Pair of Antique Petanque (or Boules) Balls Renate Scheer Kalkofe 9" tall x 9 1/4"

9" tall x 9 1/4" across at arms

and just the existence of this

No tears or looseness to any of the hears

Just lovely

are 11 pig drawings signed by different people--surely the entries in the contest

Pair of Antique Petanque (or Boules) Balls Renate Scheer Kalkofe 9" tall x 9 1/4"I've always got an eye out for old handmade petanque boules balls, but these are the first that I've found, French and dating to the late 19th century I believe. These were made manually by hammering steel (and in this case one brass on each) nails into olive wood balls, one by one, which I understand then required several years to properly cure. Beautifully crafted and wonderfully tactile, each of these weighs nearly two pounds. Approx 3 1 2" in