Uncover the Chilling Secrets Inside a $4,000 19th-Century Vampire-Hunting Kit—If You Dare
One look at this vampire-killing tool kit and you’ll know straight away it came from a bygone era. The kit is housed in a gothic-style wooden box with a pink silk lining and holds a number of slayer-ready items, most notably empty potion bottles, three crucifixes, rosary beads, two pairs of pliers, a vial of shark teeth, a Bible, and a pistol.
But the origins of the vampire-slaying kit are a bit murky, according to its current owner who is putting the antique item up for auction after three years.
“I bought it from a large antiques fair in Newark-on-Trent,” admitted the owner who wanted to remain anonymous. “I have had it in my own collection for three years now…I know very little of its history.”
Hansons AuctioneersThe vampire-slaying kit is lined with pink silk and holds eight compartments.
Perhaps one wonders why this person decided to purchase the peculiar item in the first place. Were they looking to moonlight on the graveyard shift?
“I loved the look of the Gothic box and, when I opened it, I just had to have it,” the owner explained. “I thought it was so interesting — a great conversation piece.”
Even if you don’t buy into the idea of blood-sucking creatures, the craftsmanship on the wooden box is certainly eye-catching. Inside, the box’s lid features an enamel painting of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and an ivory carving of a wolf wearing a hooded robe and carrying rosary beads.
Due to its mysterious background, it’s hard to tell exactly how old the vampire-slaying kit actually is, but there are some clues. The Bible inside the eight-compartment kit box is an 1842 edition of the New Testament. It even has an inscription from its previous owner, someone named Isabella Swarbrick who may or may not have slain vampires in her spare time.
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