Got any spare teeth

That's what I asked my dentist last year. He gave me a bag of old porcelain teeth (they can't give you real one's or used ones).
It is called "Hobgoblins" and is made of wood, porcelain teeth, light fixture inside, and ceramic figure huddled on a shelf inside. The figure is sitting above the light to the left slightly so it is half lit and casts shadows in the box.. This adds to the ominous nature of the piece.There is also a statement written above the mouth inside if people take the time to look inside:
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken"

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