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So,here guys actually i got these balls,not two but three (please dont take it seriously)
I got from ebay few years ago,since the first time i didn't know what it is,what's the purpose,the maker,i only knew that it was coming from late 19th century with art nouveau style,has fruits image of grapes and apple,if anyone familiar with these balls let me know,any share will be appreciated.

P.s i think this is kind of ceramic/pottery,has the hole below it

 

Very nicely decorated, but the designs are not Art Nouveau style imo.

 

hmm i mean it's like turn of century style,do you recognize it?do you have any idea what is this aj?

 

Not my area of expertise, but I remember similar handpainted things as the better style of home decorations of the 1970s-80s. They could have been repros of older decorations.
My mother had them together in an antique mixing bowl, Slavic I think, along with walnuts and pinecones.

 

oh really?it really break my heart doh!

someone there said it was made to be crush to be part of crafts really?

 

In Victorian times, the Scots enjoyed a game called Carpet Balls. The balls were approx. 2-3 inches in diameter, made of solid ceramic, thus quite hefty. They were hand decorated with stripes, small florals and most frequently, horizontal and vertical lines to simulate plaid. As they were solid, there was no air hole to allow heat to escape in the manufacturing process.
In the 1990's. The Christmas Tree Shops in the Atlantic area carried bins of reproductions of these carpet balls, decorated in a variety of patterns, some even simulating flow blue. These balls were hollow ceramic with the vent hole. I don't recall seeing any patterned like yours at The C.T. Shops,

 

I think the balls with this kind of decoration were a Continental European fashion, they have a different look altogether.

They are very nice though, well made.
A clue for future buys, if it has that patinated look, it is usually, well, patinated. Which means the old looking patina smudges are not age patina, but applied to look old.

 

so the conclusion is mine is 1990s carpet balls with unsual pattern? thanks for sharing the information

 

yeah i thought it was real smudge,but maybe it was patinated

 

I think 70s-80s Continental European, the painting is very much in that style. My mother didn't buy any more home decoration things in the 90s. By that time she had started to de-clutter. A bit.

S Wolf, just wondering, do you ever sleep? It is late now in Indonesia. Or early, depending on your point of view.

 

haha..of course i'm still human sometimes just like to going bed late.oh btw,i got a new homework for you another mysterious item,if you want to check

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/unsual-borneo-pottery-water-jug.32686/