Cemetery Dirt in Vintage Jar from Highgate Cemetery in London, England - Old Specimen Label Replica - Gothic

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"Hey Mom! I want some dirt from where George Eliot and Karl Marx are buried!" That's what all the kids are saying these days isn't it?

There is nothing quite as curious, interesting, and cool as a souvenir no one else has. This is a vintage spice jar filled with dirt I dug myself from Highgate Cemetery in London. Highgate Cemetery is the queen of Victorian cemeteries. Highgate is my most favorite cemetery in the world, and I have been to tons. Spooky and beautiful, dilapidated and serene, nothing beats the Victorian grandeur of this place. Buried here are George Eliot, Karl Marx, Christina Rossetti, Michael Faraday, the family of Charles Dickens, six Lord Mayors of London, Herbert Spencer and Dante Gabriel Rossetti...lots of famous Londoners, a lot that we may not recognize! Highgate was also one of the inspirations of Bram Stoker while writing Dracula and it has been rumored Highgate is haunted by a vampire in the Eqyptian Alley area of the cemetery!

I dug this dirt myself on my last trip to London in October 2007.

I created a label to make these jars appear as old specimen collection jars from a museum or from the personal collection of a Victorian botanist or entomologist. I took a label from my own personal collection and altered it in Photoshop and then printed it out. I used my old Smith-Corona typewriter to type on the cemetery name and date when I dug the dirt all to make this label look as realistic as possible. The label is new and glued on and so the jar should not be washed or put in water. I then attached a grubby little circle tag with a metal edge and wrote in calligraphy ink the specimen bottle's "catalog number" and on the back there is a wax seal with the "preparer's initial". Oh how I love the Victorian's and their obsessive cataloging! It always inspires me.

This is a great unique piece to add to your curiosity cabinet, oddities display, or even as a gift for your favorite eccentric who loves the unusual and the unique.

This dirt was dug by me and transported back to the U.S. in my carry-on luggage. It's always a nightmare but always worth it! I have this dirt in my own collection. This is NOT dirt I dug in the backyard that I'm passing off as cemetery dirt. I uploaded a picture I took in Highgate Cemetery to show I was actually there!

Added on Oct 30, 2009

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