Alice

Antique Alice in Wonderland stamp case collectable

And this wonderful illustrated edition, Lisbeth Zwerger is such a talented artist and has illustrated some Oscar Wilde stories too, so beautiful!

Pics from Tumblr

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Theo Fennell master works book rings

Wizard of Oz

Narnia wardrobe, above and below

Peter Pan

Story of Adam and Eve

Link to master works here

Tiny draw bridge for tiny invaders!

Literary themed jewellery will always win in the end

All pics from here

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Ipod gramophone dancing man

YEAH!

Pic from Reddit

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz

For those who really loved the film Hugo, but in particular the ethereal hypnotic presence of the Automaton, I really was enchanted by his mechanical beauty and did a little research. 

A large inspiration behind the book, then film was this automaton: 

Maillardet's automaton, built by Henri Maillardet.

Which then led to finding out about the Jaquet-Droz automata. They are still working and draw pictures, and are on display in Switzerland.

Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a Swiss watchmaker and built the dolls to help him sell watches, but I really do think his mechanical bird music boxes are so wonderful, such an intricate attention to detail, full of old world charm. If you are into such intricacies, Jaquet-Droz have their own Youtube channel which is full of delightful videos.

Here is a link to a great article and video about his music boxes, gif below swiped from that source :)

Pics from sources linked 

Enjoy!

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