An Early Gold Mercury Glass Witches Ball or Bottle c.1820-50 sub-Architectural & Garden A wonderfully distinctive and ornamental

A wonderfully distinctive and ornamental bronze

Viola herself was also the author of Practical Tempera Painting in 1949 and The Art of Gilding in 1940

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Bavaria was one of the stem duchies of the Eastern Franconian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire

the overall order of the piece is superb with very little loss to the teeth and a superb patination consummate with age to both the bronze and pitted steel

An Early Gold Mercury Glass Witches Ball or Bottle c.1820-50 sub-Architectural & Garden A wonderfully distinctive and ornamentalOrigin: English Period: Early Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1820 50 Diameter: 4 Height: 5. 75 (without cork) The hand blown amber gold mercury glass witches ball or bottle having a corked tapering neck accompanied by string, and when hung reflecting an entire room, showing a beautiful all over patination, survives from nineteenth century England in beautifully original condition. The condition is largely what one would like and expect to find