Beautifully Crackled c. Early 20th C. Handmade Balls - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY hand cut tin which struck (strike) me as

which struck (strike) me as quite sophisticated things

with the yellow house feeling very New England and reminding me of watercolor houses from early-mid 19th c

7" tall x 1 1/2" wide x 7/8" deep

or toward a corner

late 1910s/early 1920s

Beautifully Crackled c. Early 20th C. Handmade Balls - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY hand cut tin which struck (strike) me asNot my expertise, but I have found a few listings out there for balls closely resembling these two, describing them as late 19th early 20th c. baseballs (and valuing them VERY highly.) I think the age is right, but they look to me to have been sewn of oil cloth, and I think its possible these were made as carnival knock down balls. In any case, I think they're quite beautiful things, with nicely irregular hand stitching in blue thread, and great all