Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina card dominoes with a very warm presence

with a very warm presence

I am not certain the date on this--it seems Bluteau was still actively making and selling throughout the first decade of the 2000s

Mother and daughter (surely

I've been looking at the night sky a lot of late

and 171 on the reverse side

Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina card dominoes with a very warm presenceThis 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