misc things & a teapot
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sea_changedThe real point of this post is that I want to show you all an excellent teapot I saw last weekend, but a few other things of note first:
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fandom_stocking has their needy stocking list out, of those still emptier than they'd like. I found I had a ton of fun going through and posting treats for different people, so I'm spreading the love. They're set to reveal the 19th, so there's still nearly a week left.
2. Everyone probably knows this already, butfandomtrumpshate is open for 2019 sign-ups; you have until February 1st, so there's still a good bit of time left. I'll be signing up to offer I believe Black Sails and Society of Gentlemen, so if you want to donate to a good cause and also get some fic about Miranda being sad/the London threesome being happy/Dominic and Silas being complicated, hit me up once auctions are posted.
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tautline-hitch over on tumblr posted this gem: questions for the British Navy's lieutenants' exam from around the 1780s. This delights me utterly. (Though obviously it's too late for Black Sails, James would've had to take a lieutenants' exam nearly a century earlier, though I have no idea how much the questions would've changed in the intervening time.)
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The MIA has a wonderful little mini-exhibit on Chinese export porcelain from something like the 16th century to the late 19th century, though clustered around the 18th century. There are all kinds of interesting things in it, including a significant sampling of different family crest porcelain: families would send images of their crest to China and then have it painted onto massive dinner services of up to several hundred pieces. The whole thing is wild and great.
But, my favorite piece by far was a "make-do" teapot from c. 1720. The teapot, made in Jingdezhen, China, evidently had its spout broken off during the journey to England, but the porcelain itself was still so valuable that a craftsman put together a custom-made silver spout for it so it would still be usable.
Look at it! Look at its weird little make-do self; I love it completely.
(And while I was finding its catalog record, I also found a teapot shaped like a house with a dragon going through it, I shit you not, c. 1740; this handsome boy, c. 1730-1740; a teapot with ships on it (the best of teapots!) c. 1754, which was part of the same exhibit; and this teapot from 1928 that looks like the most stylish skyscraper. There are so many good teapots in the world!)
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fandom_stocking has their needy stocking list out, of those still emptier than they'd like. I found I had a ton of fun going through and posting treats for different people, so I'm spreading the love. They're set to reveal the 19th, so there's still nearly a week left.2. Everyone probably knows this already, but
fandomtrumpshate is open for 2019 sign-ups; you have until February 1st, so there's still a good bit of time left. I'll be signing up to offer I believe Black Sails and Society of Gentlemen, so if you want to donate to a good cause and also get some fic about Miranda being sad/the London threesome being happy/Dominic and Silas being complicated, hit me up once auctions are posted. 3.
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The MIA has a wonderful little mini-exhibit on Chinese export porcelain from something like the 16th century to the late 19th century, though clustered around the 18th century. There are all kinds of interesting things in it, including a significant sampling of different family crest porcelain: families would send images of their crest to China and then have it painted onto massive dinner services of up to several hundred pieces. The whole thing is wild and great.
But, my favorite piece by far was a "make-do" teapot from c. 1720. The teapot, made in Jingdezhen, China, evidently had its spout broken off during the journey to England, but the porcelain itself was still so valuable that a craftsman put together a custom-made silver spout for it so it would still be usable.
Look at it! Look at its weird little make-do self; I love it completely.
(And while I was finding its catalog record, I also found a teapot shaped like a house with a dragon going through it, I shit you not, c. 1740; this handsome boy, c. 1730-1740; a teapot with ships on it (the best of teapots!) c. 1754, which was part of the same exhibit; and this teapot from 1928 that looks like the most stylish skyscraper. There are so many good teapots in the world!)
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Date: 2019-01-14 05:34 am (UTC)The lieutenant's exam questions! One of my first fandoms was Horatio Hornblower and I’ll always have a soft spot 8n my heart for this kind of thing. What a find.
I always miss both fandom_stockings and fandomtrumpshate. I’m both tempted and intrigued.
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Date: 2019-01-15 05:49 pm (UTC)Hornblower has been on my list for a while, and is rapidly getting nearer the top; I feel like it’s the one big Age of Sail fandom I don’t know anything about.
I always lose track of these things as well; I’m trying to make a concentrated effort to be more on top of them.
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Date: 2019-01-14 07:30 am (UTC)Yeah, James, and why didn't you think about it before steering the ship into your Sympathetic Fallacy storm, eh? WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE LOWER DECK GUNS?
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Date: 2019-01-15 05:59 pm (UTC)I secretly love the idea that James Flint, Brand-New Pirate Captain, initially tried to run his ship like a Naval vessel. Meanwhile, Gates spent several months in a state of continuous facepalm.
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Date: 2019-01-16 07:56 am (UTC)OH I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE HE TRIED. I mean, in the show it's still very clear that he thinks everything would run infinitely better if the crew would just do what he fucking tells them.
Meanwhile, Gates spent several months in a state of continuous facepalm.
Exactly.
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Date: 2019-01-17 06:45 pm (UTC)(Also, hi! I hope you don't mind me commenting here and adding you to my reading list, but I was overcome by teapots and also your review posts.)
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Date: 2019-01-17 11:54 pm (UTC)(Not at all; clearly I am also frequently overcome by teapots. And I’m glad you’re liking the review posts, as I enjoy doing them.)