These are sold as decorations. Not sure if there was ever an actual use for them at some point in the past.

https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Co-op-Ceramic-Alphabet-Balls/dp/B00KH9HJZI

u/rkoonce solved it with the comment above. Link to the original post

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