Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype and it is 100% the

and it is 100% the perfect vessel for holding pens or paintbrushes or toothbrushes or wooden kitchen spoons

" made in Czechoslovakia probably 1930s

Wove paper

probably there was some trim

seems possible that is the case here

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype and it is 100% theA beauty. I've found a few of these over the years but it has been a while. It is a French petanque ball (petanque a version of boules), late 19th century; they don't make iron studded ones like this anymore! From what I have learned about examples like this, the interior of the ball is likely olive wood, which was hand shaped and sanded, and then the square iron nails were hammered in one by one, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to