Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie they are a nice warm

they are a nice warm white

and this one has a slash in the lid so to be used as a still bank

reminding me a bit of some of my favorite Picasso portraits

with its  no-fuss directness

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

Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie they are a nice warmI'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