Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel artwood first introduced by the Volume

first introduced by the Volume Sprayer Mfg

Last week it was an Esther whose 19th century watercolor self portrait I feel in love with

and old tack holes around the perimeter

and the boy who drew in it lived in Newbury

with lid screwed on tight

Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel artwood first introduced by the VolumeThis I am more or less certain is an old handmade traveler wheel, likely made by a cooper (maker of casks, barrels, etc from timber) for their own use in measuring circumferences. There are no notches or clearly evident measuring marks on the wheel, but this is sometimes the case; there is a small dark spot on each side, which looks to be a scald mark and could have done the trick, or a graphite mark could have been used. I really love it as an