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Original Crystal Ball from the Wizard of Oz with Pedestal
Original Crystal Ball from the Wizard of Oz
1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
On loan from Jay ’77 and Eileen ’76, MBA ’78 Walker and The Walker Library of Human Imagination
The Oz crystal ball is a transparent hand-blown glass globe with an open neck at the bottom, similar to a dry lightbulb. It is not perfectly spherical but very slightly egg shaped. Experts have painstakingly authenticated the artifact by mapping slight imperfections (bubbles) in the glass, then matching them with images of the crystal ball as it appeared in the film.
Original Crystal Ball from the Wizard of Oz with Pedestal
Original Crystal Ball from the Wizard of Oz
1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
On loan from Jay ’77 and Eileen ’76, MBA ’78 Walker and The Walker Library of Human Imagination
The Oz crystal ball is a transparent hand-blown glass globe with an open neck at the bottom, similar to a dry lightbulb. It is not perfectly spherical but very slightly egg shaped. Experts have painstakingly authenticated the artifact by mapping slight imperfections (bubbles) in the glass, then matching them with images of the crystal ball as it appeared in the film.