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Handcrafted curiosity display inside a vintage metal arch-top lantern featuring a mounted butterfly on a wasp nest, an animal jawbone, a beetle specimen, and dried florals.
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Handcrafted Entomological & Bone Specimen Display in Vintage Metal Lantern

Transform your mantel, shelf, or altar into a Victorian natural history exhibit with this handcrafted oddities lantern display. Housed inside an antique-style metal architectural lantern, this dimensional composition harmonizes entomology, natural osteology, and botanical textures.

Key Features:

  • Mounted Butterfly Specimen: Features a preserved butterfly with striking dark and golden-orange wings perched atop a natural paper wasp honeycomb nest.

  • Weathered Animal Jawbone: Anchored by an authentic, weathered animal mandible complete with intact rows of teeth.

  • Entomological & Botanical Accents: Detailed with a small preserved beetle resting on a wood slice pedestal, soft bunny tails, dried botanical stems, and preserved moss.

  • Ornate Architectural Lantern: Enclosed in a vintage-finish pewter/bronze metal lantern complete with curved glass viewing panes, an arched crown finial, a latching front door, and decorative filigree feet.

  • Curiosity Cabinet Centerpiece: An eye-catching focal piece tailored for gothic home decor, vulture culture collectors, dark academia interiors, and oddity collections.

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