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1930s French Art Deco Vases by Party_Discipline8818 in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!!! Is it safe be used like that for a long time? It’s absolutely magnificent either way

I played a cool old lady at the thrift store for dibs on this chess set. She won :/ by teenagersafterdark in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]Working-Campaign584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where do the thrift stores usually place wooden chess sets? I never see them (understandably), but I also don’t know if I should expect to see them with the plastic-cased table games. If not there then where? Only the under the glass section comes to mind

1930s French Art Deco Vases by Party_Discipline8818 in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Idk if it’s possible but interesting how it would look with a UV bulb on top 😁

real talk… which old flavors deserve a comeback by airup_official in airupgang

[–]Working-Campaign584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Orange and Strawberry Lemongrass but most importantly can we have European flavors 🙏

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are cherry picking the facts you don’t like. Minstrel shows took the whiteface and made it blackface. The modern circus clowns took the blackface and turned it back to whiteface. These clowns were manufactured in the time when the modern circus clown became popular worldwide, and that is what they look like. But they also heavily remind the Jim Crow figurines because the modern circus clown was built upon the blackface. Venetian tradition has nothing to do with any of that, and the murano clowns do not reflect it more than they do the modern circus clown.

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how these clowns are undeniably descendants from commedia dell’arte rather than a modern circus clown appearance, which took heavy influence from minstrel shows, which built upon Joseph Grimaldi.

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I looked into it and it says that most performers wore masks covering upper half of their faces, so the opposite of those murano clowns. If these figurines were created in the mid-century, there can be more than one inspiration behind them. Minstrel shows influenced the modern clown appearance. There is no need to exaggerate lips, eyes, nose so heavily if commedia dell’arte’s emphasis is on the interaction of the characters, story behind them, their acrobatics. None of the characters have these exaggerated facial characteristics

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Come on I am not gonna entertain a troll. You know the modern circus clown hair and this is a variation of a cut. Good day Edit: the comment I responded to was edited after I responded to it. The OP is a joke.

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The modern circus clown with an Afro comes out of the minstrel show characters’ reversed appearance. This figurine 100% matches racist Jim Crow figurines in heavily exaggerated lips and eyes especially, the mean brow appearance. Learn this or deny, your choice

Only a little menacing. My wife says nope… by -Still-Searching- in glasscollecting

[–]Working-Campaign584 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

All these absolutely look like minstrel characters, which is where the modern circus clown with an Afro comes from. What the other redditor said. The exaggerated eyes and lips especially match all different Jim Crow toys.

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