Vintage Voting Ballot Box, Fraternal, 40 White China and Clay Marbles, S1676

 



 
  

   
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    This is a vintage wooden ballot box with 40 handmade white and black voting marbles, The white ones are glazed chinas/white benningtons and the darker marbles are clays).  These boxes were used by fraternal organizations and such to conduct voting.  A white marble was a for 'for' and a black was 'against' hence the term 'black balled' for someone voted out of favor.
  

   

    
     

    
   
   

    
     
      Condition: General wear on the wood.  Marbles do have some wear.
   

    
     

    
   
   

    
     
      Age: 1890's-1940's for the box and 1860's-1920's for the marbles