Vintage Hard Rubber Tabletop Billiard Balls antique sketch inventive Chicago artist

inventive Chicago artist

I'd guess mid-century but am just not sure

The Observer’s Books were a British series published by the Frederick Warne & Co from 1937 to 2003 covering a large spectrum of topics

box about 7 7/8" x 7 7/8" x 1 3/8"

died in 1967

Vintage Hard Rubber Tabletop Billiard Balls antique sketch inventive Chicago artistI just love the look of these mini billiard balls (I've seen these in a couple sizes; these are of the larger scale, about 1 3 8" in diameter) and would just throw them in a bowl to look at and call it a day. This is not a complete set one of them is missing its number, which could have been a 1 or a 12, as those are the two not here.) Happily the 8 ball is, and the color palette of the rest is just great. Good condition, with a little cracking to the