Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie features a scene of scholars

features a scene of scholars in a traditional Chinese scholar's garden

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

It's got some years on it but remains in excellent condition and is structurally super sound

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

Old Clay Marbles - Browns and Grays chinoiserie features a scene of scholarsI'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