Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball Korean ginger jar which I think are just

which I think are just exquisitely beautiful

14 1/4" l x 7 5/8" t x 7 1/2" w

Ink faded on the latter

I think it's always the right time to send a Valentine

Paper is 12" x 9 and shows an old horizontal center fold and tears to the top right corner edge and staining at lower right

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball Korean ginger jar which I think are justA beauty. I've found a few of these over the years but it has been a while. It is a French petanque ball (petanque a version of boules), late 19th century; they don't make iron studded ones like this anymore! From what I have learned about examples like this, the interior of the ball is likely olive wood, which was hand shaped and sanded, and then the square iron nails were hammered in one by one, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to