Judith with the Head of Holofernes (ca.1633-37, detail) Francesco Cairo
The Chertsey Shield was discovered in 1985 at gravel pit in Abbey Meads, England. Fashioned out of bronze and with an ash wood handle, it dates from c. 400-200 BC.
Gold inlaid kindjal dagger from the Caucasus, 19th century.
from Czerny’s International Auction House
“…I am still blazing in my golden hell.”— Sylvia Plath, from To A Jilted Lover
