Witch's Familiar | Gothic

A one-of-a-kind handmade piece — dark, devotional and quietly unsettling, for those who keep old things close and stranger things closer.

At the heart of this composition rests a real preserved toad skeleton, mounted against black crushed velvet within a heavy hand-cast baroque frame finished in antique gold. Below the skeleton, a hand-cast and hand-painted cross — aged to match the frame, adorned with motifs that speak of the toad's old familiarity with the in-between places. At the base of the frame, a small antiqued plaque reads: Witch's Familiar.

The back is finished with lace trim and bears the Morbid Oddities studio label.

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Details:

• Real preserved toad skeleton
• Black crushed velvet backing
• Hand-cast and hand-painted cross with toad-inspired ornamentation
• Antiqued brass plaque inscribed Witch's Familiar
• Heavy hand-cast baroque frame, antique gold finish
  
• Back finished with lace and Morbid Oddities studio label

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The frame is entirely handmade from start to finish. I cast it myself from my own original moulds, then sand, paint and lacquer each piece by hand. The The back is sanded and finished with lace trim. No two frames are identical.

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Processing:
Ready to hang.

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
21 cm × 16 cm

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There are witches who keep cats.
There are witches who keep crows.
And then there are the older ones 
the ones the forest knows by name 
who keep a toad beside the door,
patient as stone,
watching the road
with eyes like old amber,
remembering every soul
that ever passed through.