eponymous really

[dr greg]

For no particular reason, some of my men's grooming products and other knick knacks, note the moustache brush in the centre of the bottom shelf

and the top of the case

and a detail of the taxidermy box

 

[G. Fink-Nottle]

Very Cool! What is the "Oxford White Cleaner" used for?

I'd also imagine that it would be a mistake to use the "Olive Oil Hand Lotion" right before getting behind the steering wheel.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I have a friend who collects vintage embalming fluid bottles. (He prefers them full.) Maybe you two should get together?

 

[dr greg]

bottle-o

He'd probably enjoy my box full of surgical instruments as well...The Oxford cleaner was for 'shoes, gloves, handbags' and spats no doubt

 

[Marc Chevalier]

If they're postmortem instruments, he'd love 'em!

 

[Sefton]

What exactly is that "Checkered Demon" on the shelf doing?

 

[dr greg]

the captain and ruby

anybody who's a fan of S.Clay is alright by me, the demon, from the hills around Agung, in Bali, is obviously pretty excited, or barred up as we say round these parts, his appendage is actually a beater which you use to tap out rhythms on the body, which is hollow and meant to be used as a percussion instrument in some sort of pagan ritual. Cute eh?

 

[LolitaHaze]

The taxidermy box is wonderful!! Is that a monkey skull? Also, what is the carving on the slate? I can't quite tell...

 

[dr greg]

shock the monkey

it is a monkey skull, possibly from Borneo, very finely carved with swirling patterns that are difficult to capture in a photo,

the ceramic tile is from Sri lanka, the image is known as 'the lovers' and I've seen the original at Anuradhapura's Isurumuniya temple.
http://www.infolanka.com/photo/hist.html
This one is possibly a 15thC version, or so I was told.

by complete coincidence the ivory statue of the guard I have in in the box is also based on a carving from that same ancient city and is featured on the link above.
And while I'm still in the cabinet of Dr Caligari, here's another shelf

here's another view of that bottle on the left, while I'm at it

 

[LolitaHaze]

That monkey skull and tile are truely amazing!! One day I hope to have a creepy museum room full of oddities! Much like a Ripley's Believe it or Not!

 

[dr greg]

the cabinet

I used to have a lot more of that stuff but I'm slowly culling the collection down to the best pieces so the house doesn't look like an antique shop. You can't take it with you.

 

[LolitaHaze]

Hehehe You can't take it with you... but you can freak out the people who have to go through your stuff! Hahahaha

 

[dr greg]

and when i die... BST wasn't it?

It'll be the garage sale to end them all when they 'clean out my effects'

While we're on the subject of the afterlife and Asian oddments, this 17th century(?) Tibetan bronze might look like a demon, but is in fact YAMANTAKA Defeater of Death, (with consort)so it'll be a while before that sale happens if he's looking after me.