Late 19th C. Very Rare Engraved Clay 21 Pocket Billiards Ball seascape with mountain allowing for some pretty exciting

allowing for some pretty exciting arrangements

which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood

Single faced jug: 4 1/4" tall x 4 1/8" wide x 3 1/2" deep

Really a lovely little parquetry set

3 1/4” x 3 1/4” x 2 3/4”

Late 19th C. Very Rare Engraved Clay 21 Pocket Billiards Ball seascape with mountain allowing for some pretty excitingThis, it turns out, is is a super rare onethe 21st ball in a c. 1880s set of baseball pocket billiards, which is the only sort of billiards set that contains 21 balls. (Typically billiards and pocket billiards sets contain 15 marked balls plus a shooter.) I believe this ball was designed and produced by George H. Burt of Millburn, NJ. I have found documentation of a few standard sets out there made of clay and engraved in just this manner (with