
gil-galad about to get toasted 😦
text is from ‘The Fall of Gil-galad”

gil-galad about to get toasted 😦
text is from ‘The Fall of Gil-galad”

thelioninmybed replied to your post “what should i try to draw…”
DRAGONi copied tolkien’s illustrations bc they’re so adorb and funny looking

An Art Nouveau Raspberry Leaf pendant, by René
Lalique, circa 1900-03. Gold, enamel and glass. Signed LALIQUE. 8 x
5.5cm. Source: The Jewellery of René Lalique, by Vivienne Becker.

Isildur for @fernstrike, for @tolkiensecretsanta2017! Thank you for organizing the event!

the Traditional Feanorian Yule cookies
…by my grandma, who is cool
…and here is an example of how to make actually nice, edible, beautiful silmarillion cookies! and not disastrous abominations wrought by godless sinners

will make cookie master post tomorrow, but for now, have a soft pastel Milker to bless your blog (he wept spontaneously. one single tear. for all of us)
@theotherwesley @nonillions @cenobitesquid
original design by @cy-lindric obvs
the pathos is tangible

Forging Arda Page 09 –RivkaZ 2014
Mairon tries out his powers for the first time, shaping matter into elements.
(Guys, this page was nearly the death of me but I am extremely happy with the final result!)

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DONNA SIMONETTA COLONNA, DUCHESSA DI CESARÒ A Fabergé study of cornflower and oats, St Petersburg, circa 1910, the cornflower spray with three capitula, their florets enamelled in translucent royal blue over finely textured silver, each stigma with a collet-set circular-cut diamond encircled by stamens terminating in rose-cut diamonds, silver-gilt stem, the oat spray with pendant husks, resting at an angle in a carved rock crystal cylindrical pot.
(via auctions)
source: sothebys.com

Medieval French silver signet ring, dated to the 15th century. The source states that the N and the T engraved in the octagonal bezel perhaps represent the original owner’s initials. The two letters are separated by a snake. Source: Sixbid (via Timeline Auctions).