Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball somerset with light toning/soiling along old

with light toning/soiling along old fold lines

There is a small chip to the tail

I personally think this Brontosaurus is the best of the lot

I love the streamlined form of it

Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball somerset with light toning/soiling along oldI've had just a couple of these old oil cloth balls over the years, and know they're pretty hard to come by. I've seem them described both as toy balls for children and as carnival or juggling balls I'm not entirely sure which is the case, but I think they're gorgeous and the softened but radiant well worn red and yellow on this one especially so. Clearly, its been well used and loved, with, it looks to me, one seam re sewn many years ago. All the