Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy ranch style and the flourish on the

and the flourish on the top of his hat

I really love the form

This is the smallest of the three

and this is I think is all of them

is especially lovely--and fairly unusual in having a handle

Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy ranch style and the flourish on theI've seen other whimsy "cages" with gothic sorts of spikes like this one, but I've never seen one where the ball sits on a pedestal inside of it, like a tee for a ball never to be hit! I believe this one likely dates to the late 19th early 20th c., and has definitely been knocked around a bit, with a few dings and paint loss around the sides, a small chip to one side of the "pedestal", and a little loss to what was surely once a sharp point at the