Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand peach who apparently appeared to Juan

who apparently appeared to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill

sculptor and photographer who moved to Rome in 1838

and very sweetly imperfect close up

though I might just treat it as a beautiful object to hang--and perhaps impetus to start a collection of hanging pin cushions so as to build a whole wall of them

and the peasant-style clothing carefully sewn in a wonderful mix of colors and patterns

Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand peach who apparently appeared to JuanThese I do believe are just about the most spectacular whimsies I've seen, and certainly had in my possession. Each was carved from one piece of wood, with either two or three small balls inside of each ones two cagesthe taller with carved fists at either end, the shorter with crosshatched patterns that for some reason remind me of pineapples! Ornately detailed all over, they make me think of bons bons rolled in fancy paper and cinched with bows at