Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina card dominoes and 171 on the reverse

and 171 on the reverse side

but the old paint and softened edges and just all over patina on these is to my eye just spectacularly beautiful

I am not certain the date on this--it seems Bluteau was still actively making and selling throughout the first decade of the 2000s

Mother and daughter (surely

The Agfa Lupex paper on which it was printed identifies it as German c

Huge Antique Copper Sphere with Glorious Verdigris Patina card dominoes and 171 on the reverseThis is hands down the most beautiful thing I came across this week, though photos do no justice to its presence and especially to the insanely gorgeous verdigris patina to the surface of the copper, which makes it feel like painting, or an ancient treasure, or like the most perfect giant antique Asian pottery vessel with the most fantastic glazing ever. Though it brings antique cupola finials and weathervanes to mind, I believe it is an antique float