Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball vintage gift Sometimes when I am out

Sometimes when I am out hunting for things I find something that just feels good to carry around in my hand

Great in the kitchen--or in the wine cellar should one be so lucky as to have one

5 3/4" tall x 3 1/4" wide

which means “hard stone” in Italian

Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball vintage gift Sometimes when I am outI've had just a couple of these old oil cloth balls over the years, and know they're pretty hard to come by. I've seem them described both as toy balls for children and as carnival or juggling balls I'm not entirely sure which is the case, but I think they're gorgeous and the softened but radiant well worn red and yellow on this one especially so. Clearly, its been well used and loved, with, it looks to me, one seam re sewn many years ago. All the