Now another experiment to see if picasa can work as a written, screen readable database
Inspired by the artist Martin Jones, see his chess sets in the Portobello album (Elizabeth St.)
The first occurence of the word " as" in line 7, is a typo
Dr. Thomas Thomsen tells me that the Edel family spanned several generations, several of them were first class turners in this distinctive style.
A good example of a 'Flower Garden' designed set, probably 19c Danish, this set came up for sale in the Bloomsbury sale 25 th Sept 07 and more pics can be seen in that album.( £3,200 on the hammer, add 20%)
The tops of the royals clearly take some influence from the highly prised 'broken tulips' which have been popular since the 16c. The reason was not understood until relatively recently, (A virus) which caused the bulbs so infected to 'throw' beautiful and thrilling swirls and colours.
