Beautifully Crackled c. Early 20th C. Handmade Balls - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY trophy the paint was often blown

the paint was often blown onto the paper via a glass tube

I purchased this house along with three more structures from a seller in Maryland

In addition to his excellent face

but this perfectly executed doggy jumped through all the hoops to pass the test

which similarly feature numerous figures and animals

Beautifully Crackled c. Early 20th C. Handmade Balls - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY trophy the paint was often blownNot my expertise, but I have found a few listings out there for balls closely resembling these two, describing them as late 19th early 20th c. baseballs (and valuing them VERY highly.) I think the age is right, but they look to me to have been sewn of oil cloth, and I think its possible these were made as carnival knock down balls. In any case, I think they're quite beautiful things, with nicely irregular hand stitching in blue thread, and great all