Gorgeous Antique Chain Link + Ball in Cage + Moving Part Whimsy for serving drinks a UNESCO world heritage site

a UNESCO world heritage site filled with thousand year old Viking rune stones and burial mounds

and nice green on green geometry

'whatever became of the Pretty Munchkin girl whom Nick Chopper was engaged to marry before the Wicked Witch enchanted his axe and he traded his fleet for tin

perfectly imperfect

I think the black and white stripes and swirl patterns of the inlaid glass are fantastic (it feels as if that glass was just destined to become this bat) and then that face

Gorgeous Antique Chain Link + Ball in Cage + Moving Part Whimsy for serving drinks a UNESCO world heritage siteReally a beauty! Lots going on with this antique whimsy, late 19th very early 20th century or so I would guess, but the skillfulness of the carving and beauty of the wood make it feel like quite an elegant thing. At the tip are two interlocking pieces which move to and fro, and the ball rolls around freely in its cage. A perfect one to hang by the last of the links from a nail on the wall. 13 7 8" l x 1 13 16" wide and deep. There is one clean split