Beautiful Old Painted Iron Boules Ball antique British school notebook but certainly it would hold

but certainly it would hold a great weight

I just love the linear patterns and texture created by the painstakingly cut and laid matchsticks

62 pages (page = front + back)

It appears that his feet were re-glued to the base at some point

with a bit of darkening to the larger blonde one on one side

Beautiful Old Painted Iron Boules Ball antique British school notebook but certainly it would holdBeautiful surface, wonderful feel in the hand, just a nice thing to set in a bowl or toss around while one is thinking. I think this is an old bocce boules ball, solid steel or iron with incised radial lines and a whitish gray surface. Too satisfying to not bring home with me. 2 7 8" in diameter; weighs 1 lb. 12 oz.. Perfectly aged condition, very early 20th c I believe.