Word: snuffbox
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...from 1750 to 1789. It was inspired by Jean-François de Bastide, author of the erotic novella The Little House. He believed seriously expensive and elaborate furniture and clothing were not meant to be just aesthetic eye candy; they were also used as tools of seduction. Is the snuffbox the next must-have accessory...
...that crazy, good-time-Charlie honky-tonker, and I don't tell 'em any different." DIED. LILIANE DE ROTHSCHILD, late 80s, quiet member of the French banking family known for her charitable donations to the art world; in Royaumont, France. Her gifts to the Louvre include a diamond-studded snuffbox given by Queen Victoria to her great-grandfather, a French minister of state...
...high prices limited to paintings. Earlier this year auctioneers gaveled record prices for a French snuffbox ($150,000), a Roman glass bowl ($1.9 million), an American weather vane ($25,000), a Louis XV marquetry cabinet ($1.8 million), a Fabergé hippopotamus cigarette lighter ($55,000), a book of photographs ($100,000), a 2nd century A.D Roman head ($94,000). Per auctionem ad astra...
...adjective great, debased in American museum parlance by the relentless way in which curators are apt to apply it to their latest snuffbox, does apply here. The reason is quite simple...
...dyed Zsa Zsa Gabor. Out of another giant cake popped Warhol Protege Gerry Williams outfitted in two black pasties and one black garter, her costume for an unusually explicit erotic dance. Then came more gifts for Jagger: a silver cross, a photo of a naked lady and a silver snuffbox for cocaine. Someone asked Bob Dylan whether the Stones phenomenon marked the end of rock 'n' roll or the beginning of something new. Resplendent in aviator glasses, checked shirt and a white fedora, Dylan answered with a grin: "It's the beginning of cosmic consciousness...