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Handcrafted curiosity display inside a dark vintage metal lantern featuring two mounted butterflies perched on an animal vertebrae bone, dried lavender, and an antique skeleton key.

Handcrafted Butterfly & Bone Specimen Display in Vintage Metal Lantern

Bring the wonder of a Victorian natural history exhibit into your living space, altar, or office with this handcrafted curiosities lantern display. Set inside a weathered antique-style iron lantern, this piece balances real entomological specimens, osteology, and dried botanicals to create an evocative gothic centerpiece.

Key Features:

  • Mounted Butterfly Specimens: Showcases two preserved butterflies—a spotted swallowtail-style butterfly mounted on natural bone and an amber-toned butterfly resting on a miniature wood slice.

  • Authentic Weathered Bone: Centered around an authentic, naturally weathered animal vertebrae bone sculpture.

  • Botanical & Vintage Accents: Arranged with bundled dried purple lavender stems, soft bunny tail grass, lush green preserved moss, and an ornate antique-bronze skeleton key resting at the base.

  • Architectural Lantern Enclosure: Housed in a dark charcoal/black metal lantern featuring openwork lattice trim along the top, ornate side grillwork, clear glass panels, decorative feet, and a hinged front door with a latch.

  • Cabinet of Curiosities Statement: An eye-catching focal piece designed for dark academia interiors, oddity collectors, and lovers of rustic gothic decor.

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