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Posted by darenka (My Page) on Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 16:25
| Just wanted to share what I got on my local ebay for 1 euro. (OK, with shipping, it came to about $7.00 U.S., but still a might fine buy.) I really need to get out more because I didn't even know about reverse glass painting until you folks educated me. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for leading me down more dangerous roads. This little beauty (14" x 17") will be added to my collection of icons. I still need to get to Romania to develop my eye for them, but I quite liked the primitive feel of this one, regardless. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Romanian Icon
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Lucky you!!....maybe we should place orders with you?? LOL!
Seriously...that's very very nice.
Linda C |
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| That's great. Any idea what the writing on top says? |
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| Sorry, I should have embedded that photo in the message; save you the link trouble. Eventually, my old forum skills/etiquette will come back to me--I'm just not as clever as I used to be. The brain seems to be collecting more cobwebs than skills. Anyway, once in a while everyone on ebay seems to be asleep and I get lucky. (I could have gotten a fabulous fox fur coat for a euro, but I couldn't stop imagining myself as Cruella Deville. Not that it stopped me from desperately buying some animal skin scarf when I was FREEZING in Berlin and nothing was open but street vendors peddling fake Russian hats--just curious how much I overpaid so I was browsing the skin aisles. I now call that my rat scarf. I'm completely ok with the wholesale slaughter of rats.) But back to the issue at hand, keep your fingers crossed that everyone is asleep again so I can acquire a friend or two. Knowing this forum, someone might come along and be able to REALLY translate it. I was confused because it seems very Cyrillic based and I was unaware that Romania used the Cyrillic alphabet. They did, but switched over 1860. My attempt at a translation is, The birth of Christ. |
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I think that certainly might be what that icon says! LOL!
About that fabulous fox coat for 1 Euro...
Foxes are evil....without mercy....sure they have bushy tails and cute little dog faces, but they would rip apart your poodle and take your cat right off your porch if they had hungry cubs...
So the next time you see one of those fabulous fox fur coats...just go ahead and buy it!! they are easily as evil as a rat! :Q
Linda C |
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| I *think* reverse painting was started in China and used on snuff bottles. They now do Christmas ornaments, which are beautiful, but it could cost a fortune to do a whole Christmas tree. ;o) |
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