Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Okay I have to geek out about this...

I love miniatures. I have to restrain myself so they don't take over my house -- because, being miniatures, they don't seem to take up space. Anyway, I found this on eBay. It's a chess piece (the Knight) in the shape of Confederate cavalry officer J.E.B. Stuart from the American Civil War, and it looks just like him! (Hard to see from my photo, though). I just had to geek out about this.
Here is the real J.E.B. Stuart, courtesy of Wikipedia in a public domain photo:


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8 comments:

  1. Cool! I get your affection for miniatures, I collect fetish carvings. My favorite is a stone bear with a turquoise fish in his mouth. The amazing carving in something so small is breathtaking, at least to me.

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  2. Thank you for the comment, Nancy. :) I know what you mean about the fetish carvings. The Zuni fetish carvings are very popular where I come from, and I agree with you that they're gorgeous. I have a tiny bear carved out of turquoise. No fish in his mouth, though. That would be even better!

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  3. Where were you hiding your collection?!

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  4. *snort!* Remember how we never got the chance to give you the tour of the house? The three of us were so busy running around doing GRL stuff that we barely even got to show you where the washer / dryer was at the end of your stay.

    What's funny is that we cleaned up the whole house in preparation to give you the grand tour, and then there were two or three rooms you never even got to see! :D

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  5. LOL! Now that you mention it...

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  6. Ha, ha! And they were the most interesting rooms, too, where we each struggle to contain and rearrange our clutter (miniature or not)!

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  7. Now you're just being a tease! ;)

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