Ufos / Cussac, FranceTwo boys report seeing four aliens - they describe them as little devils - who fly round a spherical craft landed in a field
White Star Line, cut glass bulbous table carafe with house flag. 6ins
White Star Line, bulbous paperweight with metal topWhite Star Line, bulbous paperweight with white metal top. 4ins
The Great Globe, Swanage, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Three adder stones, also known as hag stones, witch stones, serpents eggs and snakes eggs. They are believed by some to have been formed by the secretions of snakes or adders
Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947
Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now Benin), West AfricaUnusual corn bin, Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin), West Africa. Made of earthenware, it was peculiar to the Konkombwa people of Tschopowa
Coral speciesLettuce coral, Agaricia agaricites, Madrepora agaricites 1, worm holes covered with stony coral 2, Acropora abrotanoides, Madrepora abrotonoides 3, and spherical clump of coral 4
Lady with Chinese lanternLady at a masked ball holding a Chinese lantern. 1920s
Spheres depicting the Earths orbit round the Sun. Date: 18th century
Armillary sphere with zodiac. Date: 1719
Armillary SphereAn Armillary Sphere. Date: 18th century
Holly tree in a square pot on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Stratosphere Explorers Date: 1941
Pudding-shaped man in the snow on a Christmas cardPudding-shaped man with an umbrella, walking through the snow on a Christmas and New Year card -- Engaged out to dinner. Date: circa 1890s
Dr William Beebe, deep sea explorer, BermudaDr William Beebe (1877-1962), American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, author and deep sea explorer, seen here in Bermuda
Sphere Within Sphere. By Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926)Sphere Within Sphere. Bronze sculpture by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926). Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pineapple). Vatican Museums. Vatican City
Dali Museum. Glass dome. Figueres. Catalonia. Spain
Interior of a Dindi Village, Benin, West Africa - note the spherical clay container on the left - used for storing water. Date: circa 1908
Annulorum by Johann Dryander. Colored engravingJohann Dryander (1500-1560). German anatomist and astronomer. Annulorum. Title cover, 1537. Colored engraving
Annulorum by Johann DryanderJohann Dryander (1500-1560). German anatomist and astronomer. Annulorum. Title cover, 1537
Plants / VolvoxVOLVOX GLOBULATOR a freshwater organism whose spherical shape enables it to roll over when it feels inclined Date: 1913
Car of modern spherical balloon
Modern spherical balloon
Septarian nodule
Armilar sphere and planetarium (1774). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum
Champagne, France - Balloon Exhibition. There is a small sign in the foreground asking the crowds not to smoke!!! Date: circa 1910s
Aliens Attack BoatsMASTERS OF THE EARTH (John Edwards) Spherical alien spacecraft attack Earths sailing boats
Snowball SceneThree children with an elegantly spherical snowball