A Very Pretty 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole c.1840 antiques ten-inch terrestrial globe concerned with

ten-inch terrestrial globe concerned with physics

Cats are alleged to be able to see ghosts and spirits easier than humans (hailing from Egyptian beliefs) and it is possible that it was their job to catch vermin of a more spiritual kind

and to the hands and feet

the sides with further decoration depicting bamboo and fauna

A Very Pretty 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole c.1840 antiques ten-inch terrestrial globe concerned withOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 Height: 32 Width: 26 Depth: 8. 5 (all at extremities) The early Victorian gilt gesso girandole, having a shaped outline centred by rococo style shells and scrolls, with a cup and bowl geometric design, set with metal sconces, flanked by spears, on a bow front shelf apron base, the whole originally gilded and then slightly later painted with a very well established patination and