Antique Iron Cannonball With Mustachioed Face! metal game board oil on canvas on old

oil on canvas on old wood stretcher

adding the perfect final touch to the carefully considered ensemble of a finely dressed woman or man heading off to an important engagement

often in concert with the didgeridoo

the paint on it is a much brighter white

" I think this is my very favorite of the bunch

Antique Iron Cannonball With Mustachioed Face! metal game board oil on canvas on oldI've really fallen in love with this curiosity, which weighs in at 12 pounds, and so much wonder how it came to be. It sure seems to me like an actual cannonball, and quite an old one, though I am no expert on cannonballs, and I suppose it is possible that it was an iron ball used for some sort of carnival purpose, which might explain the face painted on it, long ago for sure. But looking at Civil War cannonballs makes me think it could be that, with