A.H Homan's Late 19th C. Hand-stitched Leather Softball man in suit engraved then enhanced by hand

engraved then enhanced by hand with watercolor (and of course with the names and details of the marrying couple written in

where Ballantine had a significant presence

lovely pale purple glaze

I have a feeling Fancher repurposed the watercolor Chicks for Sale sign in order to make his athletics illustration

A.H Homan's Late 19th C. Hand-stitched Leather Softball man in suit engraved then enhanced by handI've said before and it continues to be true that I've got a special weakness for old hand stitched baseballs, softballs, and otherwise beautiful and resilient objects, bearing traces of every hand and bat that ever touched them, and prized enough for one reason or another to have endured (or found many years later out in far left field!). This is a hand stitched leather softball, late ish 19th c. I believe based on some research comparison. With a