The Museum of Small ThingsCabinet 04 / everyday curiosities
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Catalogue
8 objects / room 04
Object No. 04Belongings / small
MS.04 — accession 2026.4
Object stage — natural light, no flashScale 1:1 · paper ivory
MS.04 / 08Accessioned 17.10.26

The pebble

A grey stone, worn by the sea

Found at the tide line, small enough to close a hand around. It is not rare, which is exactly why it was kept: proof that ordinary things survive weather too.

“A stone is a sentence the river has been writing for a thousand years.”
MaterialBasalt, water-worn
Datec. 2026
ProvenanceNorth Sea, tide line
Dimensions42 × 31 × 18 mm
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