Undead the 大打撃を与える! 19th Century vampire 殺すing 道具 with crucifixes, garlic paste, a ピストル and 宗教上の water goes up for auction for £3,000

  • Auctioneers Hansons believe the vampire 殺すing 道具 will sell for up to £3,000
  • The Gothic box 含む／封じ込めるs a number of 武器s and 宗教的な icons and a Bible
  • The Bible, from 1842, was inscribed at the time by?Isabella Swarbrick
  • The unusual item will go under the 大打撃を与える in Derbyshire on July 16?

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A velvet-lined box 述べるd as a 'vampire-殺すing 道具' 含む／封じ込めるing a 19th century copy of the New Testament, a pocket-sized ピストル and crucifixes is going up for auction.

The unusual gothic-looking item also comes with other contents 含むing pliers, a rosary and a 瓶／封じ込める of shark's teeth, and has been given an 見積（る） of £2,000-£3,000 by valuers.

Bound in metal, the lock-box has a carved ivory wolf in 式服s carrying rosary beads, a cobalt-blue glass phial with a lid - the contents of which are unknown - and a pocket knife with mother-of-pearl 扱う and silver blade.

Within the lid is an oval enamel 絵 showing the resurrection of Christ.

It's provenance is a mystery, however one 手がかり（を与える） is an 1842 copy of the New Testament, which fits within a slotted section of the box, 耐えるing 同時代の owner inscriptions for an Isabella Swarbrick.?

Valuer Barry Jones, pictured holding the vampire slaying kit which is expected to sell for £3,000. The kit is being sold by Derbyshire-based auctioneers Hansons

Val uer Barry Jones, pictured 持つ／拘留するing the vampire 殺すing 道具 which is 推定する／予想するd to sell for £3,000. The 道具 is 存在 sold by Derbyshire-based auctioneers Hansons?

Bound in metal, the lock-box has a carved ivory wolf in robes carrying rosary beads, a cobalt-blue glass phial with a lid - the contents of which are unknown - and a pocket knife with mother-of-pearl handle and silver blade

Bound in metal, the lock-box has a carved ivory wolf in 式服s carrying rosary beads, a cobalt-blue glass phial with a lid - the contents of which are unknown - and a pocket knife with mother-of-pearl 扱う and silver blade

Vampires have been part of culture for more than 200 years and were incredibly popular in Victorian times

Vampires have been part of culture for more than 200 years and were incredibly popular in Victorian times?

The lot has already 誘発するd 広大な／多数の／重要な 利益／興味 on social マスコミ によれば Derbyshire-based auctioneers Hansons.

Its owner, who is from the West Midlands and did not wish to be 指名するd said, said: 'I know very little of its history.

'I have had it in my own collection for three years now.

'I bought it from a large antiques fair in Newark-on-Trent.

'I loved the look of the Gothic box and, when I opened it, I just had to have it. I thought it was so 利益／興味ing - a 広大な／多数の／重要な conversation piece.'

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: 'People are fascinated by stories of vampires, hence their continued 外見 in films and on TV today.

'They have been part of popular culture for more than 200 years.?

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: 'People are fascinated by stories of vampires, hence their continued appearance in films and on TV today. They have been part of popular culture for more than 200 years'

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: 'People are fascinated by stories of vampires, hence their continued 外見 in films and on TV today. They have been part of popular culture for more than 200 years'

The box contains a copy of the New Testament which dates from 1842

The box 含む／封じ込めるs a copy of the New Testament which dates from 1842

'The 出版（物） of John Polidori's The Vampyre in 1819 had a major 衝撃 and that was followed by Bram Stoker's 1897 classic Dracula.

'However, a belief in vampires and strange superstitions goes 支援する even その上の and 固執するs to this day.

'The 仕事 of 殺人，大当り a vampire was 極端に serious and historical accounts 示唆するd the need for particular methods and 道具s.

'Items of 宗教的な significance, such as cr ucifixes and Bibles, were said to repel these monsters, hence their strong presence in the 道具 we have 設立する.'

The lot is 予定 be sold in an online auction by Hansons on July 16, as part of its five-day antiques and collectors auction.

The lot is due be sold in an online auction by Hansons on July 16, as part of its five-day antiques and collectors auction

The lot is 予定 be sold in an online auction by Hansons on July 16, as part of its five-day antiques and collectors auction

Vampire-殺すing 道具s: When myth becomes reality

Vampires have been part of popular culture since the turn of the 19th century, に引き続いて the 出版（物） in 1819 of Polidori's 'The Vampyre'.?????

Vampire-like demons were 述べるd in 古代の Egypt and Mesopotamia??

The popular image of Dracula is of course from Bram Stoker's fictional character, who was himself b ased on Vlad the Impaler - who in the 中央の 1400s killed his 競争相手s by impaling them on spikes on the ground.?

His lust for 血 was seen as demonic.?

However, によれば the 王室の Armoury, who acquired a Vampire 殺人，大当り 道具 in 2012, 示唆するd that the item was more modern than it first appeared.?

Jonathan Ferguson of 王室の Armouries collection said: 'The belief in real vampires is of course far older, and even 固執するs to the 現在の day. As 最近の as 2004, a Romanian family exhumed the 団体／死体 of a 親族, 削減（する） out his heart with scythe and pitchfork, and 燃やすd it. This was a 延長／続編 of folklore that 存在するd どこかよそで in Eastern Europe for centuries.'?

He said superstitions from eastern Europe were spread 西方の after the Habsburg's 侵略 of Serbia in 1718.?

He said: 'The 商売／仕事 of 殺人，大当り vampires was deadly serious, and historical accounts 強調d the need for particular methods and 道具s. 歴史的に アイロンをかける 器具／実施するs like knives, nails, skewers, ploughshares and scythes could be used to ‘火刑／賭ける’ the 団体／死体 or to 除去する the heart. The 木造の 火刑／賭ける through the heart was perhaps borrowed from fictional 解釈／通訳s.'?

によれば Mr Ferguson, in the folklore, often a 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd vampire would be decapitated, have a 木造の 火刑／賭ける driven through his heart or even 火葬するd.??

Mr Ferguson said an 'anti-vampire 道具' was auctioned in 1986 which （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to be from the 19th century. The 道具 含むd silver 弾丸s and a 連合させるd cross/木造の 火刑／賭ける.??

の中で historians, Mr Ferg uson said: '?The 合意 reached was that they were expensive novelties for enlightened western travellers to Eastern Europe. This seemed plausible enough, 特に as real vampire 殺し屋s were not 豊富な and did not use expensive 武器s.'

Mr Ferguson said in his opinion, many of the anti-vampire 道具s 'could not have 存在するd until the 時代 of the 大打撃を与える horror films of the 1950s-1970s.??

Commenting on the vampire 殺すing 道具 at the 王室の Armouries, he 追加するd: '?It’s not impossible that it, and others, could pre-date the cinematic golden age of vampires. Chances are, though, that it’s a 製品 of the 1970s or 80s.

'Whatever its age, it remains an invented artefact that 反映するs our cultural obsession with the vampire and tells the story of the people that believed in, and tried to fight, our favourite monster.'

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