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the top, often suspended in doorways or
windows. They were made in most glass
factories across Europe as glassblowers’
‘whimsies’ or showpieces and then later sold
as decorative items. [1] They appeared in a
variety of geographical contexts and had
numerous uses, but the name itself refers to
the belief that these balls were protective
devices that could ward off evil spirits,
especially
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Initially, the witch
ball was a decorative
object. Its earliest
antecedents were the
‘broad plates of
round coloured glass’
placed around the
gardens of early