![[VICTORIAN ERA] 19th c. Vampire Killing Kit [VICTORIAN ERA] 19th c. Vampire Killing Kit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7226/411814/229027661_1_x.jpg?quality=80&sharpen=true&version=1774879144&width=366)
Stoker’s famous vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing, relied upon a repertory of devices that included crucifixes, garlic, and improvised medical intervention, but the neatly fitted “kit” as an object belongs more properly to the realm of popular mythology than to literature proper. As modern scholars have observed, the so-called vampire killing kit is best understood as a retrospective construction, combining elements long associated with warding off evil, among them stakes, holy water, scripture, and sacred emblems, into a single portable ensemble designed to appeal to the imagination as much as to belief.
If not “authentic” in any literal sense, these kits are nonetheless compelling artifacts of cultural history. Their significance lies not in any practical use, but in what they reveal about the era that produced and later romanticized them: a society deeply captivated by invisible threats, religious symbolism, pseudo scientific remedies, and the seductive drama of the uncanny. They occupy a fascinating space between curiosity, prop, souvenir, and symbolic armament, embodying the Gothic sensibility that flourished at the turn of the century and has continued to shape popular understandings of the vampire ever since.
The kit is housed in a wood box with purple velvet lining with the monogram "LH" or "HL" on the lid. The box measures 12 x 9 x 5 3/4 in. Included in this vampire killing kit are:
1. Brass crucifix. Approx. 5 x 8 1/2 in.
2. Gebet- und Erbauungsbuch für katolische Christen insbesonders zur Derebrung der allerseligsen Jungfrau Maria. Winterberg, Vienna & New York: J. Steinbrener, 1897. Published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula.
32mo. Likely celluloid boards with brass fixtures. Gilding to page edges. 384 pages.
3. Four-barrel European percussion gun. Loaded with four non-tipped darts. Stamped "IEH" to left of trigger. Gun approx. 8 in. long. One dart approx. 5 1/4 in. long.
4. Dagger. Likely bone handle engraved with a griffon. Blade reverse stamped with two "X"es surrounding a cross. Approx. 10 in., blade approx. 5 1/2 in.
5. Powder flask. Bone and brass. Stamped with fractional increments and maker's mark "C & JW / HAWKSLEY". Approx. 4 1/2 in. long.
6. Glass vial. Impressed with "HOLY WATER" and a cross. Part of cork stuck in opening. Approx. 1 x 2 1/2 in.
7. Rosary box with rosary. Brass. Rosary approx. 17 in. long. Box diam. approx. 2 1/2 in.
8. Percussion caps box. Brass. Stamped with "ACCOUTERMENTS", a cross and three stars. Includes 29 percussion caps. Box diam. approx. 1 1/2 in.
9. Two (2) wooden stakes. Approx. 9 3/4 in. long.
[Art, Folk Art, Military Art, Etching, Engraving, Lithographs, Prints, Ephemera] [Victorian, Edwardian, Vampire, Vampire Hunter, Dracula, Van Helsing]
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