A Rare c.1920-40 Crystal Ball On Fine Gilt Bronze Stand sub-Curios nightingale and most of all

nightingale and most of all

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a good pair of cases that will be of great interest to many a lepidopterist or indeed for those of us with an eye for an original and attractive decorative effect

although they were most freely used during the Romanesque

or perhaps leather

A Rare c.1920-40 Crystal Ball On Fine Gilt Bronze Stand sub-Curios nightingale and most of allOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Height: 7. 5 inches (Overall) Diameter: 5 inches (The Sphere) Circumference: 17. 25 inches (The Sphere) Weight: 3. 9 kgs (The Sphere) The fine quality and well formed quartz (?) crystal ball sitting on an ornate moulded gilt bronze stand with floral swags surmounted by rams heads with curved horns terminating in tripod scroll feet survives from the second quarter