Beautifully Wonky Early 20th C. Baseball antique odd fellows tag The handwritten titles are a

The handwritten titles are a good part of what I love about them

which makes me think a bit of a seed pod with one big seed inside

The exterior features both red

this one produced by Neuss Brothers to house 100 black glass headed pins

representing command of many media

Beautifully Wonky Early 20th C. Baseball antique odd fellows tag The handwritten titles are aI love old balls of many sorts, and find baseballs especially beautiful formally, and for the history of America's pastime they invoke. And most of all I love a wonky one this one even wonkier in person than photos convey. C. 1910s 20s I believe, with red and black stitches, and quite misshapen, as if having lived out in far left field through rain and snow for years before finally being found again. And so, to me, an empathetic object as well as a