This item is (1) one approximately 4" Diameter Round Blue and Purple Hanging Glass Ball a.k.a Witch Ball or Friendship Ball.These are great window hangings. There's a glass loop on top for hanging. String not included. Each piece is unique, so you're getting a style, not an exact duplicate of the one in the photo. YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING THE EXACT ONES IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY ARE EXAMPLES AND ARE LONG GONE. Any questions just ask. Many More Jewelry Making Supplies Coming Soon from Alice's Looking Glass Jewelry!!! Check out my other items! Thank You For Looking! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter when saving us to your favorites list! Payment and Shipping Information When buying one item, please use the "Buy It Now" button, if building an order please use the Shopping Cart to get our best Combined Shipping Rates. Combined shipping requires combined payment. When paying for multiple items, buyers must pay in one lump sum to receive discounted shipping fees. If your invoice looks wrong to you or you are unsure, PLEASE request an invoice and we will manually correct it for you. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer?s responsibility. Please check with your country?s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. We do not mark merchandise values below the purchase price or mark items as gifts as US and International government regulations prohibit doing so. Thank you for stopping by Alice's Looking Glass Jewelry! These are also knows as "Witch Balls", and here's what Wikipedia has to say about them:"A witch ball is a hollow sphere of plain or stained glass hung in cottage windows in 18th century England to ward off evil spirits, witch's spells or ill fortune, though the witch ball actually originated among cultures where witches were considered a blessing and these witches would usually "enchant" the balls to enhance their potency against evils. Later, they were often posted on top of a vase or suspended by a cord (as from the mantelpiece or rafters) for a decorative effect. Witch balls appeared in America in the 19th century and are often found in gardens under the name gazing balls. However, gazing balls contain no strands within their interior. According to folk tales, witch balls would entice evil spirits with their bright colours; the strands inside the ball would then capture the spirit and prevent it from escaping. Witch balls sometimes measure as large as 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter. The witch ball is traditionally, but not always, green or blue in color and made from glass (others, however, are made of wood, grass, or twigs instead of glass). Some are decorated in enameled swirls and brilliant stripes of various colors. The gazing balls found in many of today's gardens are derived from the silvered witch balls that acted as convex mirrors, warding off evil by reflecting it away.Because they look similar to the glass balls used on fishing nets, witch balls are often associated with sea superstitions and legends. In the Ozark Mountains, a witch ball is made from black hair that is rolled with beeswax into a hard round pellet about the size of a marble and is used in curses. In Ozark folklore, a witch that wants to kill someone will take this hair ball and throw it at the intended victim; it is said that when someone in the Ozarks is killed by a witch's curse, this witch ball is found near the body. The word witch ball may be a corruption of watch ball because it was used as a guard of evil spirits. It is sometimes claimed that the modern Christmas ornament is descended from the witch ball. The ornament was allegedly originally placed on the tree to dispel a visitor?s envy at the presents left beneath the tree. However as the modern Christmas bauble's origins are documented in Lauscha, Germany, in 1847, the provenance of this claim is debatable."Yes, these are made in China and you will have to remove the little "made in China" sticky tags and may also have to rinse these before displaying. No soap necessary, we washed 100's and hot water is all you will need.