Carefully placed on a large piece of heavy black wool cloth [3 yards by 4 yards, 48 gp], you find an enormous solid silver mirror [18,000 gp], a water clock [1,500 gp], a silver spyglass mounted on a tall stand [5,000 gp] and a square chest [500 gp] overflowing with silver pieces [44,520 sp].
The mirror is oval-shaped and stands as high as a horse’s shoulder; at its widest point, the mirror is as wide as a man’s arm is long. It is mounted on a four-legged stand allowing it to pivot in the center. The ends of each leg are carved to look like dragon’s claws, ending in wicked points dimpling the cloth on which the mirror is sitting. The frame of the mirror is as wide as a halfling’s palm, and every inch of it is covered in silver leaf. The lower half of the frame is carved to look like a windswept sea, while the upper half is covered in storm-tossed clouds. Raindrops, each made of a teardrop-shaped piece of aquamarine, dot the upper portion of the border.
The mirror’s glass is flawless, backed with a thin sheet of silver, reflecting your faces perfectly. Examining the back, you see it is covered with a painting of a large black dragon. The dragon’s tail coils around itself as it winds around the frame, and its eyes (as well as many of its scales) are set with tiny bloodstones. The dragon is beautifully painted and exceptionally lifelike; it clutches a human skull in each of its fore claws.
The water clock sits on a marble pedestal, and a piece of chrysoberyl is set into the center of its face. It is currently empty [the clock requires water to tell time], but appears to be in perfect working order [which it is]. Each number on its face is made of a tiny mosaic of multicolored chips of marble, and all of its tiny gears are of brightly polished brass.
Next to the clock sits the spyglass on its tripod. The legs of the tripod are made of polished cherry wood and capped with brass, and each is covered in stylized carvings of stars. The body of the spyglass is made of solid silver, and its surface is delicately etched with different constellations. The stars which comprise each constellation are picked out with inlaid gold, and three of the brightest stars are marked by pieces of golden topaz.
Surrounded by small heaps of silver coins, the chest stands off to one side from the other objects. It is made of oak, with inlays of ivory and white pine. Its curved lid bears a carving of a manor house, the windows of which are made of mother-of-pearl. There is a tower at one end of the manor house, and it looks as though it once had a figure standing atop it. That portion of the tower has been chipped away, though, leaving gouges in the wood; only the figure’s feet remain. [Total 29,500 gp]