Ave Maria | Gothic

A one-of-a-kind handmade glass dome — gothic, devotional, and deeply unsettling, for those who find the sacred and the macabre inseparable.

A real preserved mummified pigeon head and pigeon feet rest at the centre of a hand-built devotional arrangement. Three kinds of lace surround them — including one in gold — layered like vestments. A miniature rose rosary is held between the feet, as though the bird is mid-prayer. It looks, unmistakably, like a priest.

The base is hand-sanded and stained wood, topped with a glass cloche set on ornate legs. The nameplate bears the inscription: "In Nomine Spiritu Sancti" — in the name of the Holy Spirit. Every element placed by hand.

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Details

• Real preserved mummified pigeon head
• Real preserved pigeon feet
• Three kinds of lace, including one gold lace
• Miniature rose rosary held between the feet
• Glass dome (cloche) on ornate legs
• Hand-sanded, hand-stained wooden base
• Ornate nameplate inscribed: "In Nomine Spiritu Sancti"
• Fully handmade arrangement

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Processing

Ready to display.

One of a kind — you will receive the exact piece shown.

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Shipping

Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery.

Original design — no copies permitted.

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Size

16 x 9,5cm

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LORE

He has been praying for longer than anyone can remember.

No one is entirely sure what he is praying for. Possibly forgiveness. Possibly better weather. Possibly the swift and merciful end of whoever keeps moving him from the windowsill to the bookshelf and back again.

He holds the rosary with the quiet dignity of a creature who has made his peace with God, with death, and with the fact that he is now decorative. The gold lace is his vestment. The glass dome is his cathedral. The nameplate — In Nomine Spiritu Sancti — is, he feels, the least you could do.

He does not judge you for buying him. He has, after all, seen worse. He is a pigeon. He has seen everything.

Light a candle if you like. He will not stop you. He may, in fact, appreciate it.

Ave Maria.