Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype kept by a Harry S

kept by a Harry S

probably there was some trim

I would think it has 100 years on it at least and has surely stopped a lot of doors

very fine Kutch mirror work embroidery

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball antique American tintype kept by a Harry SA 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