Mind Your Manners!
Civility is not dead, particularly during the second week of May, which is annually recognized as National Etiquette Week. 
Mind Your Manners!
Civility is not dead, particularly during the second week of May, which is annually recognized as National Etiquette Week.
But it certainly would be a challenge to mind your "p's and q's" at this fanciful miniature place setting, which doubles as a bracelet.
Artist Richard Mawdsley is fascinated by the precious metals crafted in Europe centuries ago. He preserves this tradition by making intricately designed and meticulously crafted objects and jewelry using precious metals and stones.
Pictured top: Richard Mawdsley, born 1945, Feast Bracelet, 1974, sterling silver, jade, and pearls, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Collectors Alliance in honor of Lloyd E. Herman, Director, Emeritus, Renwick Gallery.
Source: Kenneth R. Trapp and Howard Risatti. Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998).
Pictured bottom: Richard Mawdsley, Feast Bracelet (detail).