The Year of the Dragon
Every year as the Lunar New Year approaches I try to find the right image to send auspicious wishes This year – the Year of
$562,490,191.00
In days of old red wine came with a lot of sediment
The English really liked their Bordeaux or claret wines
To enjoy these the wines had to be decanted and put through a seive to get rid of the sediment
This English silver wine funnel dates from more than 100 years ago.
As you can see from the photograph with the wine funnel in pieces there is a small ring.
A piece of gauze would be held by that ring at the base of the body of the funnel
Pour your beautiful precious bordeaux wine through the funnel into a claret jug
And serve!
This one is a classic English silver wine funnel dating from the reign of William IV
There is a coat of arms engraved on the main body
The wine funnel takes apart so a fine piece of gauze be used to seive the wine
Every year as the Lunar New Year approaches I try to find the right image to send auspicious wishes This year – the Year of
Our big event of the year! Fine Art Asia 2023 After four years we are finallly able to show all our wonderful treasures at this
A Silver Quiz Having had fun putting together this quiz I thought I should put it up as a blog…. Question 1How many marks would