I think it's a paperweight, but if anyone can tell me more, I'd appreciate it. Seems to be partially silver-plated brass.
Posted Nov 20, 2017, 8:16 PM UTC
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the overall look of it is giving me a tower of babel vibe, the small square homes with the domed roofs are definitely stylized from the middle east.
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Tower of Babel or Middle-Eastern village is the exact vibe I got from it.
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It looks like Santorini, nothing more than a resemblance I’m afraid, I won’t pretend to ‘know’ anything about it.
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Do you have any more pictures from other angles? looks like you may be able to put an incense cone on the top but that's just a guess and it is hard to tell.
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This shows the bottom half: https://imgur.com/EbDZg62
And the top: https://imgur.com/5NEjyDO
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It looks like a simplified copy of a Jerusalem sculpture by Frank Meisler
It's definitely the same idea.
Your suggestion led me to this: https://picclick.com/VIntage-JERUSALEM-Sterling-Silver-925-GLOBE-PAPERWEIGHT-Alsin-Sam-112355846506.html
I think i am going to try to peel off the felt from the base to see if it's signed. However, it doesn't have a sterling mark on the side, so it might be a copy.
I found a sterling mark on the side when I was scraping off the felt. It is very faint and rough, and there is no signature on the bottom, which has led me to think this is probably a copy cast from an original. Doesn't matter -it's still a cool little item.
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Solved!
Thank you.