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ASSORTMENT OF PINS
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Pins for the different forms of early bowling came in a variety of shapes and sizes. The thin pin in the middle bears a striking resemblance to the skittles pins seen in 17th-century Dutch artist Jan Steen’s oil painting Skittle Players outside an Inn.
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