A Mixed Group of Eight Victorian Mercury Glass Witches Balls c.1890-1900 poa-item Overall the piece is wonderfully

Overall the piece is wonderfully original and there hasn’t been any restoration or meddling with so to speak and she serves as a very decorative piece of artwork

The printed Union Jack flag in soft thin cotton is in worn but sound order with a lovely consistent gentle fade across the fabric particularly to the blue

His recordings of the weather and movements of the stars gave him considerable standing as a meteorologist and astronomer

During the nineteenth century pieces of coral that were too large for the cabinet were sometimes placed under glass domes like this one to enhance their decorative appeal and to prevent them from gathering dust

5”Width: 30”Depth: 18

A Mixed Group of Eight Victorian Mercury Glass Witches Balls c.1890-1900 poa-item Overall the piece is wonderfullyOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900The Largest: 11 diameterThe Smallest: 3. 5 diameterThe group of eight hand blown lustrous mercury glass witches balls, of mixed sizes, having the original hanging pressed loop crown attachments, and when hung each reflecting an entire room, the wholes showing a beautiful all over patination, to include one very large example, being in silver with the remaining being two blue