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<p>[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 301008, member: 3335"]I know how you feel (from bitter experience). The giveaway on yours is the vent hole, Victorian carpet balls were a solid mass of maybe stoneware (or ceramic).</p><p>I haven't had any originals in a while, but if memory serves, they weighed about half a pound each. Carpet bowling was a Victorian indoor game similar to croquet, there was a small cue ball, I think the game originated in Scotland.</p><p>Although I believe yours are purely decorative, they would make a nice display.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 301008, member: 3335"]I know how you feel (from bitter experience). The giveaway on yours is the vent hole, Victorian carpet balls were a solid mass of maybe stoneware (or ceramic). I haven't had any originals in a while, but if memory serves, they weighed about half a pound each. Carpet bowling was a Victorian indoor game similar to croquet, there was a small cue ball, I think the game originated in Scotland. Although I believe yours are purely decorative, they would make a nice display.[/QUOTE]
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