Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie which someone decided to turn

which someone decided to turn into a little caterpillar at some point

they are a nice warm white

Inside are three yellow paint-encrusted blade handles and an assortment of blades all still in good working order

plus they're super useful in the kitchen for scooping little measures of this or that

Because it is so beautiful

Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie which someone decided to turnI'm not over my obsession with old clay marbles in all their variations, and am adding a few new sets of what I believe are quite old ones. This batch includes one Bennington, and las a whole looks to me like a beautiful bunch of smooth round stones. So lovely. About 50 marbles exactly as shown. These average about 1 2" in diameter, some a little bigger, some a little smaller. I've tried to weed out any with much damage, but certainly there are a few