Batter and Catcher Watching Ball (or UFO!), Transcendent Old Snapshot Photo teak vase and the beautifully jointed back

and the beautifully jointed back corners

These were made to be used as reference

which means this is best appreciated by someone with an eye for the subtle

which pretty definitely dates it to the 1950s

A perfect gift for a nature lover or arborist if I ever saw one

Batter and Catcher Watching Ball (or UFO!), Transcendent Old Snapshot Photo teak vase and the beautifully jointed backI really really love this little snapshot. For me at least, it took a few moments to figure out that it is a catcher's mask and glove in the hands of the child at center, and the very end of a bat in the hand of the boy in the foreground, and so it must be a ball in the air that their eyes are following, though they appear to be looking in somewhat different directions for it! But between the framing and the light, and their faces and gestures and