MAGICAL OBJECTS

action figures

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

astronomical models

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.

books

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

camera, magical

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.

cauldrons

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

SEE enchanted ceiling

Cloak,Invisibility

SEE Invisibility Cloak

Cribbage's Wizarding Crackers

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

crystal balls

method of Divination (PA15)

Dark Detectors

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)

dishes, cups, and plates

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).

doors

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

everlasting icicles

decorations in the castle for Christmas (GF22)
c.f. Enchanted Snow (CS)

F-M

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)

Floo powder

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

games

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)hats

The Sorting Hat
Bill Weasley had a penfriend from Brazil who became upset when Bill couldn't travel all the way to South America for a visit, so this person send him a cursed hat which made his ears shrivel up. (

Howler
A Howler is a nasty letter sent to tell someone off. It arrives in a red envelope, smoking slightly. It must be opened immediately or it explodes. Upon opening, the Howler screams at the recipient in a voice magically magnified for maximum effect. Students at Hogwarts occasionally receive a Howler from their parents (Ron: CS6, Neville: PA14). Howlers were sent to the Ministry of Magic to complain about the "lax security" at the Quidditch World Cup. Percy had to deal with some of them. He said he had scorch marks all over his desk (GF10). When Rita Skeeter wrote gossip about Hermione, some readers of Witch Weekly sent Hermione Howlers (GF28).

icicles, everlasting
SEE weather

Invisibility Cloak (SS12, CS14, GF35)
Not unique, since Ron recognized it, but certainly rare. Harry inherited his from his father by way of Dumbledore. Harry's Invisibility Cloak is either quite large, big enough to cover several kids and a dragon in a wooden packing crate, or more likely it magically expands to cover what it needs to cover. Moody has one in his seven-lock trunk (second key) (GF35) Invisibility Cloaks are woven from the hair of the Demiguise (FB). They look like shining, silvery cloth and are "strange to the touch, like water woven into material." (SS12)

jokes
A number of jokes and gags are available at places like Zonko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade. Students at Hogwarts are particularly good customers of Zonko's. Mr. Filch, the caretaker, wages a constant battle against the troublesome and annoying pranks that are played by boistrous students. He maintains a list of 437 forbidden items which are not allowed in the school.

dungbombs - create a stink
nose-biting teacups
Fillibusters Fabulous Waterproof No-Heat Fireworks
Screaming Yo-yos
Fanged Frisbees
Ever-Bashing Boomerangs
Fred and George Weasley have created a number of clever joke items, including sweets with charms on them and fake wands that turn into things like rubber chickens and dead fish. They call their joke-making business "Weaselys' Wizard Wheezes."

keys

One of the chambers which had to be crossed to get to the hiding place of the Philosopher's Stone was filled with hundreds of bewitched, jewel-like flying keys. In order to pass out of the chamber, a person must find the key which fits the lock of the door on the far side. The correct key is an old-fashioned one, silver with bright blue wings. Several broomsticks are provided along the wall to be used to fly up and try to catch the right one.
ring of keys for the seven locks on the seven-lock trunk
Arthur Weasley found a few shrinking door keys on one of his nighttime raids. These keys are bewitched to shrink so their Muggle owners can't find them. When asked why anyone would make keys shrink, he explained:
"Just Muggle-baiting...Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothing so they can never find it when they need it...Of course, it's very hard to convict anyone because no Muggle would admit their key keeps shrinking--they'll insist they just keep losing it. Bless them, they'll go to any lengths to ignore magic, even if it's staring them in the face..." (CS

lunascope
Some kind of astronomical model or instrument which shows the phases of the moon. ("It’s a lunascope, old boy -- no more messing around with moon charts, see?") (PA4)

Marauder's Map
Created during their years at Hogwarts by James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew, this is a magical map of Hogwarts castle. It shows the entire Hogwarts grounds, including seven secret passages out of Hogwarts and into Hogsmeade. The map also shows the location of people. It would seem that people only appear on the map if there is some reason for them to be there. A little miniscule figure of Harry only appeared once he gained possession of the map and needed to use it. The map magically shows the entire castle at once. The map looks like a large but empty piece of old parchment until it is activated with the words "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." To clear the map, the phrase "Mischief managed" must be spoken.

The map was created in the 1970s and at some point confiscated by Filch, who didn't know how to activate it but guessed that it was a magical item of some power. It was snatched from his filing cabinet by Fred and George Weasley who put it to good use for years until they bequeathed it to Harry in December of 1993. Harry used it until it was "borrowed" by Barty Crouch Jr. in the guise of Moody. The current whereabouts of the Map are unknown. (PA10, GF

mirrors

Mirror of Erised
A magnificent mirror, as high as a classroom ceiling, with an ornate gold frame, standing on two clawed feet. The inscription carved around the top reads "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi," which is "I show not your face but your heart's desire" written backwards. When you look into the mirror, you see the deepest, most desperate desire of your heart. The mirror has trapped people who can't bear to stop staring into it, unsure if what they see is going to actually happen. Harry sees his family in the Mirror; Ron sees himself as Head Boy and Quidditch champion.(SS12)
Dumble describes the Mirror to Harry this way:

"It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you. Ronald Weasley, who has always been overshadowed by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of all of them. However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible." (SS12)
Dumbledore uses the power of the Mirror to protect the Philosopher's Stone:
"It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something. You see, only one who wanted to find the Stone--find it, but not use it--would be able to get it, otherwise they'd just see themselves making gold or drinking Elixir of Life. My brain surprises even me sometimes..." (SS17)
Harry, who didn't want the Stone when he looked into the Mirror, suddenly found it in his pocket. (SS17)
mirror, talking

"Tuck your shirt in, scruffy!"
-- the Weasely's talking mirror

The Weasleys have a talking mirror on the kitchen mantlepiece at The Burrow which, uh, aids in grooming (CS3).
There was also one in room 11 of the Leaky Cauldron when Harry stayed there which spoke in a wheezy voice. When he tried to flatten his unruly hair, it told him "You're fighting a losing battle there, dear." (PA4)

Foe Glass
Magical mirror which shows a person's enemies. SEE Dark Detectors.

magical megaphone

used by Lee Jordan to give Quidditch play-by-play (PA15)
large purple megaphone used by McGonagall when she called off the last Quidditch match in May of 1993. (CS
c.f. Sonorus Charm

Mrs. Skower's All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover
(CS9, GF)
A potion which is used for cleaning up messes. Filch keeps cases of it in broom closets around the castle. It was advertised at the Quidditch World Cup.

N-Z

penknife
For Christmas in 1994, Sirius gave Harry a handy penknife with attachments to unlock any lock and undo any knot.

Pensieve (GF30)
A shallow stone basin with odd runes and symbols carved around the edge. A silvery light shines from it's contents, which are bright, whitish silver, and cloud-like, moving ceaselessly. Harry thought the stuff in the basin looked like "light made liquid - or like wind made solid." Dumbledore keeps it in a black cabinet in his office and when he has too many thoughts and memories crowded into his head, he siphons the excess thoughts into the basin using his wand. He says that "(i)t becomes easier to spot patterns and links" in the memories when they're collected in the Pensieve. Harry touches the material in the Pensieve and is taken back incorporeally into some of Dumbledore's memories.

Philosopher's Stone / Sorcerer's Stone (SS)
The most fabulous magic item of them all, the goal of alchemists and wizards for centuries. There was only one such stone known to be in existence, one created by Nicolas Flamel. The Philosopher's Stone, also known as the Sorcerer's Stone, gives unlimited gold and immortality. Rather a nice payoff, but perhaps it isn't as perfect as it seems, as Dumbledore says: "Humans tend to choose the things that are worst for them." The Stone became the object of Voldemort's desire in his quest for immortality, and it was only through the intervention of Harry and his friends that the Dark Lord didn't obtain it from its hiding place in Hogwarts.
essay by Brian Dorband about Flamel and the Stone

pictures with moving people in them

posters of Quidditch team with moving players (CS3)
Famous Witches and Wizards cards (SS6) trading cards that come with Chocolate Frog candy
photo album with wizard pictures of Harry's family (PA11, SS17)
picture from the Daily Prophet showing the Weasley family in Egypt, all waving (PA1)
The Fat Lady and other portraits at Hogwarts
pictures in the book Flying With The Cannons
picture taken by Colin Creevey which shows Lockhart trying to pull a reluctant Harry into the frame. When this fails, Lockhart collapses against the white frame of the picture in exhaustion. (CS
picture of a little girl who courtsies to the first years on their way up to their common room after the welcoming feast (SS/f)
picture of a woman who walks into a room and sits by a bed, in the Hospital Wing (SS/f)
Among the portraits on the shifting staircase is a painting of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was popularly believed to be a witch. (SS/f)

Pocket Sneakoscope
SEE Dark Detectors

Put-Outer(SS1)
Small magical object which looks like a cigarette lighter. When clicked, the Put-Outer turns off a street light. When reversed, balls of light fly back out of the Put-Outer and return to the street lights.
essay: The Put-Outer and Magic on Privet Drive

Quidditch items
Balls
There are three types of Quidditch balls, each of which is magically enchanted to behave in a particular way. The enchantments on Quidditch balls are very powerful to keep them from being tampered with.

Quaffle
The Quaffle is the ball used for scoring goals. It is enchanted to fall slowly when dropped to give the players time to catch it. The players use a Gripping Charm to hang onto it as well.
Bludger
The Bludger is enchanted to indiscriminantly try to knock players off their brooms.
Golden Snitch
The game is won when one of the Seekers catches this tiny ball with its golden wings. The Snitch is enchanted to remain within the confines of the Quidditch pitch, but it is also enchanted to be difficult indeed to catch.
Bats
The Beaters use enchanted wooden bats to hit the Bludgers in an effort to affect their flight. The enchantments are necessary because of the weight and composition of the Bludgers.
Broomsticks
Broomsticks designed for Quidditch, often refered to as "racing brooms," contain a number of special features and enchantments to make them faster and more agile than a standard flying broomstick. More information can be found on the Broomsticks page.

Quills
anti-cheating quills
Students at Hogwarts are given quills charmed with Anti-Cheating spells for doing exams (SS

magical quill (Hogwarts)
A magical quill at Hogwarts writes the names of every magical child born in a large book. McGonagall uses this information to send out letters to these children as they approach their eleventh birthday. (

Quick-Quotes Quill
This acid green quill is carried by Rita Skeeter in her crocodile skin handbag. When Rita wants to write, she sucks briefly on the tip of the quill, then sets it up on a sheet of paper. The the quill writes exaggerated versions of whatever is said in its presence, which makes it an indespensible tool for a scandal-monger like Rita. (GF18)

Remembrall (SS9)
A glass ball the size of a large marble, full of white smoke. A Remembrall tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do by glowing scarlet. Neville receives one from his Grandmother and it glows red soon as he picks it up.

Revealer
"eraser"-like object that makes invisible ink appear (CS13)

Secrecy Sensor
SEE Dark Detectors

Self-Shuffling playing cards
SEE Games

Seven-Lock Trunk (GF35)
Moody kept various things in this magical trunk which had seven locks with seven keys. Depending on which lock you unlocked, you would see different things inside. When the first lock is opened, the trunk holds spell books. With the second lock, the trunk revealed broken Sneakoscopes, quills, and an invisibility cloak. The seventh lock reveals a pit or chamber in which Barty Crouch Jr. hid the real Moody.

Sneakoscope
SEE Dark Detectors

socks
Harry buys some magical socks at Gladrags in Hogsmeade. They are "a pair patterned with flashing gold and silver stars and another that screamed loudly when they became too smelly." Harry planned to give these to Dobby. (GF27)

souvenirs at the Quidditch World Cup (GF7)

luminous rosettes that squeal the names of players
pointed green hats with dancing shamrocks
Bulgarian scarves with lions that really roar
flags that play the national anthems
model Firebolts that fly
animated figures of famous players
Omnioculars - can be set to zoom, slow down play, and overlay magical words that provide commentary in purple letters

Spellotape
Used to repair magic items, such as Ron's wand and Ginny's battered copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi (CS6, GF10). Hermione used it to control her copy of The Monster Book of Monsters (PA6).
Spellotape is a play on words which is lost to Americans. Cellophane tape is called "Sellotape" in Britain. In the US, it's commonly called Scotch Tape.

Timepieces

Dumbledore's watch - This golden pocket watch is very odd. It has twelve hands but no numbers. Instead, little planets move along the edge. (SS1)
Time Turner (PA21) - The Time Turner is a small silver hourglass worn on a chain around the neck. It's a very powerful and dangerous magical item which literally turns back time for the user, one hour per inversion of the glass. Hermione used a Time Turner for the 1993-1994 school year to attend extra classes. She and Harry also used it to go back in time three hours and rescue Buckbeak and Sirius Black for a terrible fate. Time Turners are carefully controlled by the Ministry of Magic.
clock with only one hand and no numbers (CS3) - marked "Time to make tea, time to feed the chickens, You're late" - in Weasley kitchen
grandfather clock with nine golden hands (GF10) - Located in the Weasley living room, this fine clock is completely useless if you need to know the time. Instead it has a hand for each of the Weasley family members. These hands point to inscriptions around the face which indicated where that person is at the moment. Some of the words on this clock are "home." "school," "work," "traveling," "lost," "hospital," "prison," and "mortal peril."

tents
The magic tents the Weasleys set up in the campground at the Quidditch World Cup were much larger on the inside than the outside. They had a small kitchen and bunk beds, all the while being not much larger than small pup tents. Other folks used tents which were more or less obvious in their magical nature. Some, like the Weasleys' were pretty much Muggle tents, but others had gardens, fountains, and turrets. The tents of the Irish supporters were covered with a growth of live shamrocks. (GF7)

transportation

Lexicon: Wizard Transportation
Hogwarts Express
flying carpet
Knight Bus
broomstick
horseless carriages
Gringotts cart
Portkey
Durmstrang ship
Beauxbatons carriage

vanishing cabinet
Some sort of black and gold, magical piece of furniture, very valuable, which was wrecked by Peeves by dropping it in a classroom right over Flich's office. (CS8)
The Vanishing Cabinet is a piece of equipment used by Muggle magicians to make people or objects disappear with an illusion. A famous example is the magician known as Don Juan Cardoza (1889-1980). According to Who's Who in Magic History, "(o)ne of his best known tricks was the Vanishing Cabinet, in which he made audience volunteers appear and disappear, and he had a standing '$1000.00 challenge' for anyone who could figure out how he did it." By dropping the Vanishing Cabinet, Peeves in a sense made Filch "disappear" from his office because he "ran flat-footed from the room."

weather

everlasting icicles - decorations in the castle for Christmas (GF22)
Enchanted Snow (CS
enchanted snowballs (SS

Wizard's Wireless
The equivalent of a Muggle radio, the Weasley's have one of these in their kitchen. The WWN (Wizarding Wireless Network) is listened to by many in the Wizarding World. One popular program on the WWN is the "Witching Hour, with the popular singing sorceress, Celestina Warbeck." (CS3) Another popular musical group on the WWN is the Weird Sisters. (GF22)