BABY AIRPLANE HARNESS

According to M. Dreyfous in Dalou: Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre, this composition was based on a group entitled Juno Suckling the Infant Hercules, which the artist later destroyed. Two slightly reduced versions of this composition exist: one in the Hermitage, St Petersburg, and the other also in the V&A (Museum no. A.27-1912). The slight reduction in size of these two versions suggests they were cast from a mould taken from this piece, but they may have been slightly reworked by the artist.
There are also a number of small-scale versions of this group. A terracotta (height 45 cm) in the collection of Mr and Mrs Michael Travers (formerly in the collection of P. M. Turner) is signed and dated 1872. It is possible that this is the original sketch model, as it is the earliest dated version of the group. Another terracotta is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (dated 1873; height 49 cm), and there are two in private collections.
A plaster version is in the Petit Palais, Paris (height 52 cm). This was the model for editions by Susse Freres in bronze and Sevres in biscuit porcelain (no. 1045). A marble version of the same group, probably a workshop piece (height 94.5 cm) was sold by Matthiesen's, London, in 1955 to an English private collection. From there it passed in 1986 to a French private collection. An engraving of this composition (a mirror image) was made by Achille-Isodore Gilbert and published in 1876 in an article about the London art world in the journal L'Art. A drawing, also a mirror image, was then made from this engraving by Vincent Van Gogh.

Ha ha! I crack me up!

OK, I had to do a fun one for a change of pace. I got these little hippo charms for a mini-project for a friend of mine and I just had to do something with the extras because I think they are so darned cute.

This necklace is made strong enough to also be used as a nursing necklace!

Nursing necklaces are designed to give baby something to play with to keep them from getting too distracted while nursing. Babies, especially once they reach about 3 or 4 months and begin to explore the world around them, like to pinch, scratch, poke, and yank on hair while breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and these necklaces provide something fun and pretty to grab without hurting you.

Loop pendant is made up of fiber-optic cats-eye beads and red crystal glass and is double-strung with strong nylon coated wire and hanging from a satin cord with lobster-claw clasp. The charm is hooked on there with wire and it's strong. I wore another hippo loop that I made for myself to wear during my vacationing and it withstood all sorts of yanking and tugging as my daughter is quite fond of the smiley little guy and I had to do a lot of hiking with her on my arm.