08-10-2026, 09:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2026, 09:44 AM by JustAnotherTheory.)
Thank you @Jojo. I will add that ivory turning did not exist before the 16th century. So the claim that there were "similar objects" in the 15th century is simply false.
However it is possible that a forger in the 16th century made the VMS so that he can sell it to Rudolf II. The forgery hypothesis does not have to concern the 20th century only.
And as I said, plants grafting, as it is called, started in the 16th century as well. Botanists created "Frankenstein plants", by grafting roots and leaves from one plant, onto the stem of another plant. And this practice was also done in the context of cabinets of curiosity, like the one Rudolf II famously posessed. Does this sound familiar?
However it is possible that a forger in the 16th century made the VMS so that he can sell it to Rudolf II. The forgery hypothesis does not have to concern the 20th century only.
And as I said, plants grafting, as it is called, started in the 16th century as well. Botanists created "Frankenstein plants", by grafting roots and leaves from one plant, onto the stem of another plant. And this practice was also done in the context of cabinets of curiosity, like the one Rudolf II famously posessed. Does this sound familiar?