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TIDBITS 10/05/03
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I'll take care of it. Additionally, if you have friends who you think would enjoy Tidbits, please make them aware of us...and help me increase my circulation. URL (http://www.tyler-adam.com) ====================================== If you're interested in marketing on the Internet, you need to listen to The Web Doctor(sm) on Sunday evenings 7pm Central on KOMA AM-1520 or see the show live at http://www.thwebdoc.net. Call in and ask questions or have your site reviewed on the air. ======================================= Caffre This has been done before in another form ... but it bears repeating for as far as jewelry goes ... the descendants of the Caffre predominate all other archetypes. It was dead and its body was being held by its tail in the air ... suspended so that its nose barely touched the ground. The penalty invoked by the prince to the man who had killed it--reason unknown--was to blanket the creature with enough wheat to cover its body from the tip of its nose to the end of its suspended tail ... a hefty price for the poor fellow who was trying to eke out a meager existence off the land.. This direct descendant of the Caffre cat of Egypt ... our modern day tabby if you will ... had been revered and reviled through the ages. One can not offer enough insight to the cat ... because--I believe--no other creature has been more replicated in jewelry. Think of any famous designer ... and ask yourselves if there is even one of them that has not made a piece of feline jewelry. I suspect that those of you with contrary natures will probably come up with many who have not. But that's not the point. The point is that there is truly no point ... and that I am leading you all down a primrose path in order to make the point--albeit a shaky point--that jewelers make cats. Of course ... you may all say ... hey, Benjamin ... what's the point? To which I shall respond: Good point! But I digress. The origin of the cat may well be over 36 million years old ... but our personal relationship with it started about 5000 years ago in Egypt ... and from that moment to this very day ... the cat was here to stay. There was Felix and the Cheshire and Sylvester. There was Puss-in-Boots and Piewacket and the witches' companions. And there were surely many others whose names I can not think of at the moment. I would welcome input for my next cat-tail ... or is it cat-tale? Fido ... who may well be our best friend and our buddy to the end ... was never and never will be as revered and idolized as was our friendly feline. To the Egyptians ... he was protected by law from injury. When our supple friend died ... he was embalmed with the finest linens the family could afford and placed in mummy cases made of precious materials. In the Orient ... Burmese cats were kept as oracles in Burmese temples. Seers of the future ... they figured in the belief in transmigration of souls. Then there's the story of the Manx cat ... and how it lost its tail. Warriors fighting the Irish who had invaded the Isle of Man began killing the local cats for the bushy tails ... placing said tails upon their helmets as decoration. Observing this slaughter of her kin ... a wise old she-cat climbed to the top of a high mountain to give birth to her next litter. To ensure the safety of her kits ... she bit off their tails at birth ... ensuring they lived full lives. And so we now come to a brooch by one René Boivin ... a gem-set lion clip brooch pavéed with yellow and white diamonds with baguette cut ruby and sapphire and emerald mane and emerald eyes set in 18 karat yellow gold. Its estimated worth is over $40.000. Take a look and let me know if you think it's the stunner I think it is. For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Feline ... where you'll see an image of said beastie in gold and diamonds and precious stones. And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark All issues of Tidbits are copyrighted and available from our home page. All rights reserved. _________________________________________________ SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER: TIDBITS Available From Our Home Page At: http://www.tyler-adam.com Any Day-Gifts Galore-Visit Tyler-Adam Corp. _________________________________________________ --Browse the vast resources of TAC-Bourse-- --Our Diamond Search Engine-- _________________________________________________ TYLER-ADAM CORP.--Jewelry Manufacturers Tel: 1-800-20-TYLER E-Mail to: |
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