Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Victorian pencil drawing It is a French petanque

It is a French petanque ball (petanque a version of boules)

Very sturdy

There is a little rippling to the paper

I believe comes from the Friesland province

The perimeter of the rounds are intended/usable for stick pins

Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Victorian pencil drawing It is a French petanqueThere are things the beauty and poetry of which one feels deep in one's gut (or maybe that's the soul?!) this is very much one of those for me. A box that is not a box, custom carved long ago to carry a ruler straight edge on one side and a drafting compass on the other, with carved out recesses into which each would surely have perfectly fit, and then two thinly woven straps stretched all the way around to hold them in place. I am not sure that I