei, a carpenter born in the 1920s who made a name for himself making custom fantasy casket in his hometown of Accra. Kwei first began…
A funeral service is held for a woman who just passed away. As the pallbearers carry the casket out, they accidentally bump into a wall. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive. She lives for 10 more years and then dies. They have another funeral...
Following these stitch instructions and a yarn for a hook size of 2-2.5 mm, you get an appr. 11 cm tall crochet Willendorf Venus (like the original!).
Busloads of students from Stoneman Douglas High School were headed for Tallahassee to make their pitch for tougher gun laws.
Someone is selling this Airstream coffin on eBay for $4,500. It comes from Ghana where it was made in a workshop in 1995 by Nii Anum, a disciple of Kane Kwei, a carpenter born in the 1920s who made a name for himself making custom fantasy casket in his hometown of Accra. Kwei first began…
“One of the traditions is that everybody is equal in death, so you would think that all Jewish people would go in a pine box. However, we make a lot of very nice high-end caskets,” explains Lou Tobia Jr., the third generation owner of the New England Casket Company in Boston. Almost half of his...
This post may contain affiliate links. Crochet art at its best! If you love archaeology or history, you may already know Venus in casket, one of the most prominent archaeological findings in history. The Willendorf Venus by Patrycja of Trishagurumi is fabulous! The crochet Venus inspired and created after the original Willendorf Venus is simply amazing … Beautiful Venus In Casket For The History Lover Crocheter Read More »
During a funeral procession, the pallbearers accidentally bump into a wall and hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find out that...
The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Casket) is a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone chest from the early 8th century, now in the British Museum. The casket is
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ASouth Korean woman who was meant to be sleeping in a coffin as part of a spiritual ritual intended to bring her good fortune was found dead after suffocating in the sealed casket.
Reliquary Casket; c. 1200–1220; French (Limoges); Champlevé enamel on copper, wood core; 22.6 x 24.2 x 10.5 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; AP 1979.26 wikimedia
About Rare 16th century Nuremberg box In iron, measurements: 13 x 18 x 12 cm Good condition.
About Royal trousseau cassone. Provenance-Regina of Saxe. Richly painted with scenes of puttis, corbeilles de fruits and and mythologiques.
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About Late 19th century oval sewing box decorated with crowned monogram. The case contains five gold and steel sewing utensils embellished with small flowers. Labeled on the inside: AUCOC A PARIS. Weight: 27.6 g, circa 1860 Dimension: W 4.5 in, D 2.4in, H .8in. Dimension: L 11.5cm, P 6cm, H 2cm. La Maison Aucoc was founded in 1821 by Casimir Aucoc, in Paris. Its production was composed of toiletry boxes and travel caskets. Later, Louis Aucoc (1850-1932), jeweler and goldsmith, developed Maison Aucoc's activity. His great skill as a goldsmith and refined aesthetic sensibility undoubtedly contributed to his success. His jewelry, carefully made with the finest of materials, kept directly in step with French fashion. The firm’s Art Nouveau pieces were particularly well regarded, they often feature exquisitely chased gold combined with enameling and finely set diamonds. Aucoc is also remembered for his leadership within the jewelry industry and consistently served on the prize-giving and admissions panels at Paris’s International Exhibitions.
