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VINTAGE REAL MONKEY PAW CURIO
"I should like to see those old temples and fakirs and jugglers," said the old man. "What was that
you started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris?"
"Nothing," said the soldier hastily. "Leastways, nothing worth hearing."
"Monkey's paw?" said Mrs. White curiously.
"Well, it's just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps," said the sergeant-major off-handedly.
His three listeners leaned forward eagerly. The visitor absentmindedly put his empty glass to
his lips and then set it down again. His host filled it for him.
"To look at," said the sergeant-major, fumbling in his pocket, "it's just an ordinary little paw,
dried to a mummy."
He took something out of his pocket and proffered it. Mrs. White drew back with a grimace, but
her son, taking it, examined it curiously.
"And what is there special about it?" inquired Mr. White, as he took it from his son and, having
examined it, placed it upon the table.
"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted
to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their
sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it."
Excerpted from: THE MONKEY'S PAW (1902)
from The lady of the barge (1906, 6th ed.)
London and New York
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
by W.W. Jacobs
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This beautiful curio is framed in a Victorian era wooden case. It is 8 and 1/2 inches wide by 17 inches
tall and 4 inches deep.
The glass on the front is the original with gold embellishment screened onto it, and inside is
an actual real taxidermied monkey paw, bees wax was dripped on the end of it and then tied
with a black satin ribbon. The paw sits on a round pillow covered in vintage red velvet and
trimmed in vintage gold and red fringe. The round pillow with the monkey paw sits snug in a
lush bed of the vintage red velvet.
There are gold embellishments embedded into the case black, and
the word "Monkey Paw" is written in beautiful script on vintage paper.
This Monkey Paw Framed Curio Exhibit is signed and dated on the bottom and is ready to place on
the mantel of your own personal dime museum or sideshow.
Disclaimer: Beware To Those Who Wish!
The door of this Monkey Paw Framed Curio Exhibit has been glued shut as we do not want to be
held responsible for any consequences that may arise from bad wishing techniques. Although
the greatest care was taken in preparing this Monkey Paw Framed Curio Exhibit, the possibility
remains at all times that consequences may arise from those who want to make their three wishes.
www.MadameTalbot.com is therefore not responsible for any consequences of activities that are
undertaken in the basis of this particular Monkey Paw Framed Curio Exhibit. In no case
shall www.MadameTalbot.com be held responsible for damage suffered by you or someone
else as a result of decisions based on the alleged powers of the Monkey Paw Framed Curio
Exhibit, and www.MadameTalbot.com is not responsible for any damages suffered that are
a direct, special, incidental, imaginary or indirect consequence of the use of the Monkey
Paw Framed Curio Exhibit.
The Vervet Monkey, sometimes simply known as the Vervet, is the common name of the species
Chlorocebus pygerythrus, an African Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. The Vervet
Monkey is presently found around South Africa, where they are classified as vermin and are a
nonendangered species
Please Note: With all of my Framed Curio Exhibits, I try to replicate
an authentic atmosphere of Victorian-era Dime Museum Patina.
This of course refers to that very special layer of age that builds up over decades,
something which I try to incorporate into all of the framed curio pieces I make.
This Victorian-era Dime Museum Patina may include one or more of the following:
vintage dust fabric, flower petals shards, glue bits, thread strands, sun faded material,
water stained, and/or smoke burned 100-year-old paper, &c., &c., and &c.
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