Old Wooden Ball with Super Surface tiny shoe form it would once have held

it would once have held a glass bottle inside

with its all-over composition of creatures against solid black ink ground reminding me of some of my favorite Medieval tapestries (I've included one example in photos) and also hand-painted designs on antique Chinese ceramics

which included many fine things

and by the end of the 19th century the magic lantern was overtaken by the cinematograph

one near the lower right edge

Old Wooden Ball with Super Surface tiny shoe form it would once have heldJust an old wooden ball, croquet I believe, but with such a beautifully worn and aged old red painted surface that I couldn't leave it behind, and really find it deeply satisfying. Approx 3 3 8" in diameter.