North America or Western Europe, ca. 19th century CE. A set of 5 spherical billiard balls carved from elephanyt tusk ivory - 3 exhibit a creamy yellow-white hue while the remaining 2 are colored with either blue or red dye. Size of largest (blue): 2.42" W (6.1 cm)

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington.

Provenance: private Litchfield, Ohio, USA collection

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#186444

Small chips to largest ball, with fading to blue and red dye, and light staining across surfaces of some balls, otherwise in great condition. Nice surface smoothness throughout.