A stick pin in the form of a skull made by the jeweller Auguste-Germain Cadet-Picard which was exhibited at the Paris International Exposition of 1867. The pin is made of gold and enamel with small diamonds for the eyes and contains electric terminals which, when connected to a battery hidden in the wearer’s pocket, cause the eyes to roll and the jaws to snap. At the Exposition Picard exhibited many types of jewellery with moving parts powered by electricity which attracted a lot of attention. The report on the Exposition written by the British Royal Commission describes Picard’s display, remarking on the “ingeniously-modelled and delicately wrought and enamelled little objects, to some of which a grotesque life is imparted by a voltaic arrangement concealed in a portable form of galvanic cell”.
These gears from Green Tree Jewelry make great gifts for girls who like gadgets. They’re available in my Thinx Gifts Amazon store.
WANT
humming-bird by ~Scarlet-floret
For those out there who love their steampunk post-apocolyptic.
All the above are handmade by me and are up FOR AUCTION in the ‘Pump It Up’ auction of facebook. All proceeds go to a friend and co-worker of Wandering Brush Facepainting so he can finally get a much needed insulin pump!
WILL GLADLY MAIL TO WINNERS!!
(Source: facebook.com)
