~ Voodoo Priestess Estate ~ ©
Antique French Flatware Leg of Lamb Ham Bone Holder
a Main Kitchen Cabinet Find
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a Main Kitchen Cabinet Find
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It has now been just over twenty-three years ago since we were called to do the estate that had been closed up for seventeen years!
The Voodoo Estate!
This type of call usually gets us excited as they are a treasure trove. Located here in Florida, there was no electricity or running water so we rigged our own lighting and in we went. If you have ever seen the Adams Family you will have some idea as to what we were greeted with!
Then the attorney handling the liquidation gave us some background. The estate had belonged to an alleged powerful Voodoo Priestess/JooJoo Exorcist, grand daughter of a Marie Laveau, and favored daughter of a Marie Glapion. These names meant nothing to us, but the late night talk of Voodoo and exorcism in the old mansion was enough for us to spend the night in a hotel and return in the morning to assess the estate. The rest is history.
Our research has shown that this woman was what she claimed and was indeed descended from a long line of well known Vodoun family originating in New Orleans in the early 1800's.
We were pretty unnerved by this until we discovered they were also devout Catholics! Although I have to admit this was unlike any Catholic home we have ever been in and some of the items found inside were a little more than disturbing. There was no feeling of dread or unwelcome in the mansion, however there was quite a bit of contraband and other items we can or will not sell here.
This is one of a few pieces from this estate we will be posting this week, so check our other listings!
We will, upon the new guardian's request, issue a named Letter of Authenticity with each lot from this estate, complying with the terms set forth to us by the estate's attorney.
Some Back Story
This is one of the hundreds of pieces recovered from the kitchens that we took away with us and long thought to have all been sold. Seven cardboard boxes that were packed twenty years ago, were tucked away in a loft of our warehouse for at least ten years and rediscovered a few years ago. This antique ham bone holder is one of the pieces from those boxes.
We believe it was recovered from the built-in cabinets of the main kitchen and there are no journal or inventory mentions that we can attribute to it.
This is a piece of serving ware that was used to hold the leg of ham for carving.
This is one of the hundreds of pieces recovered from the kitchens that we took away with us and long thought to have all been sold. Seven cardboard boxes that were packed twenty years ago, were tucked away in a loft of our warehouse for at least ten years and rediscovered a few years ago. This antique ham bone holder is one of the pieces from those boxes.
It measures approximately 8 3/8" in length and weighs 4.157 oz. (116.4 grams).
The utensil appears to be chrome and silver plated with a celluloid handle, displaying areas of rust and a slim, stabilized crack in the celluloid handle.
Most likely of French or Belgium origin, circa 1880.
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It is certainly a nicely aged antique piece of serving ware with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than our photographer has been able to depict.
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We have been contacted and visited by a number of people who were interested in the items from this estate since our first batch was listed. Among the buyers have been known psychics and practitioners. More than one, after adorning themselves or handling their purchase, stated "this is a woman of power!" Many of our clients, after receiving items from this estate have reported dream contacts and other unexplained phenomenon.
Unusual, authentic Voodoo Priestess Estate piece and at a bargain price!
This is truly a rare opportunity to own anything with attributes to this estate. The majority of this estate is now gone. Most of what we had left, and it was considerable, has been split up and sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners and will never be available to the public again. We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals and there have been enough unexplained phenomenon going on in the warehouse where her things were kept that many of our employees refused to go in there.
The pieces offered and sold here are some of the few remaining that will ever be offered to the public.
Nice addition to any collection, altar or decor, displays really well.
Really doesn't get any better than this.
There are 10 photographs below to tell the rest of this tale.
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You are buying the Ham Bone Holder Only, Not the Props, But You Knew That Already.
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©Text and Photos Copyright 2001-2025 bushidobuce. All Rights Reserved.
You are buying the Ham Bone Holder Only, Not the Props, But You Knew That Already.
You are buying the Ham Bone Holder Only, Not the Props, But You Knew That Already.
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