Flower
A dried flower used as a bookmark. It has absorbed the scent from the pages.
Plume
A bird's feather that serves as a quill pen. The tip has long been stained black.
Sands
A small desktop clock, whose former owner was a scholar sat in a windowless room buried in books. This was probably the only reference they had to the time of day.
Goblet
Originally designed to hold drinking water, this cup was stained black after a scholar used it to wash their paint brushes.
Circlet
This corrective lens helped restore the vision of one whose eyes were damaged from intensive studying.