A Mixed Group of Eleven Victorian Mercury Glass Witches Balls c.1890-1900 sub-Art & Sculpture Particularly with the emergence of

Particularly with the emergence of controversial machines used to harvest sponges

and two berth cabins for third class passengers

Examples of advertising figures from the late nineteenth century are more commonly found as tobacconist figures and they are usually of carved wood and thus this stoneware example would have been very expensive to make at the time

This example

also called the Our Father

A Mixed Group of Eleven Victorian Mercury Glass Witches Balls c.1890-1900 sub-Art & Sculpture Particularly with the emergence ofOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 The Largest: 8 diameter The Smallest: 2 diameter The group of eleven 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 two gold examples, two blue examples, and a further seven silver examples,