action
figures
dragons,
Quidditch players
astronomical
models
balloons,
non-explodable, luminous
blackboard,
advertising
books
camera
cauldrons
Cribbages
Wizarding Crackers
crystal balls
Dark Detectors
Foe Glass, Sneakoscope,
Secrecy Sensor
doors
Hogwarts doors, Gringott's
vault doors
Enchanted
Ceiling
dishes, cups,
and plates
Nose-Biting teacup,
biting kettle, enchanted tea set, magical plate, biting kettle, Goblet
of Fire
everlasting
icicles
Floo Powder
Flying
Ford Anglia
Flying
Motorcycle
Foe Glass
games
Exploding Snap cards,
Gobstones, self-shuffling playing cards, Wizard's chess
Goblet
of Fire
Golden
Egg
Grow Your Own
Warts kit
- Harry and the other Triwizard champions drew small model dragons out of a silk bag. The type of model indicated which dragon thay had to face. Harry drew a Hungarian Horntail. The tiny models moved their wings and snarled. (GF20)
- At the Quidditch World Cup, Ron bought a small model of Viktor Krum, the famous Bulgarian Seeker, which walked around and scowled. (GF ) After Krum took Hermione to the Yule Ball, Harry found the arm of the little model laying on the floor in the boys' dormitory. Ron had apparently broken it. (GF
- perfect, moving model of the galaxy in a large glass ball for sale on Diagon Alley (PA4)
- miniature model of the solar system, contained within a glass dome, each of the moons glimmered in place around the nine planets and the fiery sun, all of them hanging in thin air beneath the glass - Trelawney used one as she taught astrology in Divination (GF29)
- c.f. lunascope
balloons, non-explodable, luminous
- Harry got a package of these in his Christmas crackers (SS12)
blackboard, Quidditch World Cup
- The Quidditch World Cup stadium had a huge blackboard upon which gold writing appeared as if written by a huge invisible hand. The space displayed advertising before the match, then became a scoreboard once play commenced.
- The Monster Book Of Monsters (PA
- The Invisible Book of Invisibility (PA
- Sonnets of a Sorcerer (CS13)
- a book that burned your eyes out (CS13)
- a book that you couldn't stop reading (CS13)
- a book that shrieks when you open it (SS12)
- Tom Riddle's diary (CS
- A photographer at Flourish and Blotts was taking pictures of Gilderoy Lockhart for the Daily Prophet. The camera emitted a cloud of purple smoke with each flash. (CS4)
- Bozo, Rita Skeeter's photographer, also has one (GF
- Colin Creevey's camera is apparently a Muggle device, although since it does work at Hogwarts, it must not have any electrical parts. He takes plenty of pictures of Harry, much to Harry's chagrin. Although the camera is non-magical, the pictures he takes do move because he develops them in a special potion (CS Alternatively, the camera itself may be a Muggle camera but enchanted to work taking Wizard photographs.
- Lexicon page: cauldrons
- Cauldrons are a basic item for any witch or wizard. They are used for mixing potions but also for carrying things at times. Many cauldrons seem to be at least partially magical. Self-stirring, collapsable cauldrons are sold in Diagon Alley, for example (SS5).
- A cauldron can carry a lot of books (CS) so it must be a lot bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
Ceiling, enchanted
Cloak,Invisibility
- SEE Invisibility Cloak
- Part of the Christmas feast celebration, similar to the Muggle versions, but these are magical and contain very interesting and unusual things (SS12, GF23)
- items found in Wizarding Crackers:
- Grow Your Own Warts kit
- admiral's hat
- method of Divination (PA15)
- Sneakoscope - A device which looks something like a gyroscope and which gives off a whistling sound when someone untrustworthy is around.
- Harry was given a small one by Ron (who bought it in Egypt while on holiday). It was a cheap souvenir so the boys ignored it's warnings (PA1)
- Moody/Crouch has a large one in his office. (GF20)
- Foe Glass - One of the devices owned by the ultra-paranoid Moody. He kept it in his office. It looks like a mirror, but it shows enemies as shadowy, indistinct figures; when the enemies get closer, they come more into focus. (GF20,
- Secrecy Sensor - Another of Moody's devices. This sensor resembles a collection of old-fashioned TV aerials, except that they pick up vibrations of evil approaching. (GF20)
- Goblet of Fire - rough wooden goblet which fills with blue flames when it is time for it to choose champions of the Triwizard Tournament.
- magical plate - conjured up by McGonagall when she wanted Harry and Ron to eat their supper in Snape's office. It magically refilled itself with sandwiches. (CS
- dishes in the Great Hall -
- enchanted tea set - An old witch died and her tea set was sold to some Muggles. Mr Weasley had quite a time sorting the whole thing out, because "[t]he teapot went berserk and squirted boiling tea all over the place and one man ended up in the hospital with the sugar tongs clamped to his nose." (CS3)
- biting teakettle - Mr. Weasley turned up a couple of these on one of his nighttime raids (CS3).
- The doors of Hogwarts are semi-sentient. Flitwick teaches them to recognize a picture of Sirius Black when everyone was afraid Black would try to get into the castle (PA
- The door to the high security vault in Gringotts would only open when a Gringotts Goblin would run his finger down it. Then the door melted away. If anyone else tried that, they would be sucked through the door and trapped inside the vault. (SS5)
- The door to the kitchens in Hogwarts is a painting of a bowl of fruit. When you tickle the pear, the door giggles and opens.
- c.f. The Fat Lady
- c.f. the entrance to Dumbledore's tower
dragons,
model
SEE Action
figures
Enchanted ceiling
The ceiling
of Hogwarts' Great Hall is enchanted so that it mimics the sky outside.
Lightning and thunder blast across it in storms. It has appeared deep black
and full of stars (SS, PA) and covered with clouds of pewter gray (GF13).
At times the enchantment has been modified for a special occasion. Warm,
dry enchanted show fell from it for a Christmas celebration (CS) and colorful
confetti rained down during Lockhart's Valentine's Day festivities (CS
- decorations in the castle for Christmas (GF22)
- c.f. Enchanted Snow (CS
flying
Ford Anglia
This
turquoise automobile was bought by Arthur Weasley for the purposes of taking
it apart in his shed to see how it worked, or at least, that's the story
he told Molly. In fact, in the process of taking it apart and reassembling
the car, he also bewitched it to be able to fly and installed an invisibility
generator on board (silver button on the dash). He also magically
expanded the inner spaces so that an enormous amount of luggage could
fit in the boot and an amazing number of people could sit comfortably in
it's wide seats. Fred and George flew the car a number of times, once all
the way to Surrey
to rescue Harry from the Dursleys. Shortly thereafter Harry and Ron flew
the car all the way to Scotland, to Hogwarts. The car barely made it that
far only to crash land into the
Whomping
Willow, which damaged it quite severely. The car ejected Harry, Ron,
and their luggage, then fled into the forbidden forest. It is still there,
trundling about the forest like a wild animal. (CS3, 15)
The license plate number on the Anglia is 7990TD (CS/f)
flying motorcycle
This amazing
machine is owned by Sirius Black, but it's huge, big enough to carry Hagrid
(or perhaps it magically
expands as necessary to accomodate its rider). So why is a flying motorcycle
allowed but not a flying Ford Anglia? (SS1)
- This silvery powder, when thrown in the fire, allows magical travel between fireplaces connected to the Floo Network. The Weasleys keep theirs in a flowerpot on the mantle. (CS)
- Floo Powder was invented in the 1200s by Ignatia Wildsmith (fw23)
- c.f. Fire Talking
- Self-Shuffling Playing Cards - Ron had a deck of these in his room (CS3)
- Wizard's Chess
- Gobstones - These objects spit a disgusting fluid at players when they lose. A solid gold set is available on Diagon Alley.
Grow
Your Own Warts kit
Harry got
a package of these in his Christmas crackers (SS12)
