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Item R–2411–659The Pouring Jar of Petronella Bloom
A silver ritual pouring jar whose flowers consume praise, lash out at criticism, and grow more demanding with every compliment.
- Classification
- Ceremonial gratitude vessel
- Origin
- Victorian London
- Estimated date
- Victorian era or earlier
- Collection status
- On display
- Materials
- Etched silver; enchanted botanical growth
- Condition
- Intact; vines remain responsive
The Curator’s record
Visitors are discouraged from complimenting the arrangement. The Curator once called it rather lovely and was followed by three vines.
Provenance
Madame Petronella Bloom bought the vessel at an estate sale and used it as a vase, ignoring that it had served in ceremonies of gratitude. Her rare roses learned her appetite for admiration and eventually absorbed her into a new bloom.
Observed activity
Praise enlarges the blossoms and vines. Silence causes them to droop; criticism provokes thorned attacks. One pale bloom bears an expression resembling Petronella's.
The Tale of this object
The Pouring Jar of Petronella Bloom
Season 2 · Episode 04In tonight’s story, we return to the gaslit parlors of Victorian London, where beauty was cultivated like a weapon and envy bloomed like ivy on every wall. There, Madame Petronella Bloom, florist, socialite, and patron saint of self-admiration discovers that an old ritual vessel makes for a very striking vase. But when she fills it with flowers meant to impress rather than honor, her bouquet learns from its mistress: it simply cannot stop consuming compliments.
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