This ball is similar to those used by ballists of the early to mid 19th century. A cloth wrapped core with a hand stitched lemon peel leather cover. Town balls are softer than today's baseball, in part, because town ball required that runners must be "plugged" or soaked" with the ball meaning the runner had to be hit or touched by the ball to record the out. It was used in the mid 1800s for the Massachusetts rules form of the game of Town Ball. If you are not playing town ball, it makes a great conversation piece for your desk.
