- THE BELFRY
- INNATE REPULSION And endless devastations.
Open in Pioneer Square for just over a year, The Belfry is a lean but airy space with bright windows, deep gray walls, and a tidy stock of natural oddities, religious artifacts, and Victorian-era collectibles. They’ve got an old grave marker ($22); an antique portable children’s embalming table ($425); and loads of vintage taxidermy (bear rug with full head mount, $625; teeny piglets with fawn-striped fur, $650). The curiosities in jars are either stacked into neat, dry piles (miscellaneous animal vertebrae and jawbones, $5–$10 each) or suspended in clear liquid (fetal cat, $62; monkey’s paw, $68). And there are chain necklaces strung with replicas of bird skulls, including owls, kingfishers, and quails ($18–$26). “We try to have crows too, but they always sell out right away,” says co-owner Christian Harding.
