Vampire Hunting, Victorian-Style

A vampire-hunting kit, from Thomas Sandberg’s Wonder Cabinet:

An incredible Victorian novelty. Complete in mahogany box with revolver, silver bullets, garlic powder, silver dagger, ivory cross, mirror, Professor Blomberg`s New Vampire Serum, wooden stake, etc.

Fortunately, Clive Thompson assures us there can’t be more than 512 vampyric bloodsuckers running around at the moment. It’s ecologically implausible. (Although the population model makes debatable assumptions about vampyric reproduction – a topic on which Whedon, Rice, Stoker, le Fanu, etc. don’t agree).

The Sandberg collection is extensive. There are papier-mache anatomical models, medicine boxes, even a clockwork lion that jumps and roars. I want!

hat-tip: Athanasius Kircher Society