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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 924583, member: 5006&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your enthousiastic comment and kind words!</p><p>Ebay hunting can be fructuous, specially when spending hours to scroll down thousands of pics <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Aqui!</p><p>Greg answered below about what are puzzle balls<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, in fact carved from a whole piece of ivory, each ball having round “windows” allowing to carve further inside and be able to move the following ball to reach every part.</p><p>Usually carved in Canton, thus their French name “boule de Canton”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Greg! Your puzzle ball must have been really impressive! I can understand your regret to have it sold<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aww, thank you Pearls! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I did rather an adaptation rather than a restoration, as they were born as screw back in the 1920s<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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