The cabinet catalogue

The Reliquary

The collection is never quite arranged the same way twice. Six objects have been drawn from the cabinets for your examination.

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Item R–7112–558

The Tea Caddy of Borrowed Dreams

A flowered tea caddy with a painted heron that crosses its landscape one stolen dream—and one cup—at a time.

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Item R–6640–524

The Grinning Face of Hollow Grove

The weathered wooden likeness of collector Silas Vane, still wearing the top hat the grove carved into him when it decided to begin a collection of its own.

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Item R–3010–119

The Lion That Guarded the Wrong Door

A red-and-gold guardian lion commissioned to keep wickedness outside, but determined to confront dishonesty within its own household.

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Item R–8130–916

The Grave Marker of the Musical Four

The single stone that marked the resting place of four brothers whose spectral ballad still gathers listeners after dark.

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Item R–5189–570

The Owl at the Threshold

An iron owl door knocker that does not keep intruders out, but reminds the presence inside that it was never invited to leave.

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Item R–2529–922

The Bell of the Thirteenth Chime

The forbidden final bell from Giovanni Donato's sixteenth-century clock, built to claim any spirit still lingering after midnight's twelve chimes.

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