Have you ever taken a wander through the city and looked at something and thought "What is that thing anyway?".
One such curiosity is the ominous golden ball, sitting atop the steps at Prospect House in Rouen Road, overlooking the castle.
The ball is not, in fact, gold - but bronze - and is simply named "Public Sculpture".
Commissioned in 1968 by Eastern Counties Newspapers for the soon-to-be-completed Prospect House, it was designed and sculpted by Norwich-born sculptor and artist, Bernard Meadows.
Meadows was born in the city and went to the City of Norwich School where he briefly trained as an accountant, after which he attended Norwich School of Art - now Norwich University of the Arts.
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In 1936, Meadows became famous sculptor Henry Moore's first assistant at his studio in Kent.
It was with Henry Moore that Meadows learned to sculpt and under his influence took part in a new form of abstract and surrealist art, known as "Geometry of Fear".
Other notable Geometry of Fear sculptors included Moore and Barbara Hepworth, whose "Family of Man" resides in Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
Meadows' work has since been featured in galleries and exhibitions in London, New York, Tokyo, and Venice.
A piece titled "Help", which was produced by Meadows in 1966 and is featured in the Tate draws striking similarities to the Prospect House sculpture and represents a sphere being crushed by two solid forms.
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Some have speculated that "Public Sculpture" may represent the slow squeezing out of medieval Golden Ball Street by modern architecture, slowly erasing its history, but Meadows never disclosed its true meaning.
The sculpture was unveiled by Princess Alexandra on her opening of the building in 1970, who could be seen in photographs inspecting and touching it.
In 2018, Historic England granted the sculpture grade-II listed status, identifying its "special architectural and historic interest", which was later restored by Antique Bronze following the Alan Boswell Group's purchase of the building in 2020.
Alastair Drew, finance director at Alan Boswell, said: "It's important to us to preserve the heritage of Prospect House.
"The work undertaken by Antique Bronze will restore the sculpture to its former glory so it can be enjoyed by Norwich for many years to come."
Public Sculpture was stripped of its worn lacquer, polished, buffed and re-lacquered, bringing back its original shine.
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