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Material: Hardwood
Antique Boule Ball "G", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, particularly the pétanque variant, gained in popularity. The manufacture of boules balls during this period was a manual process that required expertise, precision and love to detail.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in rural areas of France and other Mediterranean regions, olive wood was a commonly used source of material for making boules balls. This was not only due to the availability of the material, but also to the outstanding properties of olive wood, which was characterized by hardness, strength and a rich grain.
First, the olive wood was carefully selected and shaped into raw balls, which were then sanded to the desired size and shape. The nails were then hammered into the balls one by one, making sure that they were evenly distributed and firmly anchored. Finally, the spheres were polished and coated with a protective varnish to enhance their natural beauty and protect them from the elements.
The use of nails to decorate and reinforce olive wood boules was a traditional practice that not only gave the ball a rustic aesthetic, but also improved its durability and contributed to customization. Many balls were made according to the specific requirements and preferences of the players. Nails were driven at regular intervals around the ball, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to affect the balance and weight distribution of the ball. These nails not only served as a decorative element, but also helped to strengthen the structure of the ball and make it more resistant to the hard knocks and wear and tear during play. Individual engravings or decorations were often applied to the balls to make them unique and identify the player.
Antique boules...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair, France, late 19th Century.
Diameter 9,5 cm.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, particularly the pétanque variant, gained in popularity. The manufacture of boules balls during this period was a manual process that required expertise, precision and love to detail.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in rural areas of France and other Mediterranean regions, olive wood was a commonly used source of material for making boules balls. This was not only due to the availability of the material, but also to the outstanding properties of olive wood, which was characterized by hardness, strength and a rich grain.
First, the olive wood was carefully selected and shaped into raw balls, which were then sanded to the desired size and shape. The nails were then hammered into the balls one by one, making sure that they were evenly distributed and firmly anchored. Finally, the spheres were polished and coated with a protective varnish to enhance their natural beauty and protect them from the elements.
The use of nails to decorate and reinforce olive wood boules was a traditional practice that not only gave the ball a rustic aesthetic, but also improved its durability and contributed to customization. Many balls were made according to the specific requirements and preferences of the players. Nails were driven at regular intervals around the ball, with each nail hole precisely placed so as not to affect the balance and weight distribution of the ball. These nails not only served as a decorative element, but also helped to strengthen the structure of the ball and make it more resistant to the hard knocks and wear and tear during play. Individual engravings or decorations were often applied to the balls to make them unique and identify the player.
Antique boules...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Antique Boule Ball "B", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Boule Ball, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls "4", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair, France, late 19th Century.
Diameter 9,4 cm.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls "G", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Georgian Satinwood Sewing Box circa 1825 with Lock and Key
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Refitted Georgian satinwood four footed sewing wood box with working lock and key, circa 1825.
Category
1820s Georgian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Satinwood
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls "3", "V", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair, France, late 19th Century.
Decorated with the numer "3" on each ball and with a "V" on one of the Boule balls.
In the 19th century, the manufactur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Antique Boule Ball "62", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Boule Ball With Flower Decor, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls Circle, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair and one target ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Pair Of Antique Boule Balls "24", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball pair and one target ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Olive
Boxwood folk art stick depicting a man with snake and lizard, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art stick: single branch of naturally growing boxwood, punctuated by a series of carvings with different subjects, depicting a snake wrapping around the cane and a lizard, the f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
19th century folk art blue wooden stool or side table hand painted flowers
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
19th century folk art blue wooden stool or side table hand painted flowers
Category
1880s Austrian Folk Art Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Antique carpet beater, guitar-shape, United Kingdom, late 1800s.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique carpet beater, to remove dust from carpets, in the shape of a guitar in heavy twisted metal wire woven into a honeycomb, to obtain greater resist...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Walking stick, silver handle depicting an elephant head, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver and bone knob, which depicts at its end an elephant head with rolled trunk in pure Art Nouveau style. Bone fangs and sulfur glass eyes. Wooden barrel painted bl...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Antique carpet beater, heart-shape, United Kingdom, late 1800s.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique carpet beater, to remove dust from carpets, heart-shaped in heavy twisted metal wire, with double connection (from and) through the mesh to obtai...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Folk art walking stick depicting a fight between lions. Italy 1840.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: single naturally growing boxwood branch with various angles, punctuated by a series of carvings with different subjects. The all-round handle depicts a fight ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Hand-Carved Krishna Figure
Located in Raleigh, NC
Carved wood Krishna figure with detailed feathers and form. Simple and peaceful.
free shipping.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Hardwood
Folk art walking stick depicting the head of a man with a snake, USA 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: one piece of fruitwood depicting the head of a man with snake along the curved shafts painted green. End of 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Dated 1932 Norwegian hand-crafted birch wood jug / tankard, Baroque style
Located in Skien, NO
Primitive antique/semi-antique tankard in birchwood from Norway.
Handcrafted in 1932 with a unique pattern, intricately decorated around the entire body and lid with hand-carved Ba...
Category
1930s Norwegian Baroque Vintage Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Birch, Nutwood
Antique Boule Ball "17", Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Gadget-system walking stick with bag holder function, Marktroller, Germany, 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System cane: cane with bag holder function. Curious stick used to carry shopping bags, made with two upside-down V-shaped fruitwooden shafts, ending...
Category
Early 20th Century German Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Iron
System walking stick with thimble holder function, USA 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick, flamed fruit wood barrel, with 925/1000 sterling silver knob and band, acting as a container for a sewing thimble. Brass tip. United...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
1800s Norwegian folk art Box, Hand-carved by Ole Olsen Moene (1839-1908)
Located in Skien, NO
Exceptional 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Tobacco Box by Ole Olsen Moene - Museum Quality
This remarkable 19th-century Norwegian folk art tobacco box, dating from the late 1800s, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Birch, Nutwood, Beech, Bentwood
Folk art walking stick depicting the head of a man, USA 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: one piece of fruitwood depicting the head of a man. United States of America circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Monumental Clock on a Polychromed Panel with Hands in Golden Metal
Located in Leuven , BE
Monumental early 19th century clock on a polychrome panel with clock-hands in golden metal, fixed on a tin sheet. The hands are attached to the back of the panel with a clock system,...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Folk art walking stick depicting flowers and characters, Russia circa 1830.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art stick: unique piece of carved and carved wood, very tall, painted burgundy red, depicting flowers and characters. Russia circa 1830.
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine and Rare Early 19th Century Carved Bootjack in the Form of a Pistol
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare !9th Century hand carved antique treen bootjack, to remove riding boots, in the unusual form of a pistol.
This is a rare find and unfolds to form a bootjack with be...
Category
19th Century Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Beech
19th Century Fruitwood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Lathe work, remnants of paint or dark stain. Original pestle included.
Period: First half of the 19th century
Origin: Eastern, US
Size: 5" ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Very Collectable Antique Hand Carved Twelve Flower Printing Block for Wallpaper
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this hand carved in sycamore wood printing block with twelve flower detail
This piece is part of a suite, I ...
Category
19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Sycamore
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1800 PRiMITIVE FOLK ART HEMP CUTTING MACHINE VERY DECORATIVE PIECE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this wonderfully primitive fruitwood hemp cutting machine circa 1800
Please note the delivery fee listed is...
Category
Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Remnants of oxblood red and silver blue banded paint. Original pestle included.
Origin: Eastern, United States
Period: First half of the 19...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
A magnificent Dutch marquetry cabinet on stand, by Jan van Mekeren (1658-1733)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A magnificent Dutch marquetry cabinet on stand, by Jan van Mekeren (1658-1733) possibly made for William III and Mary of England
Amst...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Hardwood Antiquities
Materials
Kingwood, Oak, Walnut, Holly
