Ball in Cage with Links (and Hole!) Whimsy tarot vary in size

vary in size

and is in excellent condition

6 7/8" tall x 1 1/8" wide and deep

The glass is very thin and light and etched with a maker

what become almost pure fields of abstract mark making

Ball in Cage with Links (and Hole!) Whimsy tarot vary in sizePart of what I love most about this whimsy, which I believe has a fair amount of age to it, is the round hole that runs straight through one of the links but touches neither edge, giving the whole thing a sort of miraculous precariousness. (I have no idea how it got there. That curious hole aside, it was quite nicely carved, all from one piece of wood, with an interesting long double ended link, two smaller ones of different lengths, and a ball in