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What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 7:40:27 PM    Ace of spades   Posts: 184 Joined: 11/1/2006 Status: offline Went back digging today, I dug this "THING," it has a 3.25 inch diameter. It is made of stoneware and is very heavy. Any help would be great! Thanx Ace of spades Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 7:42:57 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Looks kinda like a stone cannonball. Swizzle (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 2

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 7:43:41 PM    Ace of spades   Posts: 184 Joined: 11/1/2006 Status: offline side?????????Was it cut in half???????????????????? Ace Attachment (1) (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 3

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 7:46:57 PM    Ace of spades   Posts: 184 Joined: 11/1/2006 Status: offline That would be SICK, if it is a canon ball! Ace of spades Attachment (1) (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 4

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 7:54:53 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Well with the next pic I would have to say it's not a cannon ball. Now it looks more like a decorative piece. Swizzle (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 5

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 8:08:12 PM    opie   Posts: 54 Joined: 9/19/2006 From: Fulton, Kentucky Status: offline If that's a marble, that's the biggest marble I've ever seen. (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 6

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/9/2006 11:49:42 PM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline The first pic made me think that it was what they called a lawn marble which was used in a game (not regular marbles) but seeing that it is just half there leads me to believe that it is definately for decoration of some sort. (in reply to opie) Post #: 7

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/10/2006 6:33:37 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 968 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: offline Looks like a carpet ball thats split in half I've dug many marbles split i half like that. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 8

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/10/2006 7:43:15 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2031 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I'd lean towards the carpet ball. I've seen examples made just like china marbles with lines and flowers on them but none in spongeware. Very interesting _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 9

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/10/2006 9:56:52 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline I would lean towards the carpet ball that broke.  It'd be hard for someone to accidentaly throw something like that away, but would make sense for them to throw it away if it were supposed to be a sphere but broke _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 10

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/10/2006 10:57:58 PM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 303 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline OK, what the heck is a carpet ball? I have seen them many, many times, but dont know what they are/did....??? _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 11

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/11/2006 8:31:53 AM    towhead Posts: 914 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline They were used for an indoor "parlor" game....look here http://www.trocadero.com/timewas/items/407364/item407364cyberattic.html _____________________________ J (in reply to Insulators Rule!) Post #: 12

RE: What is this???MARBLE - 12/11/2006 8:49:02 AM    Ace of spades   Posts: 184 Joined: 11/1/2006 Status: offline Thanks, for all the responses. I was reading that link, and you can see the marks on mine, from hitting others or the ground? I met another guy yesterday, who thinks he may have the other side Ace of spades (in reply to Ace of spades) Post #: 13

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