Auction 20
Objects: Ceremonial Art and Objects
Dec 19, 2011
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 119:
Pair of Balls for Pֳ©tanque Game - Star of David
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Start price:
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1,000
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
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Pair of balls for Pֳ©tanque game, adorned with Stars of David.
Iron; leather pouch.
Pair of iron balls. Apparently, they were for playing Pֳ©tanque. Flat iron balls covered in tinted gold, silver and copper which form decorations of gilded Stars of David with a circle on the inside on each of the balls and the letters JB as well. Placed inside a leather pouch, original, with buckles. The Pֳ©tanque game was common in France and was invented in the south, in the Provence region, in 1910.
Each ball weighs 1 kg. Diameter: 9 cm. Strip of leather pouch is torn and missing.
