The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has a wonderful article that may be of interest to anyone who owns antique fans, or who is a fan (pun intended) of this art form. It describes different techniques for storing individual kinds of fans according to their age, materials, and delicacy, some of which I had never considered before for my collection. You can find the full article here .
Amphorae were pottery vessels created to hold and transport goods in the Greek and Roman world; some were even highly decorative and given as prizes, or used to hold the ashes of the dead. Join me as I delve into the vessels of history...