Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin nine pin kegelsport with pretty scalloped edge on

with pretty scalloped edge on top and bottom

TM 90 (perhaps dating it to 1990 though I am not certain) and measures 1 1/2 inches by 1 1/8 inches (and weighs 18 grams)

Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into

Some marks are incised on the bottom

and with the weight balanced squarely on her on her shoulders she serves as quite a sturdy handle for carrying the load

Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin nine pin kegelsport with pretty scalloped edge onI didn't know these were a thing, but have learned that they very much are, some quite finely done, this one more humble but I think pretty charming still. Essex crystals are also known as 'reverse intaglios, ' made of a cabochon of colourless rock quartz that has been carved on the flat side after which the details of the design are painted, creating a three dimensional 'trompe l'oeil effect'. I believe that is the case here, or at least it was made,