Cabinet IX
Wunderkammer Index & Relic Classification
XLII
catalogued oddities
1884
earliest acquisition
12
specimen drawers


Specimen No. VII
Macro photograph of an iridescent Roman glass fragment discovered along the Thames foreshore at low tide, retaining silver patination from two millennia in silty river clay.
Accompanied by handwritten ink notes detailing the precise lunar phase and water level during its retrieval.


Cabinet Selections
Three Featured Oddities
Apothecary Vial
A tiny hand-blown glass vial containing dried lavender seeds and sealed with deep crimson sealing wax.
Uncut Amethyst
A raw crystalline cluster untouched by modern cutlers, smelling faintly of old cedar and damp earth.
Cicada Husk
An immaculate translucent exoskeleton preserved within folded vellum, discovered beneath ancient oak roots during midsummer.
Turn each leaf gently; this codex holds wonder gathered from quiet corners.
Private archive maintained exclusively for Chanelle.
