Pair French Silvered Bronze Lions Mask Plinths w/ Hand-Carved Rock Crystal Orbs

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A Pair of Incredible French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze Lions Mask Plinths with Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Rock Crystal Orbs. Boasting sumptuous French Regency design, this pair of orbs stand atop an intricate, high-relief silvered bronze plinth. The plinths are supported by a tripod of lions’ feet, while the base is decorated by acanthus leaves, shields, curtails, flowerbeds, and three lions’ heads in line with the feet. The splendid and meticulous plinths present two hand-carved and polished crystal orbs. Their smooth surface complements the complicated fractal interior. Crystal orbs have been used by the occult since the European Iron Age. Psychics, sorcerers, and shamans drew insights and predictions from orbs as a source of divine knowledge and to receive positive energy. Many pre-industrial cultures practiced crystal gazing throughout history, but the Druids originated what we now associate with crystal balls. After the disappearance of the occult Druids in the 7th century CE, crystal reading fell out of practice in Europe. It was not until interest in paganism and occult knowledge emerged in the Renaissance that crystal orbs resurfaced and gained cultural prominence. France, Circa: 1890

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