Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy sold landscape painting overall very good condition with

overall very good condition with stitches holding it together still tight

I think it is a pretty old one

which is as carefully painted as her front

and indeed the sculpture is quite heavy for its size

though I'm not sure I would interfere with its pretty pure perfection just as it is

Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy sold landscape painting overall very good condition withI've seen other whimsy "cages" with gothic sorts of spikes like this one, but I've never seen one where the ball sits on a pedestal inside of it, like a tee for a ball never to be hit! I believe this one likely dates to the late 19th early 20th c., and has definitely been knocked around a bit, with a few dings and paint loss around the sides, a small chip to one side of the "pedestal", and a little loss to what was surely once a sharp point at the