Auscultation - A 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Auscultation - A 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Auscultation - A 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Auscultation - A 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Weight: 164 grams; Length: 10 cm; Width: 8 cm
Auscultation / 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Auscultation, sterling silver cigarette case (1932, London)
—When a lady's breasts and a doctor's morality run naked on silverware
① Made of pure silver, with a warm luster accumulated over a century, the surface is covered with translucent enamel that is as bright as if it were just made yesterday, and you can feel the delicate texture that time cannot wear away with your fingertips.
②Enamel enamel uses seven layers of "semi-transparent glaze" to fire, making the girl's skin show blue veins under a magnifying glass (while the doctor's honesty is that the light transmittance is zero).
③The devil is in the microscope; the folds of the bow tie conceal the soaring blood pressure following a failed auscultation.
Screen:
It depicts the awkwardness of doctors diagnosing women's heart and lung diseases before the stethoscope was invented (before 1816).
Doctor: Like someone who just came from a Victorian-era banquet, wearing a black suit (symbolizing professional authority), a meticulously fastened white silk collar (metaphor for moral shackles), and gold-rimmed glasses, which, even after a century, still reflect the doctor's hair.
This 1932 cigarette box seems to have deliberately captured the embarrassment of that "era of barrenness" as a work of art. The doctor's seriousness and the girl's shy yet subtly amused eyes, along with the naked body with her clothes lifted (in the Victorian era, there were only two legal settings: the delivery room or art silverware) – the girl slightly lifts her robe, her fair skin like an uncarved piece of jade against the dark background. The visual contrast between black and white, full and exposed, maximizes the tension of the image.
But if you look closely—you need a magnifying glass—the fine, hair-like enamel brushstrokes become visible: the transition of light and shadow on the girl's shoulders is soft, vividly brought to life under the enamel's glaze, and it hides a playful reminiscence of bygone days.
No wonder it looks brand new even after a hundred years. This is not a cigarette box, but a miniature oil painting that you can carry in your pocket.
Inspired by Newtonian optics, the glaze, crafted with Birmingham's artistry, evokes a Victorian complexion. The sterling silver base, like a miniature stage, reflects the somber shadows of a magnificent empire: beneath the exquisite craftsmanship, can one find a sigh from afar?
The cigarette box encapsulates the craftsmanship and sentiments of old Britain, awaiting a magnifying glass to decipher the century-old brushstrokes beneath the glaze.
The inside of the cigarette pack is engraved with secret codes; please explore them yourself.
Weight: 164 grams; Length: 10 cm; Width: 8 cm
Auscultation / 19th-century British enamel-painted sterling silver cigarette case
Auscultation, sterling silver cigarette case (1932, London)
—When a lady's breasts and a doctor's morality run naked on silverware
① Made of pure silver, with a warm luster accumulated over a century, the surface is covered with translucent enamel that is as bright as if it were just made yesterday, and you can feel the delicate texture that time cannot wear away with your fingertips.
②Enamel enamel uses seven layers of "semi-transparent glaze" to fire, making the girl's skin show blue veins under a magnifying glass (while the doctor's honesty is that the light transmittance is zero).
③The devil is in the microscope; the folds of the bow tie conceal the soaring blood pressure following a failed auscultation.
Screen:
It depicts the awkwardness of doctors diagnosing women's heart and lung diseases before the stethoscope was invented (before 1816).
Doctor: Like someone who just came from a Victorian-era banquet, wearing a black suit (symbolizing professional authority), a meticulously fastened white silk collar (metaphor for moral shackles), and gold-rimmed glasses, which, even after a century, still reflect the doctor's hair.
This 1932 cigarette box seems to have deliberately captured the embarrassment of that "era of barrenness" as a work of art. The doctor's seriousness and the girl's shy yet subtly amused eyes, along with the naked body with her clothes lifted (in the Victorian era, there were only two legal settings: the delivery room or art silverware) – the girl slightly lifts her robe, her fair skin like an uncarved piece of jade against the dark background. The visual contrast between black and white, full and exposed, maximizes the tension of the image.
But if you look closely—you need a magnifying glass—the fine, hair-like enamel brushstrokes become visible: the transition of light and shadow on the girl's shoulders is soft, vividly brought to life under the enamel's glaze, and it hides a playful reminiscence of bygone days.
No wonder it looks brand new even after a hundred years. This is not a cigarette box, but a miniature oil painting that you can carry in your pocket.
Inspired by Newtonian optics, the glaze, crafted with Birmingham's artistry, evokes a Victorian complexion. The sterling silver base, like a miniature stage, reflects the somber shadows of a magnificent empire: beneath the exquisite craftsmanship, can one find a sigh from afar?
The cigarette box encapsulates the craftsmanship and sentiments of old Britain, awaiting a magnifying glass to decipher the century-old brushstrokes beneath the glaze.
The inside of the cigarette pack is engraved with secret codes; please explore them yourself.
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