Random Mundane Treasures

• An ornamental deck of playing or fortune-telling cards

• A small stack of fancy books - likely religious texts

• A serving tray, ewer, chalice, bowl, and accoutrements of silver

• Several cut-crystal decanters

• A large vellum map, in expensive inks A desktop chest of carved aromatic wood

• A pen and ink set (traveling scribe's desk) of fine materials

• Dice made of bone or tusk, with tiny jewel pips

• A brooch or pin of an animal, with enamel details

• A very fine felt hat in rich colors

• A small case of cigars or cigarillos, or a pipe and tobacco

• A bottle of wine fit for a collector

• Clothing - a heavy velvet cape, or smartly-designed pocketed robe

• A mantelpiece clock with mechanical workings

• A magnifying glass for reading, bound in scrolled brass A set of tiny ivory figurines, clearly handled by children

• A mechanical toy like a blacksmith's puzzle

• A leather-bound collection of antique erotic prints, in color

• A case full of dyes, inks, and paints in little jars

• An abacus of stained hardwood with ivory beads

• A small painting by a well-known artist, in frame

• Several spools of thread-of-gold, silver, etc.

• A small jewelry box with a mother's engagement ring

• A clever leather purse shaped like a living fish and covered in iridescent scales

• A red clay model cathedral, complete with tiny pebbly stained glasses

• A pair of spectacles with gold frames

• A bottle of perfume on an atomizer with a glass vase

• An elegant ceramic and gold bowl, unglazed

• A full tea service in China blue and white

• An elegant hookah

• A collection of family chops, cut in jade

• A small chest with a hidden compartment in the lid

• A secret-compartment ring

• A hundred feet of silken cord for recreational restraint

• A dozen yards of raw silk, waiting to be used in something

• A mechanical sewing machine and bobbins

• An ivory hairbrush

• A large silver mirror, set in a frame of gilded wood

• A set of candlesticks shaped like trees

• A set of snooker/billiards balls and cues, made of ivory

• A tropical fish in a small bowl

• A collection of rare snails

• Spices in little stone jars shaped like fat men and women

• A mortar and pestle of semi-precious stone

• A silk smoking jacket

• A skull (animal or human) with ornate gold inlays

• A beautifully taxidermied shadowbox of mice playing chess

• An ornate chessboard of ebony and ivory with jade pieces