Sherlock Holmes: Blue Carbuncle 221B diorama

A diorama featuring the characters from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," and Holmes's apartment at the time of the story. 

One note - I tried to stick to the facts as much as possible, but deviated on one important point: the placement of the goose atop the table rather than on the sideboard. Given that this is a diorama/playset, I figured that the best bet would be to include only three of the four walls, and I couldn’t fit the sideboard in on one of the other walls without losing an element expressly stated to be there. Oh, well. Artistic license!

Acknowledgements: I used Ernest Short’s and Russell Stutler’s floorplans as springboards, though I deviated where I thought it necessary/worthwhile (where the pile of commonplace books are, location of the liquor cabinet, where the portrait of Gordon would be (Holmes would need to have seen Watson’s eyes alight on it which means it couldn’t be at Watson’s desk, otherwise his back would’ve been to Holmes and the deduction could not have been made), etc. When applicable, I used Bradley Keefauver’s chronology (some points of which I disagree with, but I love his assertion that only the only the first chapter of “Study in Scarlet” takes place in 1881, so it’s my go-to) to determine which case mementos ought line the shelves at the time that “Blue Carbuncle” would be taking place.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, that big skull? Giant rat of Sumatra.