The Crystal Ball of 'Gypsy Lee': as owned and used by the renowned fortune teller of Brighton in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Before her death in 1911, it is recorded that during her life she met and told the fortune of notable society figures, including King Edward VII, William Gladstone, the Duchess of Fife, the Duke of Westminster and Lily Langtry. The ball was then passed to her daughter, Urania 'Gypsy Lee' Boswell (died 1933, Farnborough), a proclaimed 'Queen of the Gypsies', who also used 'the gift' to advise George Washington Vanderbilt II not to board the Titanic on its maiden voyage - advice which saved his life. Also included in the lot is an original 1937 letter from Urania's daughter to the recipient of the crystal ball, to whom she had left it in her will, along with further printed documents relating to both Urania and her mother. The ball is circa 8.5 cm diameter.