Antique Inlay Carpet Ball Hat Features sturdy black leather handles

Features sturdy black leather handles and buckle straps with metal hardware

This painting came out of an 18th century farmhouse in Maine

Large woven split wood basket with sturdy wood handles

Makes a great coffee table or storage for linens

A set of four 19th century etched ruby colored cordial glasses with star motif

Antique Inlay Carpet Ball Hat Features sturdy black leather handlesAntique Victorian carpet ball with inlay bone detailing. In great condition. Measures 7" round. What are carpet balls? Victorian carpet balls were decorative, hand painted, stoneware or ceramic balls used in the parlor game 'carpet bowls'. The game, popular in the late 1800's in Scotland and England, was a variation of lawn bowling played indoors on carpeted floors.