Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball handy but he sure feels like

but he sure feels like a very specific person--and a sharp dresser at that

especially prominent antlers

What a charming and curious thing

I would be ready to move in

and actually purchased this and one other I am listing now from that same seller

Iron, Brass and Copper Nailed Late 19th Century Petanque Ball handy but he sure feels likeA beauty. I've found a few of these over the years but it has been a while. It is a French petanque ball (petanque a version of boules), late 19th century; they don't make iron studded ones like this anymore! From what I have learned about examples like this, the interior of the ball is likely olive wood, which was hand shaped and sanded, and then the square iron nails were hammered in one by one, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to