Rare 19th C. Clay Engraved Baseball Pocket Billiards #20 Ball North Carolina pinch bottle but I myself would probably

but I myself would probably just figure out a good way to prop it

I especially love the zig zag silhouette of the head

) A mix of black and blue ink

In its terrific directness

And never was piping so sad

Rare 19th C. Clay Engraved Baseball Pocket Billiards #20 Ball North Carolina pinch bottle but I myself would probablyOdd, but this is the second of these I've found in the past month or so, perhaps both having come out of the same estate somewhere. It's a rare onethe 20th ball in a c. 1880s set of baseball pocket billiards, which is the only sort of billiards set that contains 21 balls. (Typically billiards and pocket billiards sets contain 15 marked balls plus a shooter.) I believe this ball was designed and produced by George H. Burt of Millburn, NJ. as I have