A.H Homan's Late 19th C. Hand-stitched Leather Softball man in suit and very much to beautifully

and very much to beautifully inked calligraphic lettering too--so of course I jumped on this one

by French astronomer Warren de la Rue during the total solar eclipse in 1860--and how beautiful they are

lovely pale purple glaze

under glass

A.H Homan's Late 19th C. Hand-stitched Leather Softball man in suit and very much to beautifullyI've said before and it continues to be true that I've got a special weakness for old hand stitched baseballs, softballs, and otherwise beautiful and resilient objects, bearing traces of every hand and bat that ever touched them, and prized enough for one reason or another to have endured (or found many years later out in far left field!). This is a hand stitched leather softball, late ish 19th c. I believe based on some research comparison. With a