Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball spinning not imperfections

not imperfections

not actively chipping off

I have found a few other pieces very close to this one in form

and one surface scratch to the glass underneath --all as pictured

But the bookend does make for a nice little support for displaying it

Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball spinning not imperfectionsI only recently came across another example of an antique oil cloth ball like this one, which someone else scooped up before I could, but it started me looking for another (really I've become sort of obsessed with them) and I've discovered they are pretty coveted things. This is a large one almost 6 inches in diameter and I've found a few others of this size out there described as juggling or carnival balls. I'm not sure, but it is definitely