19TH CENTURY IVORY VAMPIRE SLAYING KIT
2010-10-25With Halloween baring it’s fangs around the corner, what perfect timing for this antique ivory vampire killing kit, to come up for auction.Sold earlier in the month for $4,700. Only one of four matching kits known to exist consisting of an ornate ivory-mounted Christian cross integrating a steel, spring-loaded, .41 caliber single-shot percussion pistol, the center mounted with an ebony shield surmounted with a 8-pointed crown, the tips made from tiny semi-precious red stones. A ruby red five-pointed star adorns the center. The vampire pistol is contained in an ivory case, together with steel dagger blade which attaches to the end of the cross, an ivory cleaning rod, ivory powder bottle, and cap and ball supply.
The entire case is made from fine elephant ivory and each element is engraved with letters representing the contents.
This particular kit was brought back from Germany after WWII by one Sergeant Glen Pendelton who liberated it from a German museum in Berlin.
