Stunning Gold Witches Ball.  Rare due to its size - almost double the size of most on the market - a real statement.
 
40cm Diameter.
 
Beautiful lustre through the gold mercury glass and with its original fixing, read to hang with a chain.  This has a substantial weight as you would expect from an original ball of this size.  Highly decorative, statement piece perfect for interior design, shop retail fit out or TV/Film props.
 
In popular imagination, ‘witch balls’ were hung up in 18th and 19th-century windows to ward off evil spirits. It was believed that witches could be entrapped by their own reflection. If you hang up a witch ball you will see that it reflects the entire room, creating a fascinating optical effect.
 
I also came across another theory that the balls were originally used to dry salt in front of the fire and, as salt was considered a useful talisman against the ‘evil eye’, the association stuck.
 
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