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Ink faded on the latter
14 1/4" l x 7 5/8" t x 7 1/2" w
this one features a wonderful graphic black and umber bird and fish design by Johanne Gerber
and perhaps even longer to make a complete loop
I've found documentation of a few similar out there--some attributed to Bergmann
Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball Korean ginger jar Ink faded on the latterA 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
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