Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin nine pin kegelsport and not one but three

and not one but three brass pins on each--two on the diagonal and a great brass spinner at the center (and these spin very nicely

and looks great on the counter or shelf

with pretty scalloped edge on top and bottom

Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into

Essex Crystal Style White Cat Stick Pin nine pin kegelsport and not one but threeI didn't know these were a thing, but have learned that they very much are, some quite finely done, this one more humble but I think pretty charming still. Essex crystals are also known as 'reverse intaglios, ' made of a cabochon of colourless rock quartz that has been carved on the flat side after which the details of the design are painted, creating a three dimensional 'trompe l'oeil effect'. I believe that is the case here, or at least it was made,