skiourophile
@skiourophile.bsky.social
Interested in food history, books, Australiana, fly-fishing, & the ancient world (Classics PhD: posting #classicalreception @acrsn.bsky.social). X: @skiourophile. Memorable South Australian recipes: http://unusualcoleslaw.blogspot.com/
Chelsea #carp tureen and cover, circa 1755 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3153...
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Chelsea #carp tureen and cover, circa 1755 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3153...
A Chelsea pigeon tureen and cover, circa 1755 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3153...
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A Chelsea pigeon tureen and cover, circa 1755 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3153...
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Two silver plated #lemon 🍋 squeezers from the Antony Worrall Thompson collection - Bonhams - www.bonhams.com/auction/3146... & www.bonhams.com/auction/3146...
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Two silver plated #lemon 🍋 squeezers from the Antony Worrall Thompson collection - Bonhams - www.bonhams.com/auction/3146... & www.bonhams.com/auction/3146...
Belle Époque cane with agate handle depicting French #bulldog, garnet inset eyes, silver-gilt studded collar with Baroque pearl tag on a snakewood shaft - Cartier, 1900 www.bonhams.com/auction/3148...
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Belle Époque cane with agate handle depicting French #bulldog, garnet inset eyes, silver-gilt studded collar with Baroque pearl tag on a snakewood shaft - Cartier, 1900 www.bonhams.com/auction/3148...
Love the way the #cameos are checking each other out | auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-...
May 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Love the way the #cameos are checking each other out | auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-...
🤬 "much more eafy to make moft Swearers Profelytes than Converts.." - Robert Boyle (1695) - for sale via www.thebookmerchantjenkins.com/auctions/?ic...
May 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🤬 "much more eafy to make moft Swearers Profelytes than Converts.." - Robert Boyle (1695) - for sale via www.thebookmerchantjenkins.com/auctions/?ic...
Tom Gauld on cooking – cartoon | www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...
February 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Gauld on cooking – cartoon | www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...
#classicalreception #Adelaide - brass plaque "Affixed by the #Bacchus Club Adelaide as a gesture of goodwill to mark the centenary of Woodley Wines Limited 1856-1956" auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-... (the #Bacchus club still exists)
February 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#classicalreception #Adelaide - brass plaque "Affixed by the #Bacchus Club Adelaide as a gesture of goodwill to mark the centenary of Woodley Wines Limited 1856-1956" auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-... (the #Bacchus club still exists)
Very taken by this doctors’ surgery #kangaroos — in Yass, NSW #Australiana 🦘
February 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Very taken by this doctors’ surgery #kangaroos — in Yass, NSW #Australiana 🦘
Some details from #Pompeii NMA Canberra — garden fresco, cameo glass panel, a very expressive pot, & chatty ducks — pdf link to more information: www.nma.gov.au/__data/asset...
February 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Some details from #Pompeii NMA Canberra — garden fresco, cameo glass panel, a very expressive pot, & chatty ducks — pdf link to more information: www.nma.gov.au/__data/asset...
#Assyrian revival bracelet.., circa late 19th century. Variously-shaped coral, bone, turquoise, synthetic sapphires, synthetic rubies, green, brown and red gemstones, single and old-cut diamonds, yellow gold and white metal | www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
December 15, 2024 at 5:14 AM
#Assyrian revival bracelet.., circa late 19th century. Variously-shaped coral, bone, turquoise, synthetic sapphires, synthetic rubies, green, brown and red gemstones, single and old-cut diamonds, yellow gold and white metal | www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Jim Beam decanter in the form or a pink #galah (rose-breasted cockatoo) Jim Beam decanter | auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-... #Australiana
November 16, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Jim Beam decanter in the form or a pink #galah (rose-breasted cockatoo) Jim Beam decanter | auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-... #Australiana
🦘 #Kangaroo 'Mystery Clock' by Junghans, 1929 | www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
October 29, 2024 at 6:05 AM
🦘 #Kangaroo 'Mystery Clock' by Junghans, 1929 | www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
Remarkable collection of #Australiana up for auction from the Dr Jane Lennon Collection | www.leski.com.au/auction/the-...
October 10, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Remarkable collection of #Australiana up for auction from the Dr Jane Lennon Collection | www.leski.com.au/auction/the-...
🍍🫖 Sydney Teapot Show 2024 www.theguardian.com/food/gallery... Image: Dancing Pineapple Teapot by Yang Qiu
October 6, 2024 at 10:38 AM
🍍🫖 Sydney Teapot Show 2024 www.theguardian.com/food/gallery... Image: Dancing Pineapple Teapot by Yang Qiu
🦔🌷 Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt #Hedgehog Crocus Pots and Trays, England, c. 1968 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3025...
October 6, 2024 at 10:13 AM
🦔🌷 Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt #Hedgehog Crocus Pots and Trays, England, c. 1968 | www.bonhams.com/auction/3025...
A Victorian travelling cutlery set (Thomas Johnson, London, 1877): "Comprising a knife, fork, and spoon, the handles of which detach and fit inside each other, the smallest of the three also containing a corkscrew, all in fitted leather case.." www.bonhams.com/auction/2987...
September 15, 2024 at 11:16 AM
A Victorian travelling cutlery set (Thomas Johnson, London, 1877): "Comprising a knife, fork, and spoon, the handles of which detach and fit inside each other, the smallest of the three also containing a corkscrew, all in fitted leather case.." www.bonhams.com/auction/2987...
Eveline Syme (1888-1961), Collins Street, #Melbourne c1927 auctions.leonardjoel.com.au/asp/fullCata...; Dora L. Wilson (1883-1946), Corner of Collins St and Exhibition St auctions.leonardjoel.com.au/asp/fullCata...
September 11, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Eveline Syme (1888-1961), Collins Street, #Melbourne c1927 auctions.leonardjoel.com.au/asp/fullCata...; Dora L. Wilson (1883-1946), Corner of Collins St and Exhibition St auctions.leonardjoel.com.au/asp/fullCata...
HALL THORPE (1874-1947), "Crocus and Snowdrops", Woodcut elderfineart.com.au/auctionlarge...
August 28, 2024 at 11:17 AM
HALL THORPE (1874-1947), "Crocus and Snowdrops", Woodcut elderfineart.com.au/auctionlarge...
Max Meldrum, Cornflowers and Carnations, 1929 | www.deutscherandhackett.com/auction/lot/...
August 10, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Max Meldrum, Cornflowers and Carnations, 1929 | www.deutscherandhackett.com/auction/lot/...
Gold bracelet highlights Australian flora & fauna | QAGOMA blog blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/gold-bracele...
August 4, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Gold bracelet highlights Australian flora & fauna | QAGOMA blog blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/gold-bracele...
😿 "artist unknown", Portrait of a Cat (oil on canvas) | Small & Whitfield auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-...
July 19, 2024 at 10:56 AM
😿 "artist unknown", Portrait of a Cat (oil on canvas) | Small & Whitfield auctions.smallandwhitfield.com/lots/view/4-...