Is it only ornamental? And why are they usually webbed feet (or at least they are in my experience)?

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    14 hours ago

    The claw clutching a pearl is just one variant of countless others. We have furniture from ancient Egypt and Rome which has legs carved as animal feet, so it is not a tradition that stems from the British via China.