In Will and Grace’s living room, there is some object that I can’t identify. It’s a large metallic sphere mounted on some type of wooden tripod. It looks like it could be a light fixture or a piece of surveying equipment. (It is found in most episodes, I think, throughout many of the seasons. It is usually standing on the floor against the back wall, near the bookshelves.)
Can anyone tell me what that is?
Isn’t it just a floor lamp mounted on a wooden tripod similar to this ?
Sounds like a globe. 
The only thing I can find so far is from Moviemistakes.com, it is described simply an ornamental silver ball.
Is it the thing in the pic labled living room ? I can’t tell what it is, but I bet someone will know.
I saw that picture, but couldn’t see it clearly enough to id whatever it is.
Could it be some type of flash unit for an antique camera?
Never mind that, I want to know who painted that god-awful sad-clown-sans-makeup picture that’s by the fireplace and why in umpteen years they never burned those damn vanilla ball candles on the coffee table. Seriously, I hate that picture and I hate those candles.
Yes, the thing is in the pic labeled “living room,” above and to the right of the seated man’s head, between the painting and the bookshelves.
I looked through some of the DVDs, and from the side it looks like it is a concave hemisphere open towards us (rather than a solid sphere).
It looks almost like a spotlight.
I’m guessing it is what is called a lawn ball or a gazing ball.