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Well, OK then.
I've got a long time friend that is somewhat foolish and asinine (I know, redundant).
He ran across one of these in Central Massachusetts at a Home Goods, TJ Maxx, somewhat kind of retailer. Millbury MA RT 146 area big shopping area if I remember correctly.
And he bought it.
I've no idea what he paid.
I believe he's cooked on it once, and not well.
It's basically yard art, and not very good yard art at that.
It's made from scrap steel, scrap 5 gallon oil jugs, not a lick of copper or brass in sight.
I spend many minutes putting things in it, including hairstyling "heads" just because I can.
And I made him aware of this:
Creation of the brazen bull for Phalaris[edit]
The brazen bull (left) depicted on an old engraving by Hans Burgkmair
The head of the bull was designed with a system of tubes and stops so that the prisoner's screams were converted into sounds like the bellowing of an infuriated bull. Phalaris is said to have commanded that the bull be designed in such a way that its smoke rose in spicy clouds of incense.[5] According to legend, when the bull was reopened after a body was charred, the victim's scorched bones then "shone like jewels and were made into bracelets.
en.wikipedia.org
Then I asked him where his wife was......