Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype probably there was some trim

probably there was some trim

eyes cast downward

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

and must say that when I received it it was quite dusty

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype probably there was some trimA 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