Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball spinning yielding a sort of moire

yielding a sort of moire pattern when viewed head on

It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin

They are made by machine and thus exact

and one surface scratch to the glass underneath --all as pictured

again highlighted in gold

Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball spinning yielding a sort of moireI only recently came across another example of an antique oil cloth ball like this one, which someone else scooped up before I could, but it started me looking for another (really I've become sort of obsessed with them) and I've discovered they are pretty coveted things. This is a large one almost 6 inches in diameter and I've found a few others of this size out there described as juggling or carnival balls. I'm not sure, but it is definitely