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jim in paris

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antique table
« on: September 30, 2017, 01:00:55 AM »
hi all

a "pier table" from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58222/pier-table-piffetti-pietro/

when you download the image you can see the ornament:
is it an angel playing a top?

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Re: antique table
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2017, 09:11:01 AM »
Is he spinning the Earth?
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Re: antique table
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2017, 11:17:48 AM »
Quote from: Kirk on September 30, 2017, 09:11:01 AM
Is he spinning the Earth?
The description does in fact say that it's a globe. It also says that there is a similar table where the cherub has a telescope.
But the Earth IS a top!  ;)
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