Gorgeous Large Bakelite Billiard Balls - Set of 14 Plus Shooter small wooden box On watermarked laid paper

On watermarked laid paper

And the bottom of the box is the first I've seem with wood sides

and will continue to scoop them up as I think they're lovely

but for the most part found them completely in tact

just large enough to stick the tip of a pen or pencil inside

Gorgeous Large Bakelite Billiard Balls - Set of 14 Plus Shooter small wooden box On watermarked laid paperThe latest entry in the category of gorgeous found color, these old bakelite billiard balls definitely giving old clay marbles a run for their money in terms of purely beautiful things to throw in a bowl. Their numbers on these have long since worn off, but I think they are all the better for the scuffs and dings and softening to the color gained over the years. One sees these in different sizes these are the largest I've seen, heavy and substantial,