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How unique, --- a gothic vampire slaying kit for sale on eBay!!!... :O

For your consideration I offer this large, fully handcrafted vampire kit in the true Gothic style, I used high quality antiques, hard woods, and antique hardware. I hand carved, welded or soldered, hand wrought and assembled with antique hardware, right down to the screws for a true sense of authentic folk art of the period, no glued items, no pine wood, plastics, strings, strips of leather or Phillips screws or new bought items, I use high quality period antiques and manufacture by hand the majority of the weapons and items within the kit, unlike others that simply assemble items into a box. My work is well known by the true Gothic style and challenges the craftsmanship and quality of all others; my kits have fooled experts as to the convincing authenticity. I have sold many kits on high end auctions houses and a museum in Illinois bought one as well as a known celebrity. The pictures truly don't do it justice, NO buyer's remorse here, it will not disappoint. The black powder horn is authentically signed and dated 1891 and still holds the solidified remnants of black powder from over 100 years ago, so CAUTION IS ADVISED, also the antique gun although mechanically works is NONE FIRING. Changes or additions can be made to the kit at customer's request. (last six pictures are some of my past works) Will be carefully packed and full insurance will be provided once sold. Disclaimer: (This kit was created with the sole purpose of collection or display only) Thank you for watching, and I hope you are the lucky own it. Don't hesitate to inquire about information you may want.

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"The Piano," --- Victorian Gothic Masterpiece...

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The Horror of Victorian Asylums...

Victorian Hairstyling...

Careful Victorian Courtship....

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Victorian Era Parenting Practices...

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The Princess in the Asylum, --- Louise of Belgium...

Dark Victorian Bedroom...

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Victorian Vampire...

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Bicycles...

"Stoker," --- The Piano Scene...

Victorian Hygiene & Personal Care...

Their Periods...

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One Scandalous Night...

Men's Drawers...

Women's Trousers?...

Victorian Pit Brow Lasses >>> Victorian pit brow lasses were female surface labourers in the British coal industry, working at the pit brow — the top of the colliery shaft — rather than underground. They were employed in areas such as Lancashire, Yorkshire, South Wales, and the East of Scotland, and their work continued until the 1960s. --- Wikipedia. >>> Work and Role... Pit brow lasses’ main tasks included: Picking stones from coal after it was hauled to the surface. Unloading and running tubs of coal from the shaft entrance to the shoots. Sorting coal at the screens. Other roles included greasing machinery and acting as pointswomen www.nwlh.org.uk+1. They often worked alongside men, sometimes in close proximity, and in conditions that were physically demanding and hot. >>> Dress and Controversy... A defining feature of Victorian pit brow lasses was their men’s clothing — trousers, caps, and sometimes boots — worn to cope with the heat and rough work Atlas Obscura+1. This was considered shocking by Victorian moral standards, as trousers were seen as “unwomanly” and a sign of indecency. Reports from mine inspections in the 1840s described women “stripped to the waist” or wearing trousers, with some even having holes in their trousers from chain wear Atlas Obscura. The Manchester Guardian called trousers “the article of clothing which women ought only to wear in a figure of speech,” and the Daily News accused the habit of destroying “all sense of decency” Atlas Obscura. >>> Social and Political Context... The Mines and Collieries Act 1842 banned women and children under 10 from underground work, but many women moved to surface jobs. This led to campaigns to remove them from pit brow work, especially in the 1870s–80s, when coal contractors and unions sought to exclude them entirely www.nwlh.org.uk+1. In 1886–87, women formed pressure groups, held public meetings, and even sent a deputation to the Home Secretary to defend their right to work. Their cause was supported by some suffragists and women’s rights groups, and in 1887 Parliament passed a law allowing all women over 12 to continue working at collieries www.nwlh.org.uk+1. >>> Legacy... Pit brow lasses challenged Victorian notions of womanhood and modesty, proving that women could perform skilled, physically demanding work in industrial settings. Their story is preserved in photographs, postcards, and mining art, and they remain a symbol of resilience and resistance in the history of women’s labour Museum Crush.

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