Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over round drawing of man in tophat and each reflecting its individual

and each reflecting its individual maker

such that he needs to lean against something in order to stand

and a couple of  dupes among them--but who wouldn't want a pair of double fives when they're are wonderfully wonky as these

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and often like this one taking the form of a structure with a few balls inside

Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over round drawing of man in tophat and each reflecting its individualI've had a bit of a string of acquiring things I find quite evocative but know very little about and here's another! I have no idea how or why this gold painted ball with hooks all over came to be, but I love it as an object, and it would make a pretty effective hanger now for rings of keys, or necklaces, or sprigs of mistletoe! There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string I might suggest from the ceiling so as to