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Storel Ball Vase. Lake Forest: John McKinven, ca. 1994. Combination Morison Pill Box/mechanical Silk and Ball Vase. A wooden ball vanishes and reappears in the vase, or a transposes with a silk handkerchief. Solid ball, matching handkerchief ball, plunger mechanism in lid, brass silk shooter in base, and half-ball shells. Hallmarked twice. Instructions. One tiny chip to solid ball, vase unfinished (as issued). A unique version of this classic prop. After the handkerchief vanishes, it can reappear in the vase ? or inside the shell ball in the vase ? via the concealed spring-loaded mechanism. A mechanical marvel, and the only of its kind made by McKinven.