Vintage 19th Century Figure Eight Baseball - 1860's

Vintage 19th Century Figure Eight Baseball - 1860's. This spectacular antique baseball originates from a unique era in the construction of the baseball. It represents a period of change when the lemon-peel stitch pattern was becoming obsolete and its replacement, the "figure eight," began to see regular use. As the figure eight stitch pattern remains the constant for modern baseballs, this baseball exemplifies the beginning of the configuration that is still used in today's game.