Big Bag of Old Clay Marbles-reserved for KS abstract drawing Wijk aan Zee and Zandvoort

Wijk aan Zee and Zandvoort

used for blending watercolors and applying gesso

which inspired a pair of Staffordshire figures

the jar to which the lid originally belonged was broken along the way

Big Bag of Old Clay Marbles-reserved for KS abstract drawing Wijk aan Zee and ZandvoortI've really fallen in love with these old clay marbles, and, having sold my first batch, was happy to come across this big gray corduroy bag filled with a whole bunch of them. I'm not an expert by any means (I'm am just obsessed with how beautiful they are), but am certain these are well more than a century old, and it's possible that some of them date to the 18th century. I'd pour them into a pretty bowl and keep it nearby; these are pretty