Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball mercantile sign as if it might be

as if it might be based on an illustration from a book by Jane Austen or one of the Bronte sisters

one could just decide that she was meant to be tusk-less

with the threaded red cone-shaped top piece screwing tightly onto the threaded post to keep hold them in place

What a thing

Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball mercantile sign as if it might beI 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