Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina J.E Rhodes it's been in this black

it's been in this black painted wooden frame for a very long time

this piece

samplers but am not entirely sure how to read the meaning (i

I can just picture the long ago maker using an old brass stencil wheel with paint the black numbers on them

I really love this guy

Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina J.E Rhodes it's been in this blackThis is hands down the most beautiful thing I came across this week, though photos do no justice to its presence and especially to the insanely gorgeous verdigris patina to the surface of the copper, which makes it feel like painting, or an ancient treasure, or like the most perfect giant antique Asian pottery vessel with the most fantastic glazing ever. Though it brings antique cupola finials and weathervanes to mind, I believe it is an antique float