After the brutal assasination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29th December 1170, his body was left where it was slain for several hours. During this time, individuals who had heard about the murder started to dip their clothing in some of the spilled blood. His body was interred to the crypt, but word spread about miraculous healings that had occured after his blood had been taken, and so the monks opened the crypt, allowing pilgrims from far and wide to visit the murdered Archbishop. Pilgrims were able to purchase a mixture of his blood and water, known as "St. Thomas' Water", sold in ampulla by opportunistic monks. A wave of miracles was reported, and Thomas Becket was made a saint by the pope in 1173. Later, it was documented that many of the nearby taps, and even the river, ran red with his blood...
Becket's Blood is a blood red and black crackle effect ghost.
Each Kent Coast Ghost is carefully handcrafted from clay and goes through several processes, which include drying, sanding, sealing, painting, and finally varnishing, (dependent on the final finish).
We don't use moulds to create Kentish ghosts; every feature is added by hand using traditional clay tools, and this gives each ghost its own unique features. Some of our ghosts are not perfectly straight, or may have different expressions in their eyes and faces, and each ghost is individually hand-painted so may contain slightly different patterning to the ghost pictured.
All of our ghosts will be sent in a gift box with a Certificate of Authenticity especially for your ghost, and yours alone. These are put in a special envelope sealed with our very own special spooky wax seal ready for the Ghost Post to deliver them to their new Ghost Host!
Kent Coast Ghost - Becket's Blood
7-8cm
All sizes are approximate and may vary.
All of our clay is weighed equally and individually shaped entirely by hand. Other factors, such as humidity can affect the drying process of the clay, and therefore affect the size of our ghosts as well as the shape.