What is this???MARBLE

[Ace of spades]

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

 

[swizzle]

Looks kinda like a stone cannonball. Swizzle

 

[Ace of spades]

side?????????Was it cut in half????????????????????

Ace

 

[Ace of spades]

That would be SICK, if it is a canon ball!

Ace of spades

 

[swizzle]

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

 

[opie]

If that's a marble, that's the biggest marble I've ever seen.

 

[huffmnd]

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.

 

[baltbottles]

Looks like a carpet ball thats split in half I've dug many marbles split i half like that.

Chris

 

[zanes_antiques]

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

 

[Yooper14]

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