Architectural Antique Tall Ball in Cage Whimsy with Inlaid Shapes and Bulb Top mourning box but also a delicate thing

but also a delicate thing

and how the whole thing feels like a little stage when turned on its side

including for the fact that it feels pretty existential to me

a TV is nothing if not a frame

I believe this was once either lidded or made to carry

Architectural Antique Tall Ball in Cage Whimsy with Inlaid Shapes and Bulb Top mourning box but also a delicate thingOne of three "whimsies" today, making it a happy week, and I found this one close to home. Just my sort, assertive like a piece of architecture and standing tall on its square base. With a large ball on top echoing the one inside, and pairs of small raised ones with around the foot. And with happy surprise of an inlaid star on the underside. Some fine craquelure to the lightly varnished surface, too. 9 1. 4" t x 1 7 8" x 1 3 4". One missing inlaid