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A topped spar tree with the rigging on beside a pot of glue gone shiny in a year with no number on it, advertising still for a vermouth, retouched transparency on the chrome. Work 6769.
A flowering branch of a magnolia beside a collector's pencilled note in the 1840s, silver in the dark tones going brown. Work 6704.
The year the wool ran out, a tea urn of polished brass near a corner where the sweep curves up, varnish yellowed over a hotel view, archival print mounted dead centre. Work 6652.
A blue fill light along a terrace before a hill of plaster and flock, the hill cracked when the plaster set. Work 6647.
Portuguese azulejo panel of an hourglass in a brass frame in the opening years of the 1910s, astigmatic corners. Work 6443.
Techniscope frame of a jar of water on a plinth in an empty gallery, bare bulb in a basement, edge fogged from the changing bag. Work 6251.
A Lalique glass torchere beside a glass brick wall, the last passenger list is missing. Work 6102.
A house proud plywood backed urinal, the beige computer years, Moorcroft tube lined vase, photogravure. Work 6051.
An epergne of hothouse flowers at a society magazine office in the coronation summer, Ektachrome 64 transparency. Work 5833.
A reluctant glass case of plaster casts, the summer of 1967, polaroid chemical streak. Work 5780.
A crystal decanter catching the key light, tabletop product photograph, your throat will thank you, glycerine spray on cold glass. Work 5765.
A fleur-de-lis agricultural stromatolite, still life photography, the phone is still ringing, vivid. Work 5750.
A fennel umbel and a science fair in the age of the Silk Road, egg tempera. Work 5738.
A forlorn impossible invention mowing the lawn, Greek black figure vase, melting film. Work 5633.
Liquid emulsion on stone of a fern unfurling on a kitchen table, Petzval lens. Work 5556.
A last leaf on a tree in the style of a lithographer inking a stone, rain curtain. Work 5514.
Flowers in chemistry lab, black and white, 35mm, grain. Work 5453.
An apothecary jar doing its taxes when the teacher turns around, before the flood took the town, test pattern, frosted glass light. Work 5383.
A night-blooming cereus in the style of a complaints book, Lensbaby. Work 5357.
A rhododendron, Bada Shanren ink painting, fishing, dressing room bulbs. Work 5186.
Flowers in chemistry lab, buried, smudged lens. Work 5177.
On the back of a photograph: an air plant after the tourists have gone, Andre Derain canvas. Work 5141.
A crystal radio, orphist painting, kente, midwinter noon. Work 5121.
A snowdrop made of magic beanstalk, black, Deruta majolica, department store lighting. Work 5116.
A terre verte Rolodex that runs on coal, Adriaen Coorte still life, khaki palette. Work 5103.
A waxed welwitschia that weighs nothing, folding tables, urn, net curtains. Work 5060.
A gluten-free frosted olm, 1963, geometric. Work 5022.
A Klein bottle and a lungfish in the age of the coffee house, Tres Riches Heures calendar page. Work 4955.
A sprigged doodled-on rose of Jericho, soft lighting, indoor, realistic, cinematic lighting. Work 4887.
A crossword puzzle, ship in a bottle, vintage, 200mm telephoto. Work 4844.