Paille-Maille Ball: Croquet's Ancestor
Croquet: 1800 (circa) wooden paille-maille ball from the lawn game that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries (a precursor to croquet); a veteran of many matches. (London's Pall Mall is a corruption of paille-maille)
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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