A one-of-a-kind handmade shadowbox — whimsical, witchy and meticulously arranged, for those who keep their rarest specimens behind glass. Two real preserved lantern bugs — Pyrops synavei and Pyrops pyrorhynchus — rest against an illustrated background of apothecary bottles and aged manuscript. Members of the family Fulgoridae, known as lantern bugs for their extraordinary elongated head projections, they are among the most striking insects in the world. Around them: a pigeon skull in a wizard's hat, a bat skull, a miniature glass dome with a mouse skull and lichen, a dragon skull, a crystal ball with a skeletal hand reaching above it, bottles of snake skin, raw quartz crystals, green aura crystals, dried flowers, moss, a carved pumpkin, spell books, scrolls and a wizard's hat — every detail the inventory of a witch who never stops collecting. The frame is hand-built dark wood with hand-cut glass. The back is finished with black velvet, lace and a Morbid Oddities brand label. _______________________________ Details: Real preserved lantern bug — Pyrops synavei (Fulgoridae) Real preserved lantern bug — Pyrops pyrorhynchus (Fulgoridae) Illustrated background with apothecary bottle and manuscript motif Real pigeon skull in wizard's hat Real bat skull Real mouse skull in a miniature glass dome with lichen Dragon skull miniature Crystal ball with skeletal hand miniature Miniature bottles with snake skin Raw quartz crystals Green aura crystals Dried flowers Moss Carved pumpkin miniature Miniature spell books Miniature scrolls Wizard's hat miniature Hand-built dark wooden frame Hand-cut glass Back finished with black velvet, lace and Morbid Oddities brand label _______________________________ Processing: Ready to hang. One of a kind — you will receive the exact piece shown. _______________________________ Shipping Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. Original design — no copies permitted. _______________________________ Size 21 cm × 20 cm _______________________________ LORE There is a particular kind of apothecary who has never once been in a hurry. She has been here long enough to know that the best things arrive on their own — that you do not find a lantern bug so much as a lantern bug finds you, drawn by something it cannot quite name and does not particularly need to. She has stopped asking why they stay. The answer is the same as it always is: because it is warm here, and the light is interesting, and there are worse places to spend an eternity than a room that smells of old paper and dried flowers and something faintly electrical. Her collection is not organised by any system a stranger would recognise. She knows where everything is. She knows what everything means. She knows which crystals to ask and which ones prefer to be left alone with their thoughts. The hat on the skull belongs to a wizard who passed through once and forgot it. She has been meaning to return it. She will get around to it eventually. Eventually is one of her favourite words.
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