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Lot 114
Six Antique Pottery Carpet Balls
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Appear to be of Delft origin, first half 19th century, hand-painted with a foliate motif of blue flowers, each differing in design.

Approx. 4 in. diameter.

The Estate of the late Betsy J. Sykes, Raleigh, NC

Carpet balls were used in a Victorian parlor game essentially an indoor game of bocci.

Age appropriate faults and crazing.