Claw and Ball Feet

Claw and ball feet (or ball and claw) termination mainly used on cabriole legs in the first half of the 18th century (though earlier examples occur), representing a bird's or dragon's claw clutching a ball. It derives from an oriental symbol of evil in the world — the dragon's claw grasping a pearl.

Excerpt from 

Getty Vocabulary, AAT (claw-and-ball feet, AAT: 300040616).

ASSOCIATED CONTENT CHUNKS (list applicable note links)

VIDEO ASSETS  

set operator as OR

apply to objects where number equals 2000.356.A-B.McD

apply to objects where number equals 1985.b.25

apply to objects where number equals 1985.b.26

apply to objects where number equals 1985.r.619

Apply to content where tag_value equals 300040616