Box of Odd Things- aka Treasure of Dubious Plots

Aug 06, 2006 22:01

A Raven feather. Kept by Jack and 'used' here

A rook's skull.

A hidiously designed tiara, tarnished.

A pair of gold saltcellars in the shape of leaping dolphins. Given to Princess Amy as a wedding gift.

A signet ring, and a matching dagger with a signet on the base of its hilt. The symbol on the ring is a compass rose.

A gold torque inlaid with lapis lazuli.

Matchbook-sized book of psalms, with a cover of gold and inlaid with gems.

Another signet ring with a stone of amber, that is actually a poison ring.

A tiny alabaster figurine of a cat.

A tapestry depicting the martyrdom of some saint or other, done with gold thread. - Saint Sebastian, shot with arrows.

Five different goblets supposing to be the Holy Grail, each with a different maker's mark on the bottom.

A reliquary shaped like an arm, with a little glazed window and a fingerbone inside. Saint Stephan of Hungary- patron of bricklayers, stone cutters, stone masons.

A Roman-glass goblet set with onyx.

Statue of a winged man, carved in jade.

Seven glass bottles, ornately carved and chased with gold, and sealed with wax. Inside each is a shrivelled black thing that might be the heart of something not human.

An intaglio ring with the profile of Cicero.

Seventeen assorted ivory chessmen, both red and white, very elaborately carved. The rest are missing.

A small ivory cube, intricately carved. Inside it is a tiny crystal sphere, perfectly round and seamless.

A large egg the size of an ostarich egg, but of a deep metallic blue with gold swirls upon it.

A brass figure of a fairy, with delicate enamel details and fully articulated joins, and a wind-up key.

A mirror made of red glass.

3 Bronze statues, hand-sized, of Ganesh, of an Indian style Buddha and a Chinese style Buddha.

Velvet pouch holding a shell box, holding a great handful of pearls cushioned with a yellowed silk hankerchief. (Initials Z.F.G.) One blue pearl given to Mary Lennox, the rest given to Jack.

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